This 121 page Polar Express unit is divided into areas of literature, music, art, literacy, math, worksheets, science, kitchen, creative writing, word wall, and guided reading. The activities are clearly written, easy to use, and need limited amounts of preparation. The lessons (games or activities) included are scripted. They are written in a format that can be easily taught by the teacher or readily handed off to a parent volunteer or a classroom aide with complete confidence that objectives of the lesson will be reached.

Literacy Activities:

Alphabet Train: Building Alphabet Fluency

Polar Express Game: Reviewing Early Reading Skills

Jingle All The Way: Identifying Letter Sounds

Cocoa Cocoa: Identifying Medial Sound

Rhyme Train: Producing and Generating Rhymes

Letter Choo Choo: Writing Missing Letters

Math Activities:

Santa Express: Matching Quantity With Numbers

Break The Train: Finding The Pattern Within a Pattern

Santa's Cookie Jar: Counting Forward

Pajama Wars: Decomposing Numbers Less Than Ten

North Pole Candy Store: Ordering Numbers

Santa's Bag: Writing Numbers

Science

North Pole Facts: Factual Content

Jingle Jangle: Drawing Conclusions

North Pole Putty: Mixing Ingredients to Make A New Element

Songs

Jingle Bells

Clickity Clack

Kitchen

Cocoa: Following a Recipe

Decorate Cookies

Writing Prompts/Word Wall

The Polar Express

What I Know About Trains

Polar Express Word Wall

Art Projects

Elf Yourself

The Polar Express

Shape Train Portfolio Page

Guided Reading Books

The Polar Express

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