Winter Creative Writing and Word Power Activities
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Description
Seven themed literacy centers are bundled up in this resource and designed for use in December and January! Your primary grade writers will love choosing one of the following themes to write about:
- Snowmen
- Gingerbread
- Elves
- Candy, Cookies & Cupcakes
Colorful center file folder covers or basket/bag tags are provided for labeling. Your classroom will be full of engaging and standards-aligned learning fun with the following activities:
*CONTEXT CLUES--Three original reading passages to help build student comprehension and vocabulary skills.
*MAKING WORDS--Students will find small words inside of two big compound words using letter tiles and a sorting sheet. A sentence-writing and story-writing page is also provided.
*ELF MAGIC--Story planning, prompts, writing, and illustrating pages for students to think like an elf and create their own stories!
*FROSTY FRIENDS--Story planning, prompts, writing, and illustrating pages for students to build and bring their own snowman to life!
*SNAP! CRACKLE! POP!--Two worksheets to help students practice onomatopoeia and make their writing come alive with sounds of the season!
*AWESOME ALLITERATION--Four different prompt pages to tickle the fancy of your students and help them write tongue twisters!
*SWEET TREATS--Students will think like Willy Wonka while using four planning, prompt, writing, and illustrating pages to write how-to directions, recipes, and sensory descriptions for their favorite new sweet treat!
The snowman, elf, and candy treats activities can be collated into booklet format, with each project taking about one week's time.
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~Jennifer
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