So Thursday was a Christmas Tree Theme. We read a wonderful story called Why Christmas Trees Aren't Perfect. It tells the story of Small Pine who with all of the other trees in the Royal Evergreen Forest hopes to be chosen by the Queen to be the tree for the castle. When a rabbit seeking shelter from wild dogs, a wren needing a place to rest in a blizzard, and a lost, starving fawn are in need, Small Pine offers his branches. He isn't so perfect anymore, but the Queen recognizes his giving and chooses him to be the honored Christmas Tree in the castle. The students worked hard to predict all of the story elements before reading: setting, characters, problem, main events, solution, and the theme. As we read, the students wrote the actual details for the story elements. They did great and really appreciated the theme of the story. After all that hard work, I just had to reward them with a fun activity. They were divided into groups and had to work together to decorate one person as a Christmas tree. It was hilarious and so fun!!! Our math word problems and writing in language arts all were connected to the story throughout the rest of the day.
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