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Christmas-Chanukah-Kwanzaa literature circle pdfs
Gingerbread Book Comparison, Retelling, and Writing Study Unit
Gingerbread book companion study using the books The Gingerbread Man (by: Karen Schmidt), The Gingerbread Baby, The Gingerbread Girl, The Gingerbread Cowboy, The Gingerbread Bear, The Gingerbread Pirate, The Ninjabread Man, The Gingerbread Boy (by: Paul Galdone), and The Runaway Tortilla. Compare a few or all of the gingerbread books!Compare the books and create a Gingerbread Book comparison chart comparing the characters, and repeated phrase, ending. Use the character cards for each book as you
Grades:
PreK - 1st
Prove It Christmas and Holidays Around the World Reading Comprehension Passages
These nonfiction reading passages are perfect for the month of December and the Holiday season. Each passage is engaging and includes informational facts about Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, New Year, reindeers, the poinsettia, Christmas in Mexico, and so much more! The goal of these close reading passages is to move students beyond a literal understanding and to a deeper and more critical evaluation of the text. These passages and comprehension questions require students to PROVE IT! They must g
Grades:
1st - 3rd
Christmas Reader's Theater based on Elf the Movie
READER’S THEATER based on ELF (the movie)!
15 characters
Kid-friendly script
Super engaging
Great for all ability levels- some roles are harder than others
Great for teaching figurative language, plot, predictions, bold print, and many other comprehension strategies and skills.
Grades:
3rd - 6th
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Gingerbread {Gingerbread Man Sequencing Card Craft}
Gingerbread* Create a gingerbread craft this Christmas or winter with this gingerbread man sequencing card craft. There are three versions of the gingerbread man sequencing cards. One version includes baking gingerbread dough; the gingerbread man running from the old man and old woman; the gingerbread man running from the farm animals including the pig, cow, and sheep; and the gingerbread man and the fox. Version two includes baking gingerbread dough; the gingerbread man running from the old wom
Grades:
PreK - 3rd
Christmas Read Aloud Activities | Holiday Dog Crat
This is a read aloud companion resource that provides you with targeted mini lessons, crafts, and literacy activities that can span up to 5 days in a kindergarten or first grade classroom. You will need a copy of the book Pig the Elf by Aaron Blabey to successfully complete the compression based activities. No Book or scanned portion of the book is included within the resource.- - - - - - -This Kit is included in a SAVE big December Bundle (40% off) click here to check it out and Save some $$ -
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Grades:
K - 1st
Also included in: READ ALOUD Crafts and Activities 9 Book BUNDLE
Turkey Trouble Turkey Claus Turkey in Disguise BUNDLE
Turkey Trouble is the perfect Thanksgiving or November read aloud. it is about a turkey who doesn't want to get eaten for Thanksgiving so he dresses up as different farm animals. It is a great story for discussing story plot, retell, characters, setting, problem, and solution. It has the added bonus of disguise a turkey. You can send a turkey home for kids to decorate to "hide" from the farmer. I also included a simple version that students can disguise at home. In December, you can follow up wi
Grades:
PreK - 1st
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HOW TO CATCH AN ELF Read Aloud Activities
Give your students a festive and educational activity experience with How to Catch an Elf - the book it! It's a K-1 Literacy Companion that will support the reading and writing partnership by offering a week's work of story sheets that pair directly with the context of this fun read aloud! Post reading, your students will engage in varied literacy activities that pair directly to the text: rhyming, procedural writing, character traits and sequence. Goal of the Book Kit Resource(s):Tying reading
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Grades:
K - 2nd
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Also included in: Christmas Book Companion Craft BUNDLE
Bear Stays Up For Christmas: Speech and Language Book Companion
Book Companion for Bear Stays Up For Christmas by Karma Wilson and Jane Chapman
You will need to purchase the book separately.
This 54 page activity pack is perfect for language therapy. The activities included are perfect for speech and language intervention, literacy circles and whole group activities.
Included in this pack:
Character Cards: (pages 4-6) Use while telling the story.
