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Valentine's Day Bag and Story Retell Activity

Amy Lemons
$3.00

Resource Type:

  • Activities

Number of Pages:

  • 26

Applicable Grade Level(s):

  • 1st Grade
  • 2nd Grade
  • 3rd Grade

Subject(s):

  • ELA: Reading

Included File Type(s):

  • PDF

Common Core Standards:

TEKS (if available):

Seasonality (if applicable):

  • Winter
Tired of Valentine's Day crafts that are all fun and no learning? Looking for a way to make February reading lessons truly memorable and engaging for your students?

Introducing the Valentine's Day Bag resource – the perfect, no-prep solution to combine festive fun with essential reading comprehension skills! This heartwarming activity allows your students to create a charming "Heart Friend" to decorate their Valentine's Day bag, all while reinforcing key story retelling and comprehension strategies.

✨ What's Included:
  • Heart Friend templates for easy crafting (face, eyes, arms, legs, heart hands and feet).
  • Multiple story retelling graphic organizer options, including Beginning-Middle-End and Summarizing (Somebody, Wanted, But, So, Then) for fiction.
  • Nonfiction graphic organizers to identify main ideas, supporting details, and key facts.
  • Templates are provided with three different writing line styles for differentiated instruction.

📚 Learning Objectives
  • Students will be able to retell a story using key plot points (Beginning, Middle, End).
  • Students will be able to summarize fictional texts using a structured graphic organizer.
  • Students will be able to identify the main idea and supporting details in nonfiction texts.

💡 How to Use This Resource:
  • As a delightful morning work activity to kickstart the day with creativity and learning.
  • For engaging reading centers during your February literacy block.
  • As a fun, skill-focused homework assignment.
  • An excellent go-to for easy and meaningful sub plans.

✅ Perfect For...
  • Making your Valentine's Day classroom party a memorable learning experience.
  • Enhancing literacy skills in whole-group or small-group settings.
  • A wonderful way to celebrate Valentine's Day while keeping academic goals in focus.

🧠 The Pedagogy: Why It Works
This resource taps into the power of hands-on learning and creative expression to solidify reading comprehension skills. By allowing students to personalize their "Heart Friend" and attach it to their Valentine's bag, the learning becomes intrinsically motivating. The structured graphic organizers provide clear frameworks for students to process and demonstrate their understanding of both fiction and nonfiction texts, fostering critical thinking and analytical abilities in an enjoyable, seasonal context.

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