Use these 11 printables to support sharing the charming holiday picture book, Milly and the Macy's Parade in your classroom. See all our teacher resources in the activity guide.
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Personal Connection: Feeling Homesick (PDF)
What's it like to feel homesick? Students write two sentences or more describing a time when they felt homesick and what they did to feel better.
Personal Connection: Holiday Traditions (PDF)
Share your favorite traditions. Students write one sentence or more describing a special holiday tradition that they enjoy.
Personal Connection: A Marvelous Idea (PDF)
What's your marvelous idea? Students are asked to think of an idea they've had for an invention, a new way of doing things, or a big, new event.
Read & Reflect: How Would You Feel? (PDF)
Put yourself in Milly's shoes. Students write one sentence or more about how they would feel walking into Mr. Macy's office.
Read & Reflect: Mr. Macy's Reaction (PDF)
Compare and contrast: How did Mr. Macy and Mr. Snidely react to hearing Milly's marvelous idea?
Read & Reflect: Milly's Marvelous Idea (PDF)
Students use their imaginations — and their senses — to transport themselves back in time to the very first Macy's Parade.
Read & Reflect: Exploring Similes (PDF)
What was "like a giant present waiting to be unwrapped"? Students explore similes by connecting beginnings and endings and writing their own.
Rough Draft: Players in Pigtails (PDF)
See how a writer works. Take a look at Shana Corey's rough draft for the book, Players in Pigtails.
Manuscript Page: First Graders From Mars (PDF)
Writer at work: Take a look at a manuscript page that author Shana Corey submitted to her editor.
Edited Page: First Graders From Mars (PDF)
Writer at work: Use an edited manuscript page from Shana Corey's book to learn about the writing process.
Story Map: Milly and the Macy's Parade
This example story map graphic organizer is populated with story information from Milly and the Macy's Parade.
- Subjects:Grammar and Punctuation, Independent Reading, Literacy, Reading Comprehension, Reading Assessment, Reading Response, Revision, Writing Process
