Mitten Retelling

This past week we have been reading one of my favorite stories by the author Jan Brett, The Mitten.  We have also read a few other versions of the tale.  As a class we had many discussions comparing the different stories and also practiced our retelling skills.  On Thursday we used puppets and yarn on the floor made into the mitten to retell it as a whole class.  Then on Friday the kids made their own characters and mittens out of paper and practiced retelling the story in pairs. See our class photos for some pictures! They had a lot of fun!   They should of came home on Friday so that they could retell it at home. Jan Brett is one of my favorite authors and illustrators and she has a wonderful website that features coloring pages, games, activities,printable flashcards and other fun things.  www.janbrett.com