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Every year over Christmas break I send this packet home with each student for them to use and practice over our holiday break. I put all this in a ziploc bag and I also send home their pencils and crayons from the past few weeks because we get new supplies in January. Many of my students do not have those supplies at home to use. The only things not included in this packet are a copy of an alphabet chart (send home the particular one that your school uses) and blank pieces of paper for writin

Use this story map to identify the setting, characters, and the sequence of events for any gingerbread story (Gingerbread Man, Gingerbread Boy, Gingerbread Girl, Gingerbread Friends, etc.).

Now you can organize your classroom library and save on colored ink. These labels are streamlined and printer friendly! Labels include #1-30, A-Z, and specific categories (mammals, space, Eric Carle, Magic Tree House, etc)

Label your school supplies for easy access and organization!

Slides #3-6 : Snowman Activities Can, have, are sentence map Sequencing steps to build a snowman Snowman read and write the room Create a list of -an words Slides #7-9: Penguin Activities Can, have, are, need sentence map Create a list of –in words Penguin read and write the room Slides #10 -12 : Polar Bears Can, have, are, eat sentence map Polar Bear read and write the room Compare/Contrast Polar Bears & Penguins

Use these activities in your literacy centers/stations or in your word work. Students will be using the letters in common Christmas words to create other words. You can make individual copies for each student to complete independently or they can work with a partner. However, I use sheet protectors to save on paper. Just slip a copy of each page in a protector and have the students use a dry erase marker to fill out.

Use during literacy stations, word work, or as whole group activity. The students will record words from around the classroom for each letter. This helps your students become familiar with your word wall, anchor charts, posters, and other resources within your room. To differentiate for your higher learners, have the students choose 3 words or more and write a story incorporating those words written down.

If your students are struggling on sight words, this is a great tool to help reinforce and improve their sight word knowledge. My class calls sight words, "heart words"....because you have to know these words by heart! 2 Activities: Sight Word Bingo: whole-group review of different sight words from Fry’s 2nd and 3rd 100 words Read it, Write it, & Use it in a Sentence: Use in literacy centers or during word work. Students will choose a card with a high frequency word and read it, then write in

Use this product in your literacy center/stations or for word work to reinforce alphabetical order using winter words.

Use this product in your literacy stations or for word work to reinforce alphabetical order.

Use this product in your Halloween unit to create a mini booklet about the five senses during Halloween.