Description
Are you looking for some companion activities to go with The Polar Express? Take a look at these engaging activities. It includes a lesson about the author’s purpose, crafts with writing about being trapped in the North Pole, Math and so much MORE!
What’s included:
- Page 1: Cover
- Page 2: Table of Contents
- Page 3: Lesson Plan for teaching about the Author’s Purpose
- Page 4: How to put the Author’s Purpose Layered Book together
- Pages 5-7: Layered Book Pages
- Page 8: Writing Page for Author’s Purpose
- Page 9: How to display your PIE Posters
- Pages 10-13: Posters
- Page 14: Worksheet on sorting /ow/ sounds
- Pages 15-19: If I was trapped in the North Pole… (writing for intermediate and primary)
- Page 20: Rubric
- Page 21: Writing Certificates
- Page 22: Snow Globe (add a photo of the child, so it looks like they are trapped inside the globe.)
- Page 24: Writing – My Favorite Part (prompt)
- Page 25: Golden Tickets to give students for a themed day
- Page 26: Black and White Tickets
- Page 27: Directions for Santa HAT/Headband and Santa Letter Reading Activity
- Pages 27-29: Santa Headband
- Page 30: Letter Paper for Santa
- Page 33: Draw Items You Want for Christmas
- Page 34: Rubric
- Pages 36-37: (BONUS) Santa Poems
- Page 38: Handwriting Practice
- Page 39: Design a Train Ticket
- Pages 40-48: MATH (time to the hour, numbers 1-6, 2-12 & games).
- Pages 49-54: Write the Room with Answer Key
- Page 55: Credits







