The Wild Christmas Reindeer Lesson Plan
- Grades: PreK–K, 1–2
About this book
I use The Wild Christmas Reindeer as part of a Jan Brett author study. I also use it to remind students how to treat others. My students enjoy the story and the illustrations.
Students read a wide range of print and non-print texts to build an understanding of texts, of themselves, and of the cultures of the United States and the world; to acquire new information; and for personal fulfillment.
- The Wild Christmas Reindeer by Jan Brett
Set Up and Prepare
Tell the students that you are going to read the words on a page then give them a chance to discuss the illustrations and notice the details.
Be sure to have the students talk about the story that is happening at the side of each page. Allow time for the students to notice the