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Christmas Writing and a Special Craft

11/20/2016

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Christmas writing and a craft
Christmas is an special time for both children and adults. You can't help but feel the excitement in the air as December approaches. Christmas lights blink everywhere, Christmas music plays in the stores and on the radio, and the Christmas movies start to show up on the television.
Christmas Using Our Senses
There are so many opportunities to use this excitement and the feelings associated with Christmas in your classroom writing. For years I did Christmas writing with the senses. When I retired last year, I still had the chance to introduce this idea one more time when I was helping out in another teacher's classroom.

Here is my blog post about what we did.

When I wrote about the writing we did, I mentioned a special gift that we were creating, but I couldn't say anything more because a parent might see the post and it would spoil the surprise.
Here is more information about what we did and how it was special.

Using Juicy Details and the 5 Senses
The teacher I was working with began by showing some different Christmas scenes. Each scene was going to be the topic of the verse that would be written.
We first generated ideas using my juicy details templates. We had used them for some other activities earlier in the year, so the children were familiar with them. We began as a group and then they went to their desks and selected the words that they wanted for their poems.
sample page from Christmas using our senses
I have always found that using a framework for writing helps some of the struggling writers get started. Stronger, more confident writers develop more descriptive pieces of work and use it as a springboard for future work.
Sample final page for writing
Using fancy paper for the final product is a great motivator for kids. I also find that they are more willing to do the writing and add to their work if they know that it is going to be typed up afterwards. (Those that have difficulty writing often write less if they know they have to do a re-write for publishing.)
Several times in the past, I used this idea of writing about Christmas using the senses as part of a bigger idea. Parents love to receive special gifts from their children that have been made by them. The poem was all written on one page and then put onto special paper. It was then placed on the back of the "stained glass" picture. This way, it could be shared each year as the kids grow. What better way to display it than to make it part of the Christmas decorations!

Instead of making a single page poem, this time, we made a special Christmas booklet with each verse on a separate page. A special note was written for each parent to add to the back of the "stained glass" picture instead of the poem. The booklet went along with the picture.
DIY Christmas Writing and a Craft
If you would like to make your own special "stained glass" decoration and poem keepsake, check out how we did it here.
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3 Comments
Kristy link
11/20/2016 05:12:08 am

I love the stained glass craft idea. Thanks!

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Teaching Elementary and Beyond
11/20/2016 07:17:41 am

What a great way to support children's knowledge of the five senses! Thanks!

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That Fun Reading Teacher link
11/20/2016 10:54:02 am

Charlene, what a wonderful project for the holiday season. I love how you structured the writing with senses and then combined it with the stained glass craft to create such a special keepsake for parents. Thank you for sharing it.

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    I am a wife, mother of 4, grandmother of 9, and a retired primary and music teacher. I love working with kids and continue to volunteer at school and teach ukulele.

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