Description

Christmas in the Country by Cynthia Rylant is another descriptive book sharing her childhood memories. It’s a great choice for needs versus wants. This teaching bundle will make planning lessons much easier since it has both Digital (Google Slides TM AND PDF).

HOW TEACHERS CAN USE THIS CHRISTMAS IN THE COUNTRY UNIT:

The unit is set up in a Before, During, and After activities and includes a writing extension option. You can project the color version while students write on the PDF. You can also assign portions through Google Classroom too. Teachers use the activities for mentor text lessons, for guided reading, book clubs, and for stations work.

WHAT’S INCLUDED IN THE CHRISTMAS IN THE COUNTRY UNIT?

prereading schema builder about holiday celebrations

• schema builder compares Christmas in the Country versus Christmas in the City
• vocabulary organizer for tier 2 words
• comprehension skills including making comparisons
• sequencing events of the story
• summarizing (BME organizer)
• visualizing with text evidence
• questioning strategies (QAR with question cards for either centers or small group instruction)
• holiday are descriptive writing (poem)
• post reading quiz
• and a post reading writing prompt that can be compiled into a class book. It can be used in conjunction with this book or other winter books.

This unit is compared to the book, Silver Packages also by Cynthia Rylant, so be sure to check that unit out as well.

OTHER CYNTHIA RYLANT RESOURCES YOU MIGHT LIKE:

• Henry and Mudge Bundle
• In November
• Scarecrow
• When I was Young in the Mountain
• Silver Packages
• Christmas in the Country
• The Great Gracie Chase
• Snow
• All in a Day
• All I See

GET THEM ALL:

• Cynthia Rylant Author Study including units for 10 books

TEACHERS LIKE YOU SAID…

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Kathryn R. says, “Really helped with my Interactive Read Aloud!”

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Mary K. says, “Cynthia Rylant is another favorite of author of mine whose books easily lend themselves to be used as mentor texts. Thank you especially for the questions to use as QAR help or question writing modeling.”

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Penny Y. says, “Just what I was looking for! Thanks so much!”

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Keeping Life Creative (TpT Seller) says, “These activities look super fun and I love how many different reading strategies you’ve covered. Can’t wait to incorporate them into our homeschooling lessons next week..”

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