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Santa's New Sleigh - Worksheet
A fun design task to give your students leading up to the holidays.
Use this resource in the weeks leading up to winter break.
Give your students the task of designing a new sleigh for Santa that doesn’t include the reindeer. As an extension, have your students write a procedural text explaining how to operate the sleigh or a persuasive text convincing Santa how great it is.
This will make a great holiday writing center activity for your students.
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Common Core Curriculum alignment
- CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.1.2
Write informative/explanatory texts in which they name a topic, supply some facts about the topic, and provide some sense of closure.
- CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.2.2
Write informative/explanatory texts in which they introduce a topic, use facts and definitions to develop points, and provide a concluding statement or section.
- CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.3.1
Write opinion pieces on topics or texts, supporting a point of view with reasons.
- CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.4.1
Write opinion pieces on topics or texts, supporting a point of view with reasons and information.
- CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.5.1
Write opinion pieces on topics or texts, supporting a point of view with reasons and information.

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