The Gingerbread Man: Sequencing Pocket Chart Cards - FREEBIE!

It seems that almost everyone is reading some version of The Gingerbread Man this week.  If you enjoy engaging your little ones in story sequencing using the pocket chart, you'll want to grab this freebie. 

I have put together story sequencing cards for The Gingerbread Man and included a number of thinking map activities. 

You can grab your freebie here!  

This sequencing packet contains:

* Sequencing title cards
* Sequencing cards (old lady; farmer; fox; cow; cat; pig; horse; rooster; dog; gingerbread man;  gingerbread girl)
* Circle Map writing activity
* Brace Map writing activity
* Tree map writing activity
* Sequencing writing prompt

I included a number of different animal cards as it seems that every version is slightly different. 

Happy holidays to ALL!!!

Directed Drawing Freebie

I just fell in love with the book Click, Clack, Ho! Ho! Ho! by Doreen Cronin and Betsy Lewin.  After I finished creating my Click, Clack, Ho! Ho! Ho!  Sequencing and Thinking Map Activities I was itching to create a directed drawing activity to go along with the reading. 

Here it is and it's a FREEBIE!  Click here to grab it from TpT: Click, Clack- Directed Drawing

The packet contains:
* Teacher directions
* A directed drawing step-by-step guide
* Two writing prompts (Sequencing writing prompt and creative writing prompt).

Click, Clack, Ho! Ho! Ho!

Have you read the book Click, Clack, Ho! Ho! Ho!  It is adorable.  Doreen Cronin has hit it out of the ballpark once again.  Her "Click, Clack" books are hilarious AND wonderful for sequencing practice.

I have put together a 32 page Sequencing and Thinking Maps packet to use in conjunction with this adorable holiday book.  

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The packet contains the following and can be used throughout the month in your literacy centers and as whole class activities:

Pocket Chart Sequencing:  Title label and images. 

Number Cards: Numerals, number words, and ordinal numbers.

Cut and Paste Sequencing: Individual student activity.  (Teacher Guide included.) 

Vocabulary Picture Cards: turkey, tree, reindeer, gift, Santa, winter, fireplace, lights, sleigh, cookies, stocking, Santa bag, chimney, hot cocoa, duck, sheep, cow, and pig.

Circle Maps: “Santa on Sleigh”, “Reindeer”, “Chimney”, and “Christmas Tree”.   

Tree Maps: “Santa” and “Reindeer”.

Double Bubble: Compare and Contrast Maps: “Christmas Tree/Tree in the Forest”, Real Ducks/Fictional Ducks”, “Real Reindeer/Fictional Reindeer”. 

Brace Maps: “Parts of a Duck”, “Parts of a Reindeer”, “Elves”, “Santa”. 

Author’s Purpose: Click, Clack, Ho! Ho! Ho! (Can be used with any text.)

Thinking Deeper:  Two prompts included. 

Read and Draw:  “I Hear Jingle Bells”

Ho, Ho Ho... A Fun Alphabet and Number Recognition Game

My daughter's class of preschoolers just LOVED my "Flap, Flap, Gobble, Gobble Game.  Actually, they enjoyed it so much that they begged to play it all the time.  (We are so sneaky with our number and letter recognition practice).   She asked if I could make her something similar for the month of December.

Ho, Ho, Ho was my response!  This is a highly engaging way for your little ones to practice their alphabet and number recognition.  It provides ton of holiday fun with a silly Santa twist.



The packet contains the following:
* Capital letter cards
* Lower case letter cards
* Numbers 1- 25
* Santa cards
* Directions

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I also have a high-frequency word version of the game.  Here's the link to the Ho, Ho, Ho! High-Frequency Word Practice edition.  This game provides a fun way to practice the 1st 50 Fry's high-frequency words. 

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