Jan Brett, the author of many beloved children's books, is well worth a study. Try out this winter-themed unit, which covers areas of language arts as well as art, math, science, and social studies.

Concepts

jan brett, storybooks, authors, author studies, compare and contrast, reading comprehension, addition, the mitten

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Grab a single lesson about your story of choice from this unit (The Mitten, The Hat, Three Snow Bears, Trouble with Trolls, or Gingerbread Baby) or use all the plans included

Classroom Considerations

• The unit references the appendices several times; the images in the appendices are linked to other websites, some of which will no longer direct you to the listed places

Pros

• The document includes a table of contents that you can use to quickly find what you need
• Comes with several detailed lessons for reading various stories by Jan Brett as well as separate activity ideas

Cons

• Many of the listed materials are not included, and you will need to search around or create your own