The Queen of Kindergarten Book Activities and Craftivity

THE QUEEN OF KINDERGARTEN

Queen of Kindergarten book activities unit with literacy companion activities, reading comprehension worksheets, printables, craft for Kindergarten and First Grade

In The Queen of Kindergarten by Derrick Barnes, MJ is off to begin her first day of school! This book is much like Barnes' previous Back to School book, The King of Kindergarten. This read aloud, paired with these book companion activities, will help students in Kindergarten and First Grade practice important literacy and reading comprehension skills in a fun and engaging way!

THE QUEEN OF KINDERGARTEN BOOK ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING IDEAS

MJ gets dressed, gets her hair done, and feels confident about beginning her first day of Kindergarten. Her mother places a tiara on MJ's head, and tells her that she is the Queen of Kindergarten. Her mother explains that the Queen of Kindergarten brightens every room she enters, is caring and kind, and is helpful to others.

At school, MJ decorates her name card with her favorite things: dolphins, comets, skyscrapers, and her piggy bank. MJ makes sure to do the three things that her mother told her. First, she brightens the classroom by being the Window Monitor. Her job for the week is to open the blinds and let the sunshine in.

She is caring and kind to a classmate who is sad and wants to go home. She is helpful when she aids another classmate in putting the blocks away. She spends her day doing lots of fun Kindergarten activities. When she gets home, MJ proudly reports back to her mother that she did all of the Queenly things her mother told her to do.

This book study unit is packed with fun activities that will help your Kindergarten and First Grade students with story elements, making predictions, character traits, making text to self connections, author's purpose, main idea, making inferences, vocabulary, writing, giving opinions and advice, problem and solution, story retell, reading comprehension, and much more!

These activities can be used for whole class instruction, during small group guided reading time, as individual student work, or as part of a book club. Copy a pack for each student and you're ready to go!

This Queen of Kindergarten book companion will save you tons of planning time, is no prep, and is great to leave for a sub!

THE QUEEN OF KINDERGARTEN CRAFT

This Queen of Kindergarten craftivity has students draw and write about if they were the Queen or King of Kindergarten. This is a great follow-up activity after reading the book, and the craft makes a fun bulletin board display to showcase student learning.