Bored?

Rainy day? Stuck at home with nothing to do?

We don’t get bored when we have literacy! Reading and writing, imagining and pretending…what wonderful ways to fill an afternoon!

Don’t pout. Pick up a pencil and WRITE!

1. I can…
2. Today I…
3. I know…
4. I think…
5. I believe in…
6. My teacher…
7. When I go on a trip, I want to…
8. Winter days make me feel…
9. My friend and I like to______ in the rain because…
10. The clouds look to me like…
11. Rainy days makes me feel…
12. My favorite Spring sport is…
13. When it is rainy I want to…
14. My favorite place to read is…
15. I like rain because…
16. Foggy days make me feel like…
17. I love it when my family…
18. When relatives come to visit I feel…
19. Weekends make me want to…
20. I like my pet because…
21. When I read a book to a younger child, I feel…
22. Cleaning my room makes me want to…
23. My favorite place to play is…
24. My favorite holiday meal is…
25. Birthdays make me feel…
26. The best thing about Spring is…
27. The thing about me I wish I could change is…
28. New people or new places make me feel…
29. When I help someone else, it makes me feel…
30. Lie with the sun on your face. Describe how it feels.
31. When I am 7, I can…
32. I am looking forward to grade two because…

Feel like curling up with a good book?
Try one of Mrs. Baker’s personal favourites!

Whoever You Are by Mem Fox (Listen to Mem read aloud! She’s an amazing reader, and it’s so cool to hear an author read her own books aloud the way they were intended. She was one of my favourite keynote speakers in all my years of attending Early Childhood Education conferences.)
A Weekend with Wendell by Kevin Henkes
We Share Everything! by Robert Munsch
The Best-Loved Bear by Diana Noonan and Elizabeth Fuller
Strega Nona by Tomie DePaola
You are Special by Max Lucado
The Paper Bag Princess by Robert Munsch
The Day Jimmy’s Boa Ate the Wash by Trinka Hakes Noble
Grandpa’s Teeth by Rod Clement
Sally’s Room by M.K. Brown
The Teacher from the Black Lagoon by Mike Thaler
Purple, Green and Yellow by Robert Munsch

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