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Book Study: The Polar Express OrganizerBook Study: The Polar Express Organizer
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Book Study: The Polar Express

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All aboard! Pair a reading of The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg with a set of literacy activities. The packet of worksheets includes task cards, sorting activities, a synonym match, comparing and contrasting activities, writing about emotions and visualizing elements, and sequencing cards.

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CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

the polar express, book studies, winter, christmas, sequencing, story sequencing, synonyms, compare and contrast, academic vocabulary, emotions, visual literacy, literacy centers

Additional Tags

english language arts

Instructional Ideas

  • Print on cardstock and laminate the task cards, vocabulary cards, sequencing strips, and any other printable you wish to use in centers
  • Show the movie and read the book in class, and have learners use the comparing stories graphic organizer to compare and contrast the two

Classroom Considerations

  • Resource is intended to supplement the reading of The Polar Express
  • Best used in December around Christmas

Pros

  • Comes with 34 pages of fun learning activities

Cons

  • None

Common Core

RL.1.1 RL.1.2 RL.1.3 RL.1.4 RL.1.7 RL.2.1 RL.2.2 RL.2.3 RL.2.7 RL.2.9 RL.3.1 RL.3.2 RL.3.3 RL.3.7

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