Christmas | The Night Before Christmas | Thinking Keys | For Creative Thinkers

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 | 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.

PREMIUM RESOURCE | FONT OPTION: Lines Updated: The classic poem ‘Twas the night before Christmas when all through the house is a great way to connect literature with handwriting. The resource provides daily practice sheets for students to copy. Each sheet includes lines from the poem giving the student the opportunity to consolidate and refine their handwriting skills. They practise writing with consistent size, spacing, shape and alignment of letters while enjoying the classic poem about Christmas of yesteryear. Landscape format.