Santa Bruce is an adorable story about a grumpy bear who ends up being Santa Claus!

Included in this packet:

**A fourteen-question comprehension check

**Story sequencing cut-and-paste worksheet

**Large sequencing cards to sequence the story together as a class

**Synonyms cut-and-paste worksheet

**Syllables cut-and-paste worksheet

**Scrambled sentences worksheet

**Opinion writing: Should Bruce have been so grumpy?

**Beginning, Middle, and End fill-in and illustrate

**Story Maps--includes one with lines, one without lines. one with lines and drawing space

**My favorite part fill-in and illustrate

**Noun/verb worksheet

**Answering questions in complete sentences two-page worksheet

**28 word cards with the more difficult words from the story--you may use these to introduce story words, put a few in a center for students to write sentences with, practice reading, have students orally use one in a sentence, etc.

**Oh no! Game--students use the 28 word cards to play a game--instructions included--my students love this!

**Math Graph--use tally marks and then transfer to a graph (Students voted on their favorite part of the story)

**Math Graph questions worksheet

**Animals in ABC order worksheet

**Two cut-and-paste simple crafts

AR Book Level: 2.4

Thank you so much for considering this product for use in your classroom!