Making A Christmas Shape Book: Mathematical Art
Your students will love making this adorable book of Christmas shapes. Not only is it a great and memorable keepsake, it is a great way to teach mathematical shapes to mastery. At the completion of the project my students usually pass off this common core standard with 100% accuracy; even the tricky hexagon!
I have made this book with my students for years, each of them turn out unique and adorable. I simply use what I have available to complete a cute work of art made from a common shape. I vary the pages from construct (using construction paper), painting techniques such as marble painting, finger painting, etc., use fabric, felt, lace, ribbon, yarn, or whatever I have handy. I do create a page for students to use as support to scaffold their own original rendition. If you are lucky enough to have a die-cut at your school, cut out all of the shapes beforehand, along with all supporting pieces such as small strips of black for the reindeer antlers. Gather all supplies and have them easily accessible for your students.
Some of the pages can be completed whole group, others are best to complete at a center with some adult assistance. You can complete some of the pages using guided art methods, some can be free creations (using the template die-cut shape). I have found the cookie and the ornament are two pages that lend themselves to creative freedom.
Glitter is the secret ingredient on each page. I teach the students how to make small lines of glue, lay the piece in a flat tote and then sprinkle the glitter (or pinch the thumb and pointer together to pick up excess from the tray and sprinkle it on the page). Next, pick up the piece and dump all glitter back into the tray.
If you teach your students this technique, glitter stays at bay. In fact, I am able to use glitter all year because they know how to correctly use the art product.
If you are making a book that is already stapled or attached, as in this pre-purchased blank book, simply fold the other pages back and allow it to dry for a few hours or overnight. I generally do one page a day until my product if completed.
This little crowdpleaser makes a great gift from the students to their parents! Yes! A gift that is cute, easy to make and even fulfills a Common Core Standard!
This adorable book will be a keepsake your children will love for years to come and a great way to teach the names of skills to mastery.
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Christmas Themed Guided Readers to Read and Color!
Offering students a "paper" book that can be colored and taken home offers students authentic purpose for the guided reading instruction and opportunity to practice techniques at home. Students love these delightful stories that are ready to read on their level. The clip art is delightful!
Contents
Merry Christmas
Presents From Santa
The North Pole
Run Gingerbread Man Run!
The Christmas Train
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Learning the alphabet is crucial to early reading success. Along with letter recognition, students need to be able to identify the main or most common sound for each letter.
Alphabet sound flashcards are a helpful tool for introducing and practicing the letter sounds. They can be used for games, activities, and flashcard drills. They are great for whole group activities, but can also be used with small groups and individual students.
This packet presents two sets of Christmas sound flashcards - a large color version and a small black-and-white version. Each set has 26 lowercase letters. Every card has a letter and a picture featuring the sound of that letter.
The flashcards are easy to prepare. Copy the teacher set on cardstock, laminate and cut into fourths. Copy the student flashcards on regular copy paper. Add directions, staple and send home!
Flashcards are an important learning material. Check out these as well as our holiday and four seasons alphabet and number flashcards to add a little variety to your letter and number practice.
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Build your students fluency withe addition 0-5 using these fun, Christmas Themed Worksheets.
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Phoneme Segmentation Fluency is a crucial phonemic awareness skill that prepares your student to decode CVC words.
Your children will love helping Santa get dressed so he can make his Christmas deliveries! This game includes a scripted lesson, over 100 cards that are perfect for segmenting practice, a Santa game mat, and Old Santa's sleigh to hold the collected gifts.
© Kathy Crane Kindergarten Kiosk
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Christmas Around The World Thematic Unit. Teach across the curriculum!
Part One of our Christmas Around the World Thematic Unit is filled with time-tested, quality activities that are strategically linked to Core Standards. It is divided into areas of literature, music, art, literacy, math, social studies, creative writing, word wall, and guided reading.
Part One Features The Countries of:
Germany
Australia
Russia
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France
Africa
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Greece
The activities include:
Literacy Activities
Germany: Reading Sight Words
Australia: Surfing Santa: Segmenting Words
Russia: Land of the Sweets: Comprehension
France: Le Reveillon: Rhyming
Greece: St. Nicholas’ Boats: Naming Sounds
Greece: Nonsense Word Fluency
Italy: Befana’s Toys: Changing Initial Sounds to Make New Words
Math Activities
German Advent Calendar: Solving Problems Using Mental Math Strategies.
Denmark: Nisse The Elf: Subtraction
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Spain: Spanish Shoes: Writing Numbers
England: Stocking Stuffing: Counting Objects For a Given Number
Songs and Fingerplays
Germany: O Tannenbaum
Australia: Six White Boomers
Denmark: Ten Little Gnomes
Spain: Navidad
Art Projects
Germany: Star Christmas Countdown
Russia: Nesting Dolls/Nutcracker
Denmark: Danish Christmas Heart
Spain: Balthazar & the Wise Men
Africa: Candle Art
Canada: Strip Christmas Tree
England: Christmas Cards
France: Christmas Santons
Greece: Christmas Fishing Boat
Kitchen
Australia: Pavlova
Writing
Country Word Walls
Guided Reading
Christmas Friends: Sight Word Reader
Class-Made Book: Around the World
BONUS: Find more ideas and supporting books, videos, and songs here: http://www.kindergartenkiosk.com/kindergartenkiosk/12/2/christmas-around-the-world
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