Writing Projects

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Engage students during the cold winter months in reading, writing and STEM activities that all surround one of your favorite fairy tales.. The Gingerbread Man! Students will study fairy tale elements in the core story, then compare and contrast how the regular version of The Gingerbread Man is the same and is different from various fractured fairy tales. This works with ANY version of The Gingerbread Man that you might have in your library, and also includes my suggestions for various titles.

Get students writing creatively about the Polar Express with this imaginative narrative project and craft. Perfect for any Polar Express Day Celebration!

Engage students with nonfiction text skills this winter using this main idea and key detail ornament themed activity. This reading or writing activity is PERFECT for your primary students! Students can either write their own nonfiction text or recall information from text. Students will identify a main idea, write key details about it and then draw a picture. Then, students compile their work into either a flip book or a cute Christmas Tree!

Writing an imaginative narrative is easy with this Polar Express writing and craft! Teach students to write stories with a problem and solution with this engaging writing resource. This lesson can be taught in one day or stretched out throughout five days. Students will generate ideas on potential problems during their adventure on the Polar Express, then brainstorm ideas on their personal adventure, write a plan for their imaginative story, then end the activity by creating a fun Polar Express.

Engage your students in learning about landforms by having them apply their knowledge of various landforms to create a project... LANDFORM ISLAND! Students will work alone or in groups to research 24 different landforms, draft a plan for their island, write all about their island and publish a poster of their islands. Islands will include as many landforms as possible and students will need to brainstorm different animals, plants and other features that would be located near various landforms...

Engage your second grade math students in this hands-on project based activity. Students will take on the role of opening their own gingerbread workshop. Each day during this 15 day unit, students will complete various activities to get their workshop ready for customers to come through. Students will practice MANY different math skills: addition and subtraction to 1000, word problems, geometry, graphing, measurement, money and more.