I have seen on Pinterest (my favorite place to browse for ideas) the idea of wrapping Christmas books and opening a new one each day. Well, I decided to do this activity for my students at school. I didn't realize how many Christmas books I had in my classroom library until I began going through them.
I spend one even deciding which books I would read on each day. This took a lot of planning and thinking about. But once I decided which books I was reading on each day the wrapping part was very simple.
I took the basket of books to school the Friday before Thanksgiving. My students were very curious about "the gifts." I was asked several times what the gifts were for. I decided not to tell my students until we get back. I do not think they liked that answer very well, but I didn't want to ruin the surprise!!
Below is not the best picture of the basket of books. I will take more pictures and blog about the activities that will go along with the stories.
I hope everyone is having a great Thanksgiving break! I have sure enjoyed my break away from school!! I needed time to relax and re-energize myself!
