The Lighthouse Keeper's Christmas story sack resources

This pack is designed to be used with the story ‘The Lighthouse Keeper’s Christmas’

Display resources

· Display banner
· Story word cards- great to add to a display or use in the writing area
· Display border
· Title poster
· Picture flashcards- Flashcards with words and pictures of the characters and props in the story
· Story questions- colourful cards for a display with questions about the story
· Large lighthouse- a large Christmas decorated lighthouse to print out- prints over several pages
· Animal photos- colour photos of some of the sea animals seen in the book
· Story sea photos- a collection of photos of stormy seas, lighthouses and snow storms- great for displays and for inspiration for art work

Role play/ story props

· Colour face masks- of thecharacters in the story- great to use for retelling the story or for making up new stories
· Colour puppets- make your ownstick puppets of the characters in the story to retell the story or make up your own stories
· Lighthouse role play ideas- ideas for setting up a role play area of alighthouse in your classroom

Literacy

· An A4 word card with pictures- great to use when writing about the story
· Speech bubbles worksheets- worksheets for children to fill in the speech bubbles and then colour the picture
· Letter to Father Christmas- write a letter to tell Father Christmas where theywill be for Christmas
· Alphabet line- a colourful alphabet line on Christmas bunting
· Christmas list worksheet- write your own or George’s Christmas list
· Menu- write a menu for Christmas dinner
· Lighthouse jobs worksheet- write the different jobs which the Lighthouse Keeper needs to do
· Book review- a worksheet to write a book review about the story
· Acrostic poem worksheet- write a Christmas acrostic poem
· Character worksheets- various worksheets to write and draw about the different characters in the story
· Word searches- 2 different word searches
· Writing pages- various themed black and white pages to use for writing about the story or in the writing area
· Match words to pictures- various worksheets to match words to pictures and fill in the initial letters

Numeracy

· A number line- A number line to 50 on colourful Christmas presents
· Dot to dots- worksheets to join the dots on the lighthouses and seagulls
· Colour by numbers- colour the scenes using the number key
· Missing number worksheets- various worksheets to fill in the missing numbers on the lighthouses
· Order size worksheet- cut out and order the Christmas trees in size order
· Count the decorations worksheet- count the different decorations on the Christmas tree
· Countingcards- count the number of decorations on each Christmas tree