April survival guide Ideas & resources for the month of April Are you ready for April? Here are some activities, books, ideas, and fun for you and your students as you plan for the month ahead. Here’s a few books that you may love to read in April: This is an affiliate link. You can find all these favorite books here. The following pages are a “survival guide” full of activities for April. You can click on each photo or link to be taken to the resource or book mentioned. Please note that many of the resources shared are free resources and some of them are paid resources. These are all just suggestions to help with your planning. ©Two Little Birds April Survival Guide April Fool’s Day • • • Morning Work Have some fun with your students and give them THIS word search where the words are not actually in the puzzle. Play a fun “directions prank” with them and see who falls for it! Read about April Fool’s Day with THIS close reading passage. Celebrating Ramadan: • Read “Ramadan Around the World” and discuss the traditions of Ramadan. • Complete THIS foldable book for Ramadan. DAY 2 Passover: • Read “More Than Enough” and discuss traditions of Passover. Using eggs to engage: • You can have lots of fun egg hunts with cheap plastic eggs you can find in April. Grab THESE two activities for writing practice: adding details and spring writing prompts. Hide the slips in the eggs and hide the eggs inside (or even outside)! Poetry Month: • Create a “Poetry Pack” filled with books of poems and student poems for students to take turns taking home to share. • Set up poetry centers to give students opportunities to read and write poetry. • Practice writing poetry. • Set up a basket of favorite poems and books to read. Have students share favorite poems. ©Two Little Birds April Survival Guide Earth Day Activities: • • Morning Work• Recycling: Read “Earth! My First 4.54 Billion Years” and have students complete THESE digital activities. Read “My Friend Earth” and have students complete THESE digital activities. Have students complete THIS foldable Earth Day book. • Read “Ada’s Violin” and THIS close reading passage about the Recycled Orchestra of Paraguay. Watch THIS video and discuss the recycled instruments. • Discuss recycling, reusing and how students can reuse materials just as the orchestra did! DAY 2 Figurative Language: • To tie into Poetry Month, review figurative language by reading “Parts”, “More Parts,” or “Even More Parts.” • Have students practice different forms of figurative language in THIS flipbook. Back from Break: • As students are ready to talk all about their spring break, you can use THIS foldable book to guide the conversations in your morning meeting. Test Prep: • As you are getting ready for testing season, you can read this post all about ways to “prep” without all the “prep.” • Use this free question and answer pack for practicing multiple choice and short answer questions. ©Two Little Birds april survival guide Want more April favorites? Click below! ©Two Little Birds april survival guide And check out these posts that may be helpful… ©Two Little Birds Terms of use thank you so much for downloading! You may: Use these materials for your classroom and personal use, copy these materials for use in your classroom by your students, and purchase licenses so others may use these materials. You may not: Claim this work as your own, alter the contents in any way, remove the copyright, copy or modify this item to offer for sale to others. I love seeing pics of these resources in actions, you can email me or tag me on Instagram. If you have any questions, please email me jen@twolittlebirdsteaching.com. Clip art and fonts from: You may use this resource for your personal classroom use. If a colleague would like to use this resource, please direct them to my website at twolittlebirdsteaching.com Terms of use Your feedback truly means so much to me! I love hearing from you and seeing how you use these materials in your classroom. Don’t hesitate to reach out, share pictures, thoughts, or just to talk about all things reading! I’d love to hear how you are launching reading workshop in your classroom. If you have any questions or concerns, email me at jen@twolittlebirdsteaching.com Meet Jen I am the creator at Two Little Birds Teaching. I have more than twelve years experience as a fourth grade teacher in Western New York. As a certified elementary teacher, I have a passion for teaching with engaging and challenging resources while sparking a love of reading and writing in students. I am a mom to four little readers & writers of my own and I enjoy spending time with my family, doing yoga, and online shopping when I am not in teacher author mode. Be the first to know about discounts, freebies, new products and more! Related resources Click on any of the images above to check out more resources that you may love!
