Attention all Primary teachers in California. This product will save you hours of planning. In conjunction with the California Treasures Series this program contains plans for each of the books in the unit. Each component states the Common Core Standards addressed in each story. There are questions for each book and a plethora of activities to use cross curricula with each story.

Using this delightful story students will compare traditional stories with modern fiction, learn about beans and take part in a variety of activities that involve measuring and experimenting. They will retell key details from the text using innovative activities such as story maps, character webs, puppets, and cooking. They will be involved in simple graphing and estimating. This is a complete cross curricula plan with worksheets attached to save time and effort for the teacher. The academic standards are clearly stated and are suitable for U.S, Canada and UK.