Description
These Dasher book activities give you a full week of Christmas reading lessons.
Dasher by Matt Tavares is a beautiful story about how Santa got his reindeer, and a wonderful read aloud for the Christmas season. This Rooted in Reading unit gives you five days of reading lessons built around the book, paired with nonfiction readers about reindeer and bison. Every activity is available as a printable PDF and digitally in Seesaw, Google Slides, and PowerPoint.
What’s Included
- 5 days of lesson plans for reading and vocabulary
- Teaching videos: problem and solution, comparing and contrasting, vocabulary, and a Dasher read aloud
- Picture examples of all activities
- Reading comprehension question stems
- Digital posters for problem and solution, problem and solution with character traits, and comparing and contrasting
- Problem and solution match, anchor chart, and Problem Solved? printable
- Compare and contrast characters Venn diagram and flap book
- Fiction and nonfiction passages
- Comprehension check for the story
- Nonfiction readers: Bison Basics and The Reindeer Reader
- Anchor chart for comparing and contrasting animals
- Bison directed drawing with writing pages
- Dasher reading response craft
- Vocabulary picture cards, prompts, Match It!, words in sentences, and assessment
- 150 pages
Skills Practiced
- Problem and solution
- Comparing and contrasting characters and animals
- Vocabulary
Good to Know
- You will need a copy of Dasher by Matt Tavares, or you can use the read aloud video included in the unit
- This Special Edition unit focuses on comprehension, vocabulary, and a nonfiction connection. It does not include grammar or the Daily Deep Dive found in the monthly Rooted in Reading units.
Digital Options
- PowerPoint: 16 files you can open and use, or add to the platform of your choice
- Seesaw: the activities are preloaded, so you can save and assign them with one click
- Google Slides: copy the files to your Google account with one click
Save with the bundle: this resource is also included in Rooted in Reading: Special Editions Bundle.
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