I usually like to share this book with my first graders during story time at the end of the first day of school. It's called The Night Before First Grade and has the same rhyming structure of 'Twas The Night Before Christmas. The story itself is not the greatest story ever written, but the kids always enjoy that it's about getting ready for first grade, which is exactly what they just did the previous night! I like that it has a familiar pattern that they recognize and it's a quick, light read to enjoy after a long first day!
I also found this similar story, again with the same rhyming structure as 'Twas the Night Before Christmas, only this one is read on the last day of school. This one is called The Night Before Summer Vacation. I kind of like that the first story of the year and the last story of the year are similar. It makes me feel like things have come full circle.
It would be fun to experiment with this familiar story structure and have students try to create their own stories at some point during the year (or write a shared story) with a similar format.
Some ideas:
The Night Before Field Day
The Night Before Picture Day
The Night Before Parent Conferences
The Night Before Halloween
The Night Before Valentine's Day
I would probably start with a paragraph frame and have the students come up with some creative rhyming words to make the story complete and then let them write their own once they better understood the process and had better independent writing skills (for first graders that would be more towards the end of the year!)
1 comment:
What a great idea! Do you know if there's a tWas the night before 2nd grade, 3rd etc? I love having students write by modeling a story or poem pattern. Thanks for sharing! I love this idea and hope to use it in the future!
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