Witch and Broom Book Companion October Preschool Kindergarten 1st 2nd Special Ed

About this resource

One book, one week. Read the same story every day at circle time, and pull one simple activity

after the read-aloud each day — sort, count, find the letter, get dressed for a chilly night,

then build a craft from the story. Every student page has one short instruction with a picture,

so a paraprofessional can run the room from it too.

This week pairs well with witch-and-broom read-alouds such as *Room on the Broom* by Julia

Donaldson (use whichever witch-and-broom story you already have). Not affiliated with the

author, publisher, or any related brand. You need your own copy of the book; nothing from the

story is reproduced here.

EVERYTHING INSIDE (57 pages)

• 1 Start Here week plan: what to do after the read-aloud each day, plus what else it practices
• 1 book-and-words page (naming the read-aloud only as "a witch-and-broom story of your

choice"), an original circle-time chant ("Up on the Broom," written for this unit — no song or

story text is reprinted), and the 9 circle-time vocabulary words

• 9 smartboard slides for whole-group circle time on a projector or interactive board: name the

pictures, sort, count (3 slides), the letter hunt, the life skill in order, and the core word

• 9 circle-time vocabulary cards to cut out and use at the carpet (witch, broom, cat, moon,

star, wand, web, spider, frog)

• Day 1, Sort (witch thing or not?), at 3 levels: Level 1 errorless matching, Level 2 the

standard two-group sort, Level 3 a third group added (witch thing, animal, or toy) — 10

cut-and-glue pieces on every level

• Day 2, Count and glue the number, at 3 levels: Levels 1 and 2 count 1–5 (5 rows, a 5-piece

numeral strip to cut and glue); Level 3 counts 6–10 and writes the number, no cutting

• Day 3, Letter W, at 3 levels: Level 1 glues 5 matching W's, Level 2 finds W among 10

look-alike letters, Level 3 says 10 pictures aloud and glues the 5 that start with the /w/

sound

• Writing, at 3 levels: Level 1 traces the big letters, Level 2 traces letters and the word,

Level 3 writes the letters and the word independently on primary lines

• Day 4, a life-skill sequencing page: 5 picture pieces (4 real steps to get dressed for a

chilly night, first/next/then/last, plus 1 that does not belong)

• Day 5, a book craft built for this story: color and cut a 6-piece witch's broom ride (a big

broom, a pointed witch hat, a moon, a star, a friendly bat, a cauldron — each piece is our own

coloring-book line art in its own straight-edged cell, straight cuts only) and glue it flying

up to the moon over a hill and a spooky-fun tree

• 2 fine motor pages: a tracing-paths page (4 dashed paths from the witch to the moon: straight,

wave, zigzag, loops) and a cutting-practice page (4 strips, easiest first)

• 4 core-word pages for the word of the week, "up": a big word card for the talker or core

board, a 12-word find-and-circle grid (6 of the 12 are the target word), a broom to color, and

10 magic things to cut and glue onto it

• 1 "Who Did What This Week" data page (one row per student, a prompt-level code for each day —

handy for IEP notes and progress reports)

• 1 family letter to send home on Day 1
• 1 credits page (art and font licenses)
• Ink-saver twins of 19 picture-based student pages (the craft and pure-coloring pages are

color-only) in outline art for a photocopier

Three Levels On Every Academic Task

Sort, count, letters and writing each come in three levels, marked with a small shape instead of

a number so children don't compare theirs to a neighbor's: a circle for starting (errorless

matching), a square for building (the standard task), a triangle for ready for more (a real step

up — a third sort group, 6–10 counting with writing, or beginning sounds).

Cutting Built For Small Hands

Every cutting page carries 5 or more pieces, lined up edge to edge so each cut is one straight

line. Pre-cut them yourself for students who are not cutting independently yet.

Color Or Ink-Saver

Print the color pages, or use the ink-saver twins at the back on a photocopier — most

picture-based student pages have both (the craft and pure-coloring pages are color-only by

design).

Who This Is For

Any teacher starting a self-contained preschool or early childhood special education classroom

who wants a whole week of circle time, ready to pull and go: one book, one theme, a different

simple activity every day.

What This Is, And What It Is Not

A print-and-go weekly theme unit built around a witch-and-broom read-aloud. It is not a claim

about any student's age, diagnosis, or rate of progress, and it does not reproduce any part of

any storybook or its artwork — no character art is drawn here, only our own witch-hat-and-broom

craft.