Make this foldable desk tag, with a cute picture of Santa Claus tanning, to stand upright on your students' desks! For our friends in the southern hemisphere.
Cut out the pictures and put them in order next to the sentences. Then write a story that uses the sentences as the foundation. Good early reader work.
Read the story, then number the events as they occur in the story. Write the story again in your own handwriting and draw a picture to go with the text.
Read the events, put them in order (explaining the reasoning for the order), then write them into a story with creative embellishments. This lesson is adaptable to a variety of levels.