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Jul 14, 2021 · Introducing Mean Jean Coloring Page.docx, 300.53 KB; (Last Modified on July 14, 2021)
Aug 24, 2022 · Nobody dared to challenge Mean Jean’s status as the ultimate queen of recess until a new student named Katie Sue joins Jean’s class. Tiny Katie Sue’s arrival turned out to be a golden opportunity for Mean Jean to learn how to be a nicer and more inclusive friend during recess.
Each page of Jean's Cinderella Coloring Book has her name on it in very large print using an outline coloring book font, she can also color in her name. This coloring book will make a great gift for a girl named Jean.
- Start with A Read Aloud
- The Recess Queen Anchor Charts
- Digging Into Vocabulary
- The Recess Queen Problem & Solution Craft
- Solve The Problem Book
- The Recess Queen Sequence of Events Activity
- More Fun Activities!
- Bring The Recess Queen to Your Classroom!
- Save These Recess Queen Activities
But first things first, we start with reading the book. This is one of the first read alouds I do in the school year and my students love it every.single.time! But we don’t stop with reading the book, instead we dig into the book with some fun and engaging activities. We will actually use this book as our literacy focus for the entire week. Each da...
After our first reading, we jump right into the our first discussion of the book. First up, characters! To get things rolling, I love to involve the class in creating an anchor chart. On the first day we focus on identifying the characters of the story, Mean Jean and Katie Sue. We then discuss character traits and identify the traits of our charact...
Through our reading of The Recess Queenwe make a second anchor chart too! This anchor chart focuses on book vocabulary. I usually create this anchor chart on the second day. Before doing our second reading, we talk about some of the words we heard on the first day. We create this vocabulary anchor chart with all of the words and definitions. I love...
On the third day, after talking about problem and solution, the students love creating their own Mean Jean and Katie Sue craft. This is a fun activity that gives students an opportunity to practice identifying a problem and solution from a story. After creating their own Mean Jean and Katie Sue, students will write down the problems and solutions t...
A great activity to get students thinking about problems and solutions at school! The idea behind this activity is to have your students recognize the problem in the image, then come up with a solution to fix it. Each of these situations are relatable to the students which gets them thinking about how they can use problem / solution in everyday lif...
Another skill I like to include when doing a book study is a sequencing activity. Often times sequencing practice is limited to just a few events. However, when connected to a book there is more detail. If you are looking for a way to helps your students understand the concept of the story, this sequence of events activity is great. This is a cut-a...
I’ve put all of my favorite Recess Queen activities together into one resource. All of the activities described above are included, but that’s not all! There are many other fun and engaging activities to use with your book study. Connect this book to your own playground rules with a fun writing craftivity. With this wonderful story set on the playg...
You can’t go wrong using this great book in your classroom. Whether you do this book study at the beginning of the year, or later as a way to talk about bullying, Mean Jean is a great way to engage students in these topics. I’ve pulled all my favorite activities together into one resource. I hope you and your students love this book study activitie...
Pin this to your favorite classroom Pinterest board so you can quickly come back to find these engaging book-based activities for your class!
O'Neill puts seemingly meek, new classmate Katie Sue up against aggressive Mean Jean, swaggering boss of the playground. But Katie Sue stands up to her with a cheeky, "How DID you get to be so bossy?" and pulls out a jump rope, inviting Mean Jean to jump along. Presto change-o, a friendship is born.
This post contains Amazon Affiliate links for your convenience. Recently I brought you my review of You Are A Social Detective: Explaining Social ThinkingⓇ to Kids by Michelle Garcia Winner and Pamela Crooke… and now I am FINALLY getting around to sharing all of the cool activities we did to go with that book!
Superflex: Mean Jean. How to practice and learn executive functioning skills using games and play activities! Fun activities like role play, freeze, guard duty, and more are great ways for elementary students to learn skills like attention, self-control, flexibility, organization, and more. #executivefunctioning #pathway2success.
