Special Education Visual Sentence Building for Early Readers SANTA CLAUS

For those of you already enjoying the original “Special Education Visual Sentence Building for Early Readers”, well, Santa Claus is coming to town! This engaging reading and writing activity is helping early readers WANT TO READ! With “real-life” images of Santa Claus, places he will go to/went to/is at, and when he will get there, will not only keep your students focused and on task, but they will ask to read and write over and over again! Keeping up with the excitement of the holiday season and still making sure our students are engaged while learning, can be a challenge. Not anymore! Watch and listen as your students learn to LOVE to read! This activity is perfect for new readers, beginning readers and promoting language skills!

With real-life photos placed on large connecting reading cards, sentences come to life! It's EASY to assemble and use in your classroom today. Just print, laminate for durability, add some small strips of velcro, and your students are on their way to becoming better readers with heaps of pride and confidence! A reproducible worksheet is also included for writing/drawing practice to develop ideas for "wh" questions.

This activity reinforces skills for:

* Speech and language development

* Early reading

* Reading fluency

* Sight word recognition

*“wh” questions (who/what/when),

* Nouns

* Days of the week

* special days (Christmas Eve, Christmas Day)

* Writing complete sentences

* Vocabulary

* Understanding of past/present/future

The “who” cards include:

• Santa Claus

The “where cards” include:

• his sleigh

• the house

• the mall

• Rudolph’s house

• his workshop

• the party

• the bakery

• the elf’s house

• the parade

• the train station

• the Christmas tree lighting

• the mailbox

• the North Pole

• the Christmas tree farm

• the city

• the mall

• the front door

The “when” cards include:

• is at

• will go to

• went to

• Days of the week

• on Christmas Eve

• Today/tomorrow/yesterday

*On Christmas Day

* last night

*at midnight

* in December

SUGGESTED IEP GOAL ALIGNMENT:

1. Given a picture/word sentence building activity which includes present, future, and past tense, STUDENT will independently build up to _____(number of) sentences with 80% accuracy, in 4 out of 5 opportunities, by MONTH, YEAR.

2. Given up to 17 "wh" (who/where/when) picture cards with words and a guided sequencing visual (color borders on cards, velcro attachment), STUDENT will form each sentence and read or describe events/people shown, in 4 out of 5 opportunities, by MONTH, YEAR.

3. Given a picture/word sentence building activity which includes present, future, and past tense, STUDENT will independently build up to ____(# of) sentences to include present, past, and future tense, with 80% accuracy, in 4 out of 5 opportunities, by MONTH, YEAR.

For more Sentence Building activities, please visit the links below:

Special Education Visual Sentence Building for Early Readers

Autism - Build A Sentence with Pictures Interactive CHRISTMAS ELF

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