Chrysanthemum Anew

When I taught first grade, the entire grade used the book Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes to discuss bullying and friendship.  If you have never read it, it is about a little mouse, Chrysanthemum, who is teased at school because of her name.  One day, a new and very pregnant music teacher comes to school and tells her how much she loves the name and she was also named after a flower and has a long name.  Eventually, Chrysanthemum grows to love her name again.  It is definitely worth reading with your class, and the discussions I had with the first graders were very meaningful.

We had a lot of resources for the book since it was taught so many years.  However, everything was old school.  So I was cutting, taping, and making copies since nothing was electronic.  I decided to take what we were doing and create it electronically.  Then, all we would have to do is print off the pages we needed and make copies of those.

A Chrysanthemum Freebie was the first product I made for my store (not that I have a ton in it at the moment) and I just recently took it off as my primary free resource.  It is still in my store and you can find that HERE.  However, since I decided to spend my summer working on TPT products and getting ready for the next year, I've updated the freebie and the full unit project to look more professional.

I kept the same ideas in the unit project. I added a page that explains how to use each resource and how to differentiate the lessons for all learners.

I did keep the Chrysanthemum clipart I created a few years ago, and it took me such a long time to do because I made it in Word.  😂  I am so excited to have this updated version in my store!  It was fun making it, is one of the few primary resources I have, and is only a dollar!  It can be found HERE!

Happy Teaching!

♡Chrissie