an easter text for little learners
Make learning to read fun and engaging this Easter with our new Reading Pack - Bunny Hop and the Egg Drop! An original short rhyming text and ten literacy activities are included.The text
- is perfect for emergent readers
- is short, predictable and includes rhyme
- features words from the 'op' word family
- incorporates a theme of Easter and STEM (design an aid for assisting an egg in an Egg Drop event)
The Text
The fun and engaging little story is provided in a variety of formats, perfect for shared, guided and independent reading!
- printable color (print and staple at the side to make a class book)
- printable blackline (print to make your students a book to color)
- digital to project on board or device (MS Powerpoint version)
- Youtube animation (listen and learn to read)
Animation - watch and read!
Printable Books
10 Literacy Activities
There are 10 easy to prep activities that springboard from a shared reading experience in the classroom. They can also be used to complement readings of other bunny themed stories and units of work.- class discussion question starters
- one page read (read 3 times)
- comprehension activity (making connections)
- comprehension activity (monitoring)
- comprehension activity (predicting)
- comprehension activity (questioning)
- comprehension activity (summarizing)
- comprehension activity (visualization)
- writing a story - plan and write your own story about a bunny/eggs
- one page craft - cut, make and create your own cute little Easter bunny. You could use these to display with one of the writing projects
- phonics - find the 'op' words and add them to the Easter basket
- big shape tracing page - trace the egg (prewriting / fine motor activity)
- pinning page - pokey pin holes in the egg - fine motor / quiet activity
Discussion Ideas
We've included a page of ideas to help guide a class or group discussion of the text.
Fluency Read
Ask students to read the text to themselves for fluency. They read it 3 times, coloring an egg for each time they read.
Comprehension Activities
6 activities are included to encourage a deep-dive into the text and exploring the comprehension of your students.Making Connections
Students will write or draw about a time they persevered - just like Bunny did climbing a hill!
Monitoring
A cloze activity will see your students monitoring their understanding as they read.
Predicting
Students will predict by visualizing their own Egg Drop contraption - put themselves into the story and extending on the storyline.
Questioning
Students will answer simple questions about their reading. These are the types of questions we want students to begin to ask themselves as they read.
Summarizing
Students will create a short summary of the simple text by identifying the character and 2 events.
Visualizing
Students will visualize to draw what the egg looks like when it lands from The Egg Drop. There is predicting integrated with this too!
Bunny Writing Project
Students will plan and write a short story about a bunny. They can draw to plan or write simple words/phrases.
3 line variations are included for students to publish on.
op family word activity
Students will paste 'op words' on the basket in this work-work activity.
Fine motor activities
Students can trace or 'pin' to foster strong fine motor skills in these 2 included activities:
Bunny and Egg One Page Craft
Print just one page of paper for each student in the one page craft provided. Use paint, pencils or crayon to complete it - they will look fantastic displayed with the writing pages.
Find the Bunny Hop Reading Pack over in our store ready for you to implement exciting and engaging literacy activities now!
Over on the website you will find links to more coordinating activities and the animation!
