TITLE: The Polar Express
AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR: Chris Van Allsburg
PUBLISHER: PUBLICATION
DATE: 1985
GENRE: Made into a Movie READING
LEVEL: 3rd grade
BRIEF OVERVIEW:A little boy gets on a train
that takes him to the North Pole. While he is there, he receives the first gift
of Christmas, which was a bell. Every year he can hear the bell ring because he
continues to believe.
INTEGRATED ACTIVITY: Students
would be given construction paper cut outs of a train. They would have to
create the train with all the parts given. They would use a sheet of directions
to put every part in the right place. This would teach how to follow
directions, shapes, and colors.
