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Polar Express Sample Pack
This is just a sample of my nearly 200 page Polar Express Pack. You can read more about what’s inside or purchase it at
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The Polar ExpressLiteracy Pack Sample
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Find more activities for:
RhymingSyllables
Letter SoundsVowel Sounds
Phonics PatternsSpelling
ComprehensionWriting
Hot Cocoa Rhyming Match Up - Mugs
Picture Key: frog, wet, ham, pail, down, star, bee, snake, ring
Directions: Match the hot cocoa mugs to the rhyming marshmallows. To make this activity self-checking, draw the same colored dots on the back of a matching pair.
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Stamp that Ticket!We can’t leave until the train tickets haven’t been stamped! Using letter stamps, stamp the beginning letter sound for each train ticket.
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Note: If stamps are not available, students may use letter stickers or simply write the beginning letter sound on the blank side of the ticket.
aPhonics Express – Short Vowel Pictures {CVC}
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Short a- cat, dad, cab, sad, bat / Short e- bed, web, pet, leg, ten
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a_ePhonics Express – long vowel (a_e)
name take
race babe fade
cane trace blame
place crane snake
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POLAR EXPRESSHow many words can you make from…
2-letter words 3-letter words
4-letter words 5 or more letter words
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disbelief
MovieONLY
BOTHMovie & Book
Santa’s bag
reindeer train tickets
boy sleigh bell boy’s friend
Movie & Book Picture Sort Look at the pictures. Sort them as in the movie ONLY or in BOTH the movie and the book.
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The Polar ExpressMath Pack Sample
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Find more activities for:
NumbersOperations {addition/subtraction}
PatternsGreater Than, Less ThanWays to Make Numbers
Base TenTallying & Graphing
Telling TimeMoneyShapes
Word Problems
Train MazeHelp Santa get to the reindeer by following numbers 5-100 as you count by 5’s in the maze.
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Race to the Top
The Polar Express needs to reach the top of the mountain to get to the North Pole!
1. Place all cards facedown in the top card pile.2. Pick the top card. Look at the number.3. If it is even, move up one space.
If it is odd, do not move.4. The first “train” to the top is the winner.
Place cards facedown here.
discard pile
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Player 1Start
Player 2Start
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On Track with Double Digit Addition
Gently toss two small manipulatives (like coins) onto the game board, one at a time. Write the first number into the top spot and the second number into the bottom spot. Then add the two numbers together.
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Roll the die 20 times. Use tally marks to record the results.
Use your tally mark results to create a bar graph.
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Tally and Graph Express
Analyze & AnswerWrite three things you know about your graph in the space below.
sphere cube rectangular prism
triangular prism cone cylinder
pyramid
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