The Nutcracker Reading Comprehension Activities
If you’re looking for a wonderful story to engage your 1st grade, 2nd grade, third grade and fourth grade students during the month of December, then don’t go past The Nutcracker Story.
It is a classic and popular Christmas story that has iconic characters and magical atmosphere. Add Tchaikovsky and you’ve got an amazing musical element too!
The Nutcracker Reading Comprehension Activities
If you’re looking for a completely no prep literacy centers book companion to The Nutcracker then keep reading! Also included in this resource is a digital narrative link, engaging reader response activities, story sequencing of the main ideas, Venn diagram compare and contrast graphic organizer, writing prompts, teacher notes, literacy lesson and much more!
- Teacher Notes
- Digital Narrative Link
- My ‘Nutcracker Story Activity Book’ front cover
- I Can Visualize (US Version)
- I Can Visualise (UK Version)
- Sequencing Key Events
- Story Map
- My Favorite Part (US Version)
- My Favourite Part (UK Version)
- Venn Diagram (compare and contrast two characters)
- This Reminds Me Of… (self-to-text connection)
- 2 Things I Still Wonder About the Story
- Postcard to a Character
- Design A New Front Cover
- What Is Message of the Story?
- Extra-lined writing paper for differentiation
- Second Grade
- Third Grade
- Fourth Grade (extra-lined templates for differentiation)
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