Nate the Great and the Mushy Valentine

Nate the Great and the Mushy Valentine by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat is a great Valentine's Day read aloud in First or Second Grade! And with this activity pack, your students will LOVE trying to solve the mystery along with Nate, using text clues and inferences to piece together the puzzle of what happened to Annie’s missing valentine…and who left a mushy valentine for his dog Sludge?!

NATE THE GREAT AND THE MUSHY VALENTINE BOOK ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING IDEAS

Our favorite mystery-solving, pancake eating detective is back, this time trying to solve a Valentine's Day puzzle! Nate the Great has discovered that someone left a mushy valentine on Sludge's doghouse. Who could it be?

Annie approaches Nate the Great with her own mystery. She is missing a valentine! Who has taken it?

Nate the Great speaks to people he thinks may be connected to the case. He and his dog Sludge search Annie's house for clues. Then he went home to eat some pancakes and think about the cases. What happened to Annie's valentine? Who put a valentine on Sludge's doghouse? Read the book to see how Nate the Great figures it out!

Nate the Great and the Mushy Valentine and these corresponding companion activities make literacy learning fun during Valentine's week in First Grade and Second Grade.

This book study is packed with activities that will help your students work on story elements, character traits, story retell, writing activities, vocabulary, making inferences, problem and solution, making text to self connections, giving opinions and advice, reading comprehension, and more!

This book companion can be used for whole class learning, 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!