Christmas | The Night Before Christmas | Year 2 Handwriting Practice | NSW PreCursive

SMART RESOURCE | The set of ‘The Night Before Christmas’ vocabulary cards are connected with this classic poem. The words are important for students to identify and understand in context of the poem. The resource includes vocab cards with Christmas image, a vocabulary list and a Christmas poster. They are suitable for an independent study, mini inquiry, vocabulary extension and classroom display. This resource is also linked to ‘The Night Before Christmas’ reading and writing response Teacher Ideas Ref: 7-00070.

PREMIUM RESOURCE | FONT OPTION: The favourite Twelve days of Christmas lyrics are written on daily practice sheets for the students to copy. Each sheet includes number practise and a colourful illustration. There are also thirteen lined black and white pages with illustration for students to use as copy pages. These could be made into a booklet. This is an excellent Christmas resource to practise handwriting legibility and fluency. Landscape format.

PREMIUM RESOURCE | Students respond to the classic poem ‘The Night Before Christmas’. The poem is connected across the curriculum Learning Areas: Reading, Writing, Vocabulary, Inquiry, Handwriting, and Visual Language. The resource and teacher ideas include response by reading and drawing, close activity, viewing video, responding to modern and vintage images, using a graphic organiser to express similarities and differences, and writing a character description of Santa Claus as illustrated in the classic poem. The resource guides the student to explore classic poetic literature through Christmas.