How to Catch Santa | Book Study Activities, Class Book, Craftivity

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Anita Bremer
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This is a book study literacy unit for How to Catch Santa by Jean Reagan. The unit is packed with Common Core aligned activities for Kindergarten and First Grade. The craftivity makes a wonderful bulletin board display to showcase learning.

This book study unit can be used as a whole class activity, during small group guided reading time, as individual student work, or as part of a book club. Copy a pack for each student and you're ready to go!

THIS UNIT INCLUDES:

STORY ELEMENTS ACTIVITIES

  • student unit cover page
  • story elements
  • making predictions
  • story retell
  • story events
  • story clues
  • can-have-are-need graphic organizers

MAKING CONNECTIONS ACTIVITIES

  • making mental images
  • giving my opinion
  • giving my advice
  • text-to-self connections

WRITING ACTIVITIES

  • writing retell pages
  • story writing prompt
  • procedural writing: How I Would Catch Santa
  • class book

VOCABULARY ACTIVITIES

  • making words
  • vocabulary word search
  • matching activity
  • alphabetical order
  • syllable sorting

COMPREHENSION ACTIVITIES

  • making inferences
  • problems and solutions
  • author's purpose
  • main idea/theme
  • fiction and non-fiction story elements
  • true or false comprehension questions
  • favorite part of the story
  • story response
  • favorite book in the series
  • book recommendation
  • story notes
  • things NOT to do to catch Santa
  • things TO do to catch Santa

CRAFTIVITY

  • My Santa-Catching Plans craftivity

LEARNING STANDARDS CHECKLISTS

  • learning standards checklist charts for Common Core, TEKS, VA SOL

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Standards

to see state-specific standards (only available in the US).
With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
With prompting and support, retell familiar stories, including key details.
With prompting and support, identify characters, settings, and major events in a story.
With prompting and support, name the author and illustrator of a story and define the role of each in telling the story.
With prompting and support, describe the relationship between illustrations and the story in which they appear (e.g., what moment in a story an illustration depicts).

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