![]() Since the book has so many examples of figurative language, I made a simple foldable with eight examples of figurative language from the book. ![]() I love this book for my fifth graders because of the examples of figurative language sprinkled throughout the book. The students always love this book because they love the movie. This post contains affiliate links if you wish to purchase the books mentioned in this post The Polar Express by Chris Van AllsburgĬhris Van Allsburg is a favorite author of mine so I have to include The Polar Express in my holiday read alouds. NOTE: The Christmas read aloud activities are now available in printable and digital format! See page 2 of the PDF for the digital access links. ![]() I recommend placing the book in the center with the activities for the students to use as a reference. These activities would work great in a reading center after you have read the book aloud to the students. I have also created an activity to go with each read aloud to share with you. I have so many read alouds that I love, but I wanted to share my favorite Christmas read alouds for upper elementary students today. ![]() It doesn’t matter that they are fifth graders and many have the “too cool for school” attitude, they still love to be read to on a regular basis. ![]() One of my favorite parts of teaching has always been when I read aloud to my students. ![]()
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