1-2-3 Come Do Some Christmas Writing With Me!

I decided to share some of my favorite December Easy Readers with you today.  These make nice whole-group reading activities or something simple and quick to plug into your Daily 5 writing block.

In My Winter Color Words booklet, students read, trace and write the color words and then color the pictures. The last page has students write about their favorite winter color and draw a picture of something that color.   Click on the link to view/download it.

This easy reader has been so popular, that I decided to make one featuring penguins; this too reinforces colors and color words. 

The last page has students write which penguin was their favorite, as well as draw a picture of something a blank penguin is holding and then color it.  

I did a huge penguin unit in January, but I know many teachers have penguins as a theme for December too, so I'm featuring some penguin activities this month.  I've also included a certificate of praise in this packet.  Click on the link to view/download the Penguin Colors booklet.

Hurry! Help Santa, is an older easy reader before I had all the software, graphics and fonts that I have available to me now, but it's still a favorite that I think your kiddo's might enjoy too.  In this easy reader students trace and write as well as cut and glue.  I've included traceable word cards and a graphing extension as well.  Click on the link to view/download the Hurry Help Santa Get Ready easy reader.

December is a Great Month includes many Dolch words. Children use picture clues to help them read the story as they cut and glue the matching pictures to help explain why December is such a great month.

Two graphing extensions, 33 traceable word cards + a certificate of praise are also included.  Click on the link to view/download the December is a Great Month easy reader.

Light Up The Tree reinforces numbers, number words (through 10) as well as colors.   Students trace and write the numbers and number words + draw that many light bulbs.

On the last page children guess-timate how many lights are on the tree.  A graphing extension is included. Click on the link to view/download he Light Up The Tree Easy Reader.

In I See Circles At Christmas, students also trace and write.  A graphing extension + traceable word cards are also included. 

As another writing extension you could have students choose a square or rectangle and challenge them to write their own I See booklet.  Click on the link to view/download the I See Circles At Christmas easy reader. 

If you like the idea of students creating their own booklets, be sure and check out the Christmas Class Books, where students write a page to go with 3 different booklets.   Includes 5 graphing extensions, so you can incorporate math skills. The class-made books are:

• In December: (Students choose one of their favorite activities that they do during the month),
• Hooray! It's A Snow Day:  (Children write about all of the things they did when school was cancelled) and
• Christmas Tree: (Students share how they will decorate their dream tree and what they will put on the top).

After students share their work, collect and collate the pages into a class book.  Click on the link to view/download the Christmas Class Books packet.

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"I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try and keep it all the year." -Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol