Happy Birthday Book - The Ultimate Student Birthday Card or Gift - Class Book

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Amy Hughes - Teaching in Blue Jeans

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Grade Levels

PreK - 5th

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English Language Arts, Holidays/Seasonal, Classroom Community

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Activities

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CCSSW.K.1

CCSSW.K.2

CCSSW.1.1

CCSSW.2.1

CCSSW.2.2

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We love making birthday books for different school staff members (custodians, nurses, etc.). This resource is perfect for making our class book! Thank you

— Becca W.

Rated 5 out of 5

I love having my kids make birthday books! They come out so cute and I love the variety this has. I especially like that there's a blank option that I can use in the beginning of the year for when my kiddos aren't all writing on their own.

— Lauren H.

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Give your students a birthday card they can remember forever with this Happy Birthday Book. This collaborative class book is a great way to celebrate your student's special day and connect some important language arts standards too!

Use it as a class writing assignment, morning work or center activity and allow your class to put together a very special birthday memory book. For students with summer birthdays we celebrate "half birthdays" that way every student receives one. A great way to celebrate your Principal, Assistant Principal or other school staff birthdays. Simply choose the writing prompt or coloring page you want your students to complete.

While the class works on their page the Birthday Boy or Birthday Girl gets to color and decorate the cover! Not only is this great way to build community and relationships in the classroom, but I have had parents tell me, years later, this book was one their child still had and loved to read. A wonderful student birthday keepsake!

Happy Birthday Book Keepsake Birthday Card includes:

2 cover choices
Each cover includes grade options for Pre-K, Kindergarten and _____ Grade
4 Writing Prompt Choices
Each writing prompt includes primary lines, wide lines and standard lines
1 Coloring Page with no writing needed - perfect for pre-writers

How to use the Happy Birthday Book:

Morning Work
Class Writing Activity
As part of the birthday celebration

I like to have students complete the page as part of their morning work routine because that gives me the rest of the day to put the book together. We present the book to the student at the end of the day. A great way to celebrate while still working important standards.

Add this special tradition to your class today!

See What Other Teachers Are Saying . . .

⭐ What a cool idea! As a first year teacher I had no idea how to even begin to implement birthday surprises. But this specific idea was amazing. My kids loved it.

⭐ I use this every time we have a birthday in the classroom during our writing time. Students get so excited to create a birthday book for their classmates!

⭐ Thank you for creating this resource! I like that there are multiple writing prompts to choose from. I used it as a class writing activity to involve the whole class in wishing their classmates a Happy Birthday.

⭐ My students love receiving this Birthday Book on their birthday. They look forward to seeing the writing and pictures that their classmates have shared. The completed birthday books are a wonderful keepsake for students!

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CCSSW.K.1

Use a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing to compose opinion pieces in which they tell a reader the topic or the name of the book they are writing about and state an opinion or preference about the topic or book (e.g., My favorite book is...).

CCSSW.K.2

Use a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing to compose informative/explanatory texts in which they name what they are writing about and supply some information about the topic.

CCSSW.1.1

Write opinion pieces in which they introduce the topic or name the book they are writing about, state an opinion, supply a reason for the opinion, and provide some sense of closure.

CCSSW.2.1

Write opinion pieces in which they introduce the topic or book they are writing about, state an opinion, supply reasons that support the opinion, use linking words (e.g., because, and, also) to connect opinion and reasons, and provide a concluding statement or section.

CCSSW.2.2

Write informative/explanatory texts in which they introduce a topic, use facts and definitions to develop points, and provide a concluding statement or section.

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