Christmas Literacy Songs, Poems, Fingerplays, Readers Theater, Writing {CCSS}

Christmas literacy songs, poems, fingerplays, readers theater and writing activities for preschool, kindergarten, first and second grades.

December ELA, Literacy activities for your Preschool and elementary students. Interactive Songs, Poems, Fingerplays and Chants and Reader’s Theater/Music Program. Use the Writing activities, Finger puppets, song book to help students say; “I Can recite songs and poems with expression! Best for Pre-K to 3rd grade.

• This collection of songs and poems will fill your students time with relevant learning experiences in Literacy centers, Reading Time, and Writing stations.

RESOURCE INCLUDES:

22 Songs, Poems, Fingerplays and Chants with hand Actions

Color and Black and White Poster size sheets for student coloring song book.

• Little Book in black and white

• Finger Puppets that coordinate with all the songs, poems, fingerplays and chants

Hand Action Directions

• Graphic Organizers- Circle Map “Christmas” and Tree Map “Christmas is-has-can”

• Writing Activities (in primary and intermediate lines)

• Reader’s Theater in Teacher and student size-numbered and unnumbered scripts for easily adapting to the number of students in your class.

• Black and White 92 pages of resource materials

• Color pages 38 pages of resource materials

• Total of 130 pages of resource materials

• Grade Level Applications:

KINDER- may be able to read without any help-it’s easy!

FIRST-SECOND-THIRD- should be able to read the script without any help.

USE THIS RESOURCE:

LITERACY CENTERS

DAILY 5

WRITING ACTIVITIES

SEAT WORK

MUSICAL PERFORMANCE

CLASS PROGRAM

TEACHING IDEAS:

Create a Holiday Song and Poem book for each student using the color or Black and White Printable Cover Sheet.

Use this resource as whole class instruction or to differentiate instruction for small groups, shared reading and Center Activities.

Use this Christmas Literacy Resource to reinforce and provide opportunities to practice and build COMMON CORE BASIC SKILLS such as:

RHYMING

SYLLABLES

LONG AND SHORT VOWELS

SILENT E

READING WITH PURPOSE AND UNDERSTANDING

DECODING

HOMESCHOOL APPLICATIONS:

Children will love singing the holiday songs about their favorite Christmas characters. The coloring songbook is the perfect activity for children to work on independently. Use the writing activities as templates for letters to Santa, Grandma and Grandpa and Christmas cards.

ABOUT THIS RESOURCE:

This resource supports COMMON CORE Daily 5 for practice in fluency, vocabulary and comprehension skills reinforcement. I included a sample lesson outline and other suggestions for using this during the whole month of December. Specific standards are included in the resource for your reference.

Songs Sung to Familiar Tunes of:

London Bridges

She’ll Be Comin’ Round the Mountain

I’m a Little Teapot

Jingle Bells

Three Blind Mice

Mary Had a Little Lamb

Frere Jacques

The Farmer in the Dell

BINGO

Hokey Pokey

If You’re Happy and You Know It

Twinkle, Twinkle

We Wish You a Merry Christmas

Where is Thumbkin?

SONG TITLES:

At Christmas Time

He’ll Be Comin’ Christmas Eve

I’m a Little Pine Tree

Jingle Bells

Red, Green and White

Rudolf Has a Shiny Nose

Santa’s Coming

Santa’s in His Sleigh

Santa is His Name-O

Santa’s Song

The Reindeer Pokey

There’s a Little Elf

Twinkle, Twinkle Christmas Star

We Wish You a Merry Christmas

Where is Santa?

FINGER PLAYS AND POEMS

Five Little Reindeer

Let’s Make a Gingerbread Man

I’m a Christmas Pine Tree

Santa Claus

Santa’s Workshop

See the Little Elves

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