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Blog Book Recommendations Seasonal Simple Classroom Winter

The Best Books for Christmas

The best books for the Christmas Holiday in your special education classroom or home. Activities include comprehension, sequencing, crafts...

Book companions are a fun and engaging way to get students interacting with a read aloud Christmas book! They are perfect for holidays and seasons (like Christmas!) to incorporate something fun with real skills! When I was teaching I had a lot of difficulty finding leveled book companions that would meet the needs of students in my self-contained classroom, so I made my own.

The best books for the Christmas Holiday in your special education classroom or home. Activities include comprehension, sequencing, crafts...

The visual craft activities included in this bundle.

Here’s a look inside the best book companions for special education classrooms (CHRISTMAS themed)

((This blog post contains affiliate links for your convenience. You don’t pay any more by clicking my link (and I actually find the best prices for you!) but I make a small commission off of sales. This helps me to test out more materials and bring you more quality content. Thanks for supporting my little blog!))

The best books for the Christmas Holiday in your special education classroom or home. Activities include comprehension, sequencing, crafts...

WHAT ARE CHRISTMAS BOOK COMPANIONS?

Book companions are a set of effective extension activities that go along with a published book. Book companions are a SUPPLEMENT to the book and do not contain any text from the book. You must have access to the book to use the book companion (you can get access by purchasing the book on amazon, finding the book at your library, or listening to a read aloud on youtube.)

The best books for the Christmas Holiday in your special education classroom or home. Activities include comprehension, sequencing, crafts...

HOW DO YOU USE BOOK COMPANIONS?

First, the teacher would read the book aloud in a whole group setting. Then the students would break apart into independent work and small group to use the companion materials at their own level.

The best books for the Christmas Holiday in your special education classroom or home. Activities include comprehension, sequencing, crafts...

MY CHRISTMAS BOOK COMPANIONS INCLUDE:

Leveled Comprehension Quizzes

– Level 1: Picture Comprehension

– Level 2: Written Response

– Level 3: Blank Response

Visuals

– Craft (with real picture visuals)

– Whole Group

Vocabulary

– Clips Cards

– Matching Cards

Worksheets

– Craft Sequencing

– Sequencing

– Story Map

Teacher Planning Guide

– Suggested Schedule

– Suggested Materials

The best books for the Christmas Holiday in your special education classroom or home. Activities include comprehension, sequencing, crafts...

WHY ARE SIMPLY SPECIAL ED’S BOOK COMPANIONS DIFFERENT?

My book companions are specifically created with special education and self-contained classrooms in mind. What does that mean? My book companions include leveled materials that will meet the needs of every student in your classroom. This makes the planning easier on the teacher. I also select the books with special education classrooms in mind.

The best books for the Christmas Holiday in your special education classroom or home. Activities include comprehension, sequencing, crafts...

WHAT BOOKS ARE INCLUDED FOR THE CHRISTMAS  SET?

The four Thanksgiving books included in the Thanksgiving book companion set. Books are not included!

The CHRISTMAS Set of Book Companions includes the following picture books (affiliate links below):

The best books for the Christmas Holiday in your special education classroom or home. Activities include comprehension, sequencing, crafts...

READY TO TRY CHRISTMAS BOOK COMPANIONS?

Grab CHRISTMAS Book Companions on TPT here.

Grab CHRISTMAS Book Companions on SSE here.

((This blog post contains affiliate links for your convenience. You don’t pay any more by clicking my link (and I actually find the best prices for you!) but I make a small commission off of sales. This helps me to test out more materials and bring you more quality content. Thanks for supporting my little blog!))

Want more book companion ideas? See the winter books here.

The best books for the Christmas Holiday in your special education classroom or home. Activities include comprehension, sequencing, crafts...

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