Description

This Polar Express activity pack is loaded with literacy and math activities {nearly 200 pages}!! It’s a GREAT fit for K-1st learners, although there are certainly activities that preschoolers and 2nd graders could use, too!

This pack also contains 4 EDITABLE activities that can be modified and adapted for lots more learning. See the editable notes below.

Part 1: Polar Express Literacy Activities

Within the literacy section of the pack are these activities:

1. Phonological Awareness & Beginning Phonics Activities

rhyming word hot chocolate matching
syllable clip cards
beginning sound letter matching
beginning sound stamping worksheet
beginning letter sounds train sorts {with pictures}
middle short vowel sounds train sorts {with pictures}

2. Phonics & Spelling Activities

short and long vowel train sorts {with words}; includes “oddball” train cars and EDITABLE PAGE, too!
written sorts for spelling phonics words
Roll & Read Game Board {EDITABLE!!}
Polar Express Dice
spelling little words from bigger words such as, Polar Express, Hot Chocolate, Silver Bell, and Merry Christmas
tickets with letters for spelling activities

3. Comprehension & Writing Activities

picture comprehension sort – it’s in the story or not in the story
book and movie comparison sort
book and movie comparison worksheet
sequencing cards – using pictures, sentences, and numbers
sequencing worksheets
vocabulary cards
figure of speech hunt
comprehension questions and writing pages

Part 2: Polar Express Math Activities

Within the math section of the pack are these activities:

1. Numbers

dot pages for numbers 1-10 and 11-20
dot pages for 1 die
rote counting mazes {for numbers 1-200}
ordering numbers {EDITABLE PAGE!!}
greater than, less than train cars {EDITABLE PAGE!!}
even and odd game with 3 levels of play

2. Operations & Algebraic Thinking

cut and pattern cards
ways to represent numbers train sorts {1-20}
dot pages for addition to 12 {number sentences included or use two dice}
12 Squares game for 2 players {addition, subtraction, beginning multiplication and division can also be included}
addition game
double digit addition game {no remainder}
double addition recording sheet
base ten game with jingle bells

3. Measurement & Data