Mooseltoe | Book Activities and Craftivity

MOOSELTOE BOOK ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING IDEAS

Mooseltoe book activities unit with literacy printables, reading companion activities, lesson ideas, and a craft for Kindergarten and First Grade

Your Kindergarten and First Grade students will LOVE the Christmas book Mooseltoe by Margie Palatini! This read aloud has an entertaining story, yet speaks a good message about the holidays, by pointing out what is really important vs perfectionism.

Moose is preparing for Christmas, and wants everything to be PERFECTLY PERFECT for his family. Moose works very hard to get things ready for Christmas. He is very busy checking off items on his to-do list. With so much to be done, he writes Christmas cards, shops, wraps gifts, decorates, bakes, and hangs up the stockings.

In his quest to create the perfect Christmas, Moose realizes he forgets one important detail- the Christmas tree!

Moose decides to decorate himself as a Christmas tree, which works thanks to his enormous moustache.

Here are some fun book companion activities that help to connect this engaging read aloud with important reading skills!

Your Kindergarten and First Grade students will develop key reading skills, moving them forward in their literacy success as they complete these guided reading activities.

The unit is packed with activities that will help your students work on story elements, character traits, story retell, writing activities, problem & solution, making text to self connections, and making inferences.

The Mooseltoe unit also has activities to develop story vocabulary, define the author's purpose, think about the story's main idea or theme, offer opinions and advice, recognize character development, notice cause & effect relationships, and check for understanding with comprehension questions.

This book study unit for Mooseltoe can be used as a whole class activity, during small group guided reading time, as individual student work, or as part of a book club. Copy a pack for each student and you're ready to go!

The activities in this Mooseltoe literacy unit are aligned with Common Core, TEKS, and VA SOL learning standards. Checklists for the standards are included in the unit to help with lesson planning.

This Mooseltoe companion unit will save you tons of time, is no prep, and is great to leave for a sub!

MOOSELTOE CRAFT

This book companion includes a fun Mooseltoe craftivity, where students can write a story retell or share their favorite part of the book. This craft makes a great seasonal bulletin board display, to showcase student learning!