Now that the hustle and bustle of the holidays are over, get your students back into school mode with this creative writing activity!
Start by having them work in partners and brainstorm things Santa might do now that Christmas is over and write them on their web.
Will he take a vacation? Buy a motorcycle? Will he shave his beard so the kids won't recognize him? The possibilities are endless!!
Gather the students in a whole group and have them share the ideas they came up with. If they hear an idea they like, have them add it to their sheet. Then, have them circle the main idea they would like to focus on for their writing piece.
Next, have them write their story using the graphic organizer, then peer edit, conference with you, and write their final copy.
Finally, your kids will love making this ADORABLE Santa!
Be sure to attach their writing piece to his hand and put them on display!
**Please note: if you purchased our Crazy for Christmas unit on TpT, these tracers can also be used for the Santa Character Traits and Santa Simile files. Similar tracers are included with that unit; the only difference is that the ones above include measurements for some extra details**
Print everything off, make the tracers, and you've got your writing planned for your first week back...yeah!!!!
21 comments:
Super cute idea! Love it!
Jennifer
First Grade Blue SKies
A perfect lead in story would be the cute story
Santa's Twelve Months Off by Mike Reiss. I read this story before break and my class loved it.
Yearn to Learn Blog
haha! i love this! how are you so creative? i want part of your brain!! ;)
This is such a cute idea! Thank you!
What a fun idea! Thanks for sharing :)
Love this idea- and the patterns! Thanks for your generous sharing.
This is the perfect back to school writing project!! I love it! Thanks so much for sharing!!
Happy New Year :)
Kelly
Beg, Borrow, Steal
www.mchaffiek.blogspot.com
Thank you so much for sharing your amazing creativity!!! My students are going to love this and so am I!! WHOO HOOO!!
Katt Fornstrom
kattstu@gmail.com
What font did you use for the cover page "What will Santa do now?" I absolutely love it! Thank you for sharing all your wonderful ideas.
daniellegonzales91@yahoo.com
Hello,
I came across your amazing blog today looking for ideas about displaying New Year's resolutions. I have seen some fantastic ideas, and I'm only on the first few posts!!
I have shared your site with my Twitter buddies.
Thank you for sharing.
Lisa Warner
UK
http://www.year4blogspot.blogspot.com/
Now, THAT is a cute "back to school" after Christmas activity! Thanks for sharing..love your blog :)
Michelle
Oh I LOVE this idea!!!! HOW CUTE!! I'm going to blast it on our facebook right now!
Super cute! Thanks for sharing :)
Erin
http://eberhartsexplorers.blogspot.com/
Cute idea. Thank you for sharing!
2B Honey Bunch
The Best Endings
Love it! Printing it right now!! You also inspired me to post about incorporating the holiday buzz into the first day back from break. I utilize a lot of Kagan Structures…lets the kids talk…which is what they'll do anyways. :) Happy New Year!! And, thank you.
Alicia
First Grade Factory
I definitely grabbed this writing assignment and my students will be doing it tomorrow! I'm so excited! I've given you the Versatile Blogger award! Head on over to http://confessionsfromafirstyearteacher.blogspot.com/ to check it out! Yay!
I just love this! Thanks so much for sharing!
Nicole
http://teachingwithblondeambition.blogspot.com/
Congratulations! I nominated you for the Versatile Blogger award. Hop over to http://teach123-school.blogspot.com/ for more information about it.
:) Michelle
I totally plan to use this! Thanks so much!
I love your blog! I gave you an award! Hop over to check it out!
2nd Grade Paradise
I love this writing prompt idea! I just posted this link to my reading blog for my Great Link of the week post... I hope you'll check out the post complete with your button as a link back. LilBookchompers.com. Loving your blog :)
We did this on Friday and it turned out so cute! It allowed me to introduce paragraph writing, and the kids loved thinking about all the activities Santa is busy doing now!
Thanks for another amazing freebie!
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