Links to the Story: (page 7) Have your students cut out the strips and place them into sequential order
Grades:
PreK - 2nd
Also included in: Book Club: Christmas Bundle One
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever Novel Study Activities with Print & Digital
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever Novel Study includes print & digital formats to help you teach this festive story. Comprehension questions and writing prompts for reading response, a literature guide, vocabulary, and more will help your kids build essential reading skills as winter break approaches. This 5-day novel unit targets key vocabulary, grammar, and literary analysis skills - making it perfect for reinforcing language arts lessons.The Best Christmas Pageant Ever is a beloved children
Grades:
2nd - 4th
Olive the Other Reindeer Read Aloud Activities | Christmas Craft Activities
This is a read aloud kit that provides you with targeted lessons, crafts, and literacy activities for up to 5 days using the mentor text, Olive, the Other Reindeer by Vivian Walsh & J. Otto Seibold in a Kindergarten or First Grade classroom to build up comprehension. Please note: the mini-lesson activities & varied printables CAN BE used or taught in isolation (in any order) to best meet your ELAR needs. There are also differentiated activity options if you're not always feeling so craft
Grades:
K
Also included in: Interactive Read Aloud Lesson Activities and Craft BUNDLE
How the Grinch Stole Christmas Book Study for Kindergarten NO PREP
How the Grinch Stole Christmas is a Dr. Seuss classic that I love to read year after year for Christmas. (And the message still gets to me every single time!)In this book study for kindergarten, you getStory Elements*Characters *SettingComprehension and RetellingWriting PromptsText-to-Self Connectionsand More!
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Grades:
K
Polar Express Day Activities | Christmas Reading & Math | Slides and Worksheets
Polar Express Day coming up? This purchase includes a Google Slides file as well as worksheets to go along with the Christmas read aloud: The Polar Express, by Chris Van Allsburg. Please note, the comprehension questions cover details from the actual book. It would be really fun to follow up this BOOK STUDY by watching the popular Polar Express movie and drinking hot chocolate!I created this product because I wanted something that would give my students some fun holiday learning options leading
Grades:
K - 2nd
A Christmas Carol; A Readers' Theater Adaptation
Included in A Christmas Carol:-complete script-pre-reading activities-vocabulary study-discussion questions-suggestions for projectsThis reader's theater adaptation is suitable for grades 7- adult. While adhering to the plot of the original work, this adaptation uses more modern language, so that it can be more easily understood by today's students. It can be used with small groups or entire classrooms in both regular and special education. Reading the play aloud, or even acting it out will m
Grades:
7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Christmas in Camelot (Magic Tree House) Literature Guide (Common Core Aligned)
**UPDATED TO INCLUDE ANSWER KEY**
Need a book to take you on a Christmastime adventure to Camelot? Do your students enjoy the Magic Tree House series? Then this is the book guide for you. This packet contains a whopping 40 student page guide to use with the book Christmas in Camelot by Mary Pope Osborne.
This guide contains:
- 1 Cover Page
- 12 Chapter Questions Pages (answer comprehension questions, predict, infer, and connect with text)
- Chapter Answers
- 16 Chapter Activities (illustrate,
Grades:
2nd - 4th
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Gingerbread ABC Activities Letters & Sounds Matching Alphabet Upper & Lowercase
Are you looking for hands-on gingerbread man alphabet letters and sounds activities for your preschool or kindergarten classroom? This fun gingerbread man literacy set is perfect for your December, Christmas and gingerbread centers and work stations. **** SAVE MONEY & BUY THE GINGERBREAD BUNDLE ****** GET ADDITIONAL GINGERBREAD MATH & LITERACY CENTERS YOUR KIDS! ******✅ VERSATILE! - Use for December theme and gingerbread theme centers. Work on the following concepts with this gingerbre
Grades:
PreK - K
Elf Activities - Christmas Interactive Counting Number Book Fun Finger Play Poem
Elf Christmas fun for everyone! An interactive 5 Little Elves counting book and finger play rhyme for your circle time. A great math, counting, rhyming, and literacy activity for preschool, pre-k, and tot school. A perfect addition to your magic elf, Christmas elf, and December unit and lesson plans.*Please note that this activity is included in my Elf Bundle - Christmas Literacy and Math Activities for Preschool and Kindergarten . If you purchase that money-saving product bundle, you do not
Grades:
PreK - K
The Gingerbread Baby Activities
The Gingerbread Baby is always a favorite book to read during Winter. I created a handful of activities to use along with this book so you can teach with this book all week long. Included are activities to work on retelling, sequencing, comprehension, and more. Check the preview file to see what's included!
