HOW SANTA GOT HIS JOB activities and lesson plan ideas

 This HOW SANTA GOT HIS JOB Activities and Interactive Read Aloud Resource Book Companion Packet includes lesson plans, reading comprehension questions, vocabulary, grammar, phonics, writing and word study activities with both printable and digital student pages. Following an interactive read aloud of the picture book, HOW SANTA GOT HIS JOB by Stephen Krensky, choose from the included collection of either printable activities or go paperless and use the digital activities to practice standards-based skills. We've even included editable teaching slides themed to match the book!   THIS READING UNIT FOCUSES ON USING THE MENTOR TEXT TO TEACH: ◼️READING STRATEGIES ☐ SEQUENCING ☐ ANALYZING CHARACTER ☐ AUTHOR'S PURPOSE ◼️GRAMMAR & LANGUAGE CONCEPTS ☐ COMMA ☐ PRONOUN ☐ CONTRACTIONS ◼️SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING TOPICS ☐ COMPASSION ☐ PERSEVERANCE SUMMARY OF THE MENTOR TEXT: When Santa was a young man looking for a job, he never seemed to find the perfect fit. He started as a chimney sweep,