The Christmas Owl by Gideon Sterer and Ellen Kalish is a sweet story told from the point of view of the famous owl found in the Rockefeller Tree. If you don’t own a copy of the book, check your local library or you might even find an online read-aloud of the text with a simple Google search.
★an interactive notebook activity to review/teach dialogue
★four reading ideas suggested with two activities provided: summarizing and theme
★two writing idea suggested with a writing prompt given and a research notes sheet
★contextual vocabulary activities
★ Activities are also provided as links to Google Slides for Digital Learning! ★
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Comprehensive Unit
This was a great comprehensive resource with a lot of great materials to go along with the book. I did not use all of it, as my students are older, but was able to pull some of it for my week long unit.
Kayla S.Grades taught: 4 · March 3, 2026
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Great resource
This was an enjoyable and engaging resource!
Elaine S.Grades taught: 5 · February 8, 2026
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A Wonderful Resource
This is a wonderful resource to go along with a great book! My students were engaged and were participating with the lesson!
GeckoTeacherGrades taught: 3, 4, 5 · December 25, 2025
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Great resource
This was a great resource to go along with the book. I especially liked the vocabulary activities.
Natalie Y.Grades taught: 4 · December 20, 2025
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Wonderful Resource
We love this book and my students enjoy these activities.
Kris C.Grades taught: 3 · December 17, 2025
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Love this resource
Love this resource... it was laid out so well and my students did a great job!
Loved using these activities to accompany the book. We looked at a news article after reading and they thought it was so cool that it was a true story.
Practice Play SpeechGrades taught: 4, 5, 6 · May 7, 2025
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I was so excited to see you had a mentor unit to go with this fantastic book. I will use forever.
Ginger F.Grades taught: 4 · May 4, 2025
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I love using these resources with picture books for vocabulary instruction.
Blue Ridge ClassroomGrades taught: 5 · March 10, 2025
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This was a great tool to use when reading the mentor text.
Emily S.Grades taught: 3 · January 3, 2025
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My students loved this story and were really engaged in the lessons/activities that went along with this unit.
Brenda C.Grades taught: 4 · December 23, 2024
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I love all the mentor sentences and vivid vocabulary packets. Having themed books like this one is also fun for the students!
Caitlyn T.Grades taught: 3, 4 · August 6, 2024
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Cute story, great Christmas time activity! I made the worksheets into a packet and did a page each day for a week.
Silly Goose of Second GradeGrades taught: 4 · May 12, 2024
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Such a great book to share with students. Loved this resource!
Holly W.Grades taught: 5 · March 18, 2024
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My class loved reading the book that aligned to this activity. This resource was great to use with the reading.
Sheridan's ScholarsGrades taught: 4 · January 2, 2024
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My students loved this resource. We used many of the pages in my reading group! They had a lot of fun learning all about the Christmas Owl!
Daneen W.Grades taught: 2 · December 28, 2023
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I love all of your mentor sentences. Such a fun way to teach grammar! Thanks for making one for this fabulous book!
Kimberly P.Grades taught: 3 · December 11, 2023
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I loved this story and the product that helps to teach my students language skills.
Dovie N.Grades taught: 4 · November 26, 2023
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Thank you so much! This was a great resource that I added to my collection! I use this book after The Carpenter's Gift. The two go together nicely.
TeachingFourFunGrades taught: 4 · February 6, 2023