First Day Jitters Book Activities

Reading First Day Jitters is a great way to help students ease those first-day nerves! Pair this back-to-school read-aloud with our engaging book companion filled with literacy, writing, phonics, math, and hands-on activities that extend the story while building classroom community all week long.

WHAT’S INCLUDED:

⭐ Book Study Activities

• Teacher guide
• Book poster
• Author & illustrator posters
• Teacher comprehension questions
• Comprehension worksheet
• Story elements poster & worksheets
• Vocabulary cards, support cards, and practice pages
• Sequencing activities
• Read and sequence activity
• Cut-and-paste sequencing
• Character analysis
• Character traits
• Making connections
• Making predictions
• Main idea
• Author’s purpose
• Opinion writing
• Fiction or nonfiction
• Favorite part response
• ABC order

⭐ Reading & Writing

• 3 emergent readers
• Writing craftivity
• Differentiated writing prompts

⭐ Phonics

• Rhyming activities
• Beginning sounds practice
• ABC order
• CVC and CVCe word spelling

⭐ Back-to-School & SEL Activities

• First day feelings worksheets
• First day feelings reader and anchor chart
• Jitters reflection writing

⭐ Math

• Make 10 & Make 20 math mats
• Recording sheets
• Addition & subtraction mats
• Graphing activities
• Counting activities
• Telling time
• Pattern practice
• Adding and subtracting worksheets

⭐ Science & STEM

• Jitter glitter jar STEM
• Fast and slow heart science
• Jitter juice STEM

⭐ Hands-On Fun

• Popsicle stick puppets
• Pete the Cat craft

This is a companion resource designed to pair with First Day Jitters by Julie Danneberg. The book itself is not included. This resource was created by A Dab of Glue Will Do and is not endorsed or affiliated with the author or publisher in any way.