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I posted about story souvenirs on 
Facebook and there was interest,
so I thought I'd share what
they are, in case you haven't heard
of them, and how I give them!

Story souvenirs are little items

that relate to a story that students 

get to keep in a souvenir box until the

end of the year.  If you choose to start

this, students WILL ask you if they can

please take it home...each and every time...

each and every student...no matter how

many times you say no...

until the yucky teeth...those go home!

Penguin eraser

Here's the yucky teeth

Place story souvenirs in a gift bag.

I use craft bags.

Read a fiction and nonfiction book 

of your choice to introduce a new 

theme you are studying.

Have students guess what story 

souvenir is in the bag.  I like to draw it 

out a little...adds to the suspense! 

  

I have students keep them at school 

until the end of the year in their 

“story souvenir box” (pencil box).  

They love going back, looking through 

them and remembering the stories!  

Students can fill out a sheet to take 

home and share with their families.

(Link to the freebie below)

Oriental Trading order!

apple erasers

sheriff badges-careers

(Officer Buckle and Gloria)

witch fingers-The Big Pumpkin

prisms-insects 

(we also do a compound eye activity)

seashell

I've given story souvenirs for quite a

few years.  I recently started a Pinterest

board that you can see here.  It shows 

some of my fiction and nonfiction pairs

with a story souvenir.  I plan to add

the rest of them to the board this year, 

after I've taken the pictures!

 

I created a sheet for students to 

complete about their souvenir.

Get it free here!

*I don't buy all of them myself.

I ask for parents to sign up

to donate some of them.

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