This is included in my Winter Stories Activities Bundle which includes 6 popular Winter books.
Activities included
• teacher large vocabulary/retelling cards in color
• student small vocabu
Grades:
K - 1st
Also included in: Winter Stories Activities BUNDLE
Olive the Other Reindeer {Literature Study Printables}
This no-prep literature study is great for the month of December. Students love the story of "Olive the Other Reindeer" and her adventures with Santa and his team of reindeer!
Included in this packet are no-prep printables and interactive journal pages that will keep your students engaged and excited! Also included are writing prompt pages and covers for class books! This unit is great for that busy time of the year and for last minute sub activities!
Please check out the free preview to
Grades:
K - 3rd
If You Take a Mouse to the Movies: Literacy and Language Book Companion
Everyone’s favorite mouse is ready to celebrate Christmas! This If You Take a Mouse to the Movies Book Companion provides literacy, language and listening activities to accompany the book by Laura Numeroff. After reading the book (available online or in stores), follow up with six literature unit activities! The activities include:1. Sequencing with Pictures (which is also a great retelling tool!)2. Comprehension Questions with two (picture) answer choices3. Rhyme Sort- Sort pictures with like r
Grades:
PreK - 2nd
The Legend of the Poinsettia Unit Activities
The Legend of the Poinsettia Christmas in Mexico
This unit was designed to accompany the book The Legend of the Poinsettia retold and illustrated by Tomie dePaola.
The unit includes the following resources and activities:
Story Maps
Character Traits Maps
Venn Diagrams
Story sequencing
Fill in the blanks
Vocabulary
Alphabetical order
Making words
And more
A pattern and instructions for a poinsettia craft are also included.
Grades:
1st - 3rd
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Best Christmas Pageant Ever Unit
The Herdmans are up to their usual tricks in...Barbara Robinson's best selling novel, The Best Christmas Pageant Ever !
This is a complete literature unit, aligned to Common Core for the novel The Best Christmas Pageant Ever, by Barbara Parks. It contains a multitude of activities and worksheets. Among the items in this unit for The Best Christmas Pageant Ever are:
• Vocabulary lessons for each chapter
• Multiple choice and constructed response questions for each chapter
• End of book Test
Grades:
3rd - 5th
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Also included in: Best Christmas Pageant Ever Literature Unit Bundle
Charlie Brown Christmas Read Aloud Book Study Companion Reading Comprehension
A Charlie Brown Christmas Read Aloud Book Study Companion Read Aloud Comprehension Packet with activities including quiz, sequencing, vocabulary, writing, and more, based on the book (book not included). This 54-page packet provides a variety of levels to reach each individual student. Please see preview pages and descriptions below . Worksheets include lined paper for easy handwriting practice: 54 Pages Total Include:1. TABLE OF CONTENTS (NEW 2023)2. 10 Comprehension short-answer questions 3. *
Grades:
1st - 4th
'Who Stole the Cookies?' Christmas Inference and Deduction Reading Mystery
This pack is centred around developing the skills of literal retrieval and inferring. It latches the skills onto the key question types of 'Open' and 'Closed' and explains how these differ and how to go about answering them.
Children are asked to solve a mystery by using both skills to interpret the evidence. This is a great way to both introduce the key concepts and practise the skills in a fun and engaging way. The pack could be used as part of a Guided Reading session, whole class activity o
Grades:
1st - 4th
Tough Cookie Craft Interactive Read Aloud and Activities | Christmas Craft
Engage your students in a rigorous interactive read aloud with the book Tough Cookie: A Christmas Story by Edward Hemingway. Students will love the read aloud and be able to apply their knowledge in the extension activities and writing prompts centered around the book's theme of identity and acceptance.Get all current interactive read alouds H A L F off with the Interactive Read Aloud ENDLESS Bundle! All future interactive read alouds will be added for F R E E ! Tough Cookie Interactive Rea
Grades:
K - 2nd
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