A Wish to Be a Christmas Tree
Colleen Monroe
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A Wish to Be a Christmas Tree Story Hour
- Bibliographic Information in MLA format:
Monroe, Colleen, and Michael Glenn Monroe. A wish to be a Christmas
tree. Scholastic, 2009.
- Image(s) of the book cover(s):
See above (Cant get blogger to put them anywhere but above. Included images of pdf cut outs for the activity. Sourced from: http://www.jananas.com/free-felt-patterns-christmas-ornaments/ )
- Setting the scene:
I would welcome the students to the story hour as they entered, as this is a holiday themed thing there would be regular decorations around. I would have a basket of felt ornaments that can double as finger puppets (little seam on the bottom isn’t sewn shut for that purpose) for the children to hold on to during the story – very fuzzy and with sequins. I would include snowmen, snowflakes, and candy cane ornaments with the regular circle shaped ones and stars. Before starting and as everyone settled down, I would ask them if they were excited for the holidays. Then once everyone quieted, I would open the book A Wish to Be A Christmas Tree towards the group and start to read.
- Get into character:
I would wear a holiday themed outfit, preferably ugly Christmas sweater. Bringing mittens/scarf with me to put on during the story at descriptions of the snow and cold.
- Props:
The props are the felt ornaments, a decoration-less Christmas tree inside (as it’s a library setting, I assume this would be a regular decoration for the building,) and a bunch of tiny stuffed animal squirrels and birds.
- Telling the Story:
As I begin the story, I would gesture towards the bare tree at the front of the library area when the tree character is speaking like I am just relaying what that tree over there is saying. Descriptions of the snow and cold, pretend to shiver and shake.
Other things you may
wish to include (be creative!)
7.
Connected Books for
Display in MLA Format:
Books that are Tree focused-
Brown, Margaret Wise. Little fir tree. Harpercollins Childrens B, 2009.
Herman, R. A., and Jacqueline Rogers. The littlest Christmas tree. Scholastic, 2007.
Houston, Gloria, and Barbara Cooney. The year of the perfect Christmas tree: an
Appalachian story. Puffin Books, 1996.
Books that are Tree focused-
Brown, Margaret Wise. Little fir tree. Harpercollins Childrens B, 2009.
Herman, R. A., and Jacqueline Rogers. The littlest Christmas tree. Scholastic, 2007.
Houston, Gloria, and Barbara Cooney. The year of the perfect Christmas tree: an
Appalachian story. Puffin Books, 1996.
Books that are just cute-
Brett, Jan. The mitten: a Ukrainian folktale. Putnam, 1996.
Hapka, Cathy, et al. Margret & H.A. Reys Merry Christmas, Curious George.
Houghton Mifflin, 2017.
Mathias, Irene, and Anja Uhren. Felice the Christmas fairy. Handersen Publishing, LLC, 2017.
8.
Craft/Activity
(including learning standard, goal, objective and outcomes):
Learning Activity:
After the story is told, the students will go up to the bare Christmas tree and place their felt ornaments onto it so it can be happy to fully be a Christmas tree. The students will gather to a large table area and work on their own felt ornaments/finger puppets, for them to take home with them. This includes glue binding mostly, default shapes of Christmas/holiday theme items already cut out from the felt.
Standards:
CCSS.ELA-L.SL.1.4 - Describe people, places, things, and events with relevant details, expressing ideas and feelings clearly.
CCSS.ELA-L.SL.1.5 - Add drawings or other visual displays to descriptions when appropriate to clarify ideas, thoughts, and feelings.
Goal:
The students will listen to the story and understand how the pine tree wanted to be a Christmas tree to find its purpose in its life.
Objectives:
Cognitive -
The students will listen to the story and be able to recall events from it for discussion questions prompted by the teacher during the activity session and answer orally The students would be asked what made the tree sad? How did the tree try to solve that problem himself?
Affective -
The students would be asked to reflect on the following questions during the activity session and answer orally: How did the tree’s friends react to his depressed/sad? What did they do for him in the end? Do you think he feels happier as a Christmas tree or is he happier because he is surrounded by his loved ones?
Psychomotor -
The students will use felt and pre-cut shapes to make their own holiday themed ornaments or finger puppets. The shapes are based off traditional holiday shapes but also include animals like from the story.
The students will place tiny stuffed animals, squirrels and birds, that are provided into the Christmas tree inside the library when they are leaving at the end of the hour.
Learning Activity:
After the story is told, the students will go up to the bare Christmas tree and place their felt ornaments onto it so it can be happy to fully be a Christmas tree. The students will gather to a large table area and work on their own felt ornaments/finger puppets, for them to take home with them. This includes glue binding mostly, default shapes of Christmas/holiday theme items already cut out from the felt.
Standards:
CCSS.ELA-L.SL.1.4 - Describe people, places, things, and events with relevant details, expressing ideas and feelings clearly.
CCSS.ELA-L.SL.1.5 - Add drawings or other visual displays to descriptions when appropriate to clarify ideas, thoughts, and feelings.
Goal:
The students will listen to the story and understand how the pine tree wanted to be a Christmas tree to find its purpose in its life.
Objectives:
Cognitive -
The students will listen to the story and be able to recall events from it for discussion questions prompted by the teacher during the activity session and answer orally The students would be asked what made the tree sad? How did the tree try to solve that problem himself?
Affective -
The students would be asked to reflect on the following questions during the activity session and answer orally: How did the tree’s friends react to his depressed/sad? What did they do for him in the end? Do you think he feels happier as a Christmas tree or is he happier because he is surrounded by his loved ones?
Psychomotor -
The students will use felt and pre-cut shapes to make their own holiday themed ornaments or finger puppets. The shapes are based off traditional holiday shapes but also include animals like from the story.
The students will place tiny stuffed animals, squirrels and birds, that are provided into the Christmas tree inside the library when they are leaving at the end of the hour.
9.
Snack ideas:
Snack ideas would be sugar cookies, orange cranberry tarts (the cranberry looks like the holly berry enough so it can be pretend), and allergy-free options of dried fruits. Hot cocoa if a kettle is available.
Snack ideas would be sugar cookies, orange cranberry tarts (the cranberry looks like the holly berry enough so it can be pretend), and allergy-free options of dried fruits. Hot cocoa if a kettle is available.
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