Polar Express: A Guide for Using The Polar Express in the Classroom

by Susan Kilpatrick

Overview

Each book in this series is a guide for using a well-known piece of literature in the classroom. Included are sample plans, author information, vocabulary-building ideas, and cross-curricular activities. At the Intermediate and Challenging levels, sectional activities and quizzes, unit tests, and ideas for culminating and extending the novel are also included.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781557345431
Publisher:	Teacher Created Resources, Incorporated
Publication date:	01/28/1996
Series:	Literature Unit Series
Edition description:	Teachers G
Pages:	48
Product dimensions:	8.52(w) x 10.98(h) x 0.16(d)
Age Range:	5 - 9 Years

Table of Contents

Introduction and Sample Lessons

Unit Planner

Getting to Know the Book and Author

Suggestions for Using the Unit Activities

Unit Activities - Language Arts:

• Pocket Chart Activities
• Pocket Chart Patterns
• Story Questions
• Story Summary Sentence Strips
• "The Silver Bell" (Poem)
• Stick Puppet Theaters
• Stick Puppet Patterns
• Story Scenes
• Polar Express Scrapbook
• ABC Harness Bells
• Holiday Ornaments
• Simile Stars
• "Found Poetry"
• Bells Are Ringing!

Unit Activities - Related Curriculum:

• Finish the Picture (Art)
• Class Holly Wreath (Art)
• Holiday Recipes (Cooking)
• Candy House (Cooking)
• Life in the Polar Regions (Social Studies)
• The Polar Regions Game (Social Studies)
• Ring Those Bells (Science)
• My Favorite Winter Pastime (Math)

Culminating Activities:

• "The First Gift of Christmas" (Song)
• Holiday Banners
• Reader's Theater

Bibliography and Invitation