Merry Christmas!
Countdown to winter break, 6 more work days! There are lots of
things going on this week and next. This week we are working on a snow globe
project that I will write about in my next post.
I did want to tell you about next week and my class reading The
Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg.
This is actually the start of a month long author study I am doing in
January (more to come about this as well). As I am sure you know, Polar Express
is a cute book and great a movie you can squeak in just before break. I have made a lit unit is great that goes
along with it but I wanted to share the craftivity that goes along with the
unit.
I am going to have the students put together a train that is
travelling to the North Pole. On the train cars the students have to summarize
the beginning, middle, and end of the book. The train goes onto a long piece of
construction paper that can be either black or white. For my example, I chose
black to represent the night sky. However, I think white can work well too, if
students wanted to draw the setting as the train was travelling up the
mountain.
Below is an example of the project.
Here is the link to the Polar Express Lit Unit w/craftivity and
link to the Chris Van Allsburg Author Bundle.
Have a great break!
Erin
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