Christmas Story Starters & Craftivity
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Christmas Literacy Bundle and Surprise contains three of my most popular winter holiday resources. This ELA bundle is common core standards aligned for skills such as fluency, writing, and other ELA skills. This collection will engage your students at one of the busiest times of the year. They'll haPrice $9.00Original Price $10.00Save $1.00
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❅ Christmas Story Starters & Craft:
It’s fun to write funny narratives. Here’s a set of narrative prompts with a familiar theme--Santa Claus gets stuck in a chimney.
There are many variations of the same theme out there...and of the accompanying craft. I’ve included my original hand drawn patterns for Santa's boots and a chimney (which can also be turned into a fireplace). The patterns are not clip art, but can be used to print, trace, and cut out. Directions are included. Once kids complete their writing, they can have fun with a craft: Santa's boots sticking out of a snow-topped chimney.
Narratives will be created using first person point of view and the theme of Santa stuck in a chimney. But..... each tale starts with a different beginning! The middle and endings are up to your students. There are many opportunities and multiple formats to write tales and personalize their narratives. Students will enjoy sharing the many different versions of the same theme. This is an easy way to get everyone storytelling and writing on the same topic or title--making it easy to teach, and model.
*Contents*
*4 story starters on half-page cards can be printed on heavy paper, then cut out and laminated for your writing station or literacy center. Suggestion: The cards are great for both oral storytelling as well has for writing. (Color version and black/white version)
*Same 4 story starters --but in a different format--on stationery for kids who want to write directly on the stationery. (black/white for eco-friendly printing)
*20 Transition Words to use as tools for independent writing. These words can be used for additional writing....whether they use these story starters or write from other prompts.
*Pre-writing planner/graphic organizer (using nouns, and a bank of transition and temporal words for narrative writing)
*A fun narrative cloze writing template/frame (fill-in-the-blanks comprehension writing activity) is also included.
*6 extra holiday border stationery with lines (mixed color and black/white outline)
*Original craft patterns and complete directions for boots and chimney to cut out or use as templates to make a fun writing display for bulletin boards or take home! You can even use the same chimney pattern to create a "fireplace" and hang paper stockings!
*This pack aligns with the ELA Common Core Standards for Writing Narratives. {See www.corestandards.org}
Thanks for checking this out.
Happy Holidays!
~Karen
