Christmas Literacy Songs, Poems, Fingerplays, Readers Theater, Writing {CCSS}

Christmas Songs, Poems, fingerplays & readers theater and craft ELA, literacy activities for your Preschool, kindergarten, first grade elementary "Santa" activities. Sing, Read, Move, Write activities for literacy circles, stations, shared reading time.

Songs, Poems, Fingerplays and Chants and Reader’s Theater/Music Program are all about Santa, Reindeer, Gingerbread, traditional themes.

Use the Writing activities, Finger puppets, song book to help students say; “I Can recite songs and poems with expression! Best for Pre-K to 3rd grade.

This collection of songs and poems & fingerplays will fill your students time with relevant learning experiences in Literacy centers, Reading Time, and Writing stations.

RESOURCE INCLUDES:

• 22 Songs, Poems, Fingerplays and Chants with hand Actions
• Teaching Presentation-project and have a sing-a-long, morning meeting, performances.
• Mini-cards of each song and poem
• Color and Black and White Poster size sheets for student coloring song book.
• Little Book in black and white
• Finger Puppets that coordinate with all the songs, poems, fingerplays and chants
• Hand Action Directions
• Graphic Organizers- Circle Map “Christmas” and Tree Map “Christmas is-has-can”
• Writing Activities (in primary and intermediate lines)

Reader’s Theater in Teacher and student size-numbered and unnumbered scripts for easily adapting to the number of students in your class.

PREK- will need help reading, and learning the songs.

KINDER- May need help reading.

FIRST-SECOND-THIRD- will be able to read the script without any help.

USE THIS RESOURCE:

• LITERACY CENTERS
• DAILY 5
• WRITING ACTIVITIES
• SEAT WORK
• MUSICAL PERFORMANCE
• CLASS PROGRAM

TEACHING IDEAS:

• Create a Holiday Song and Poem book for each student using the color or Black and White Printable Cover Sheet.
• Use this resource as whole class instruction or to differentiate instruction for small groups, shared reading and Center Activities.
• Use this Christmas Literacy Resource to reinforce and provide opportunities to practice and build COMMON CORE BASIC SKILLS such as:
• RHYMING
• SYLLABLES
• LONG AND SHORT VOWELS
• SILENT E
• READING WITH PURPOSE AND UNDERSTANDING
• DECODING

HOMESCHOOL APPLICATIONS:

Children will love singing the holiday songs about their favorite Christmas characters. The coloring songbook is the perfect activity for children to work on independently. Use the writing activities as templates for letters to Santa, Grandma and Grandpa and Christmas cards.

ABOUT THIS RESOURCE:

This resource supports COMMON CORE Daily 5 for practice in fluency, vocabulary and comprehension skills reinforcement. I included a sample lesson outline and other suggestions for using this during the whole month of December. Specific standards are included in the resource for your reference.

Songs Sung to Familiar Tunes of:

• London Bridges
• She’ll Be Comin’ Round the Mountain
• I’m a Little Teapot
• Jingle Bells
• Three Blind Mice
• Mary Had a Little Lamb
• Frere Jacques
• The Farmer in the Dell
• BINGO
• Hokey Pokey
• If You’re Happy and You Know It
• Twinkle, Twinkle
• We Wish You a Merry Christmas
• Where is Thumbkin?

SONG TITLES:

• At Christmas Time
• He’ll Be Comin’ Christmas Eve
• I’m a Little Pine Tree
• Jingle Bells
• Red, Green and White
• Rudolf Has a Shiny Nose
• Santa’s Coming
• Santa’s in His Sleigh
• Santa is His Name-O
• Santa’s Song
• The Reindeer Pokey
• There’s a Little Elf
• Twinkle, Twinkle Christmas Star
• We Wish You a Merry Christmas
• Where is Santa?

FINGER PLAYS AND POEMS

• Five Little Reindeer
• Let’s Make a Gingerbread Man
• I’m a Christmas Pine Tree
• Santa Claus
• Santa’s Workshop
• See the Little Elves
• Ten Little Bells

YEAR ROUND LITERACY RESOURCES

• LITERACY CHRISTMAS SONGS AND PROGRAM
• LITERACY KWANZAA SONGS AND MUSIC PROGRAM
• WINTER SONGS, POEMS, READERS THEATER
• SPRING & EARTH DAY SONGS, POEMS AND WRITING ACTIVITIES
• BUNNY WRITING, COLORING, CRAFT ACTIVITIES & SONG W VIDEO
• MOTHER'S DAY LITERACY ACTIVITIES
• END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR LITERACY ACTIVITIES
• FEBRUARY HOLIDAY SONGS, POEMS, READERS THEATER AND WRITING ACTIVITIES BUNDLE:
• PRESIDENTS DAY SONGS, POEMS, READERS THEATER AND WRITING ACTIVITIES
• THANKSGIVING LITERACY ACTIVITIES
• DINOSAUR LITERACY ACTIVITIES
• SPRING LITERACY ACTIVITIES
• BUNDLE OF LITERACY SONGS, POEMS, READERS THEATER AND WRITING ACTIVITIES for Holidays throughout the school year.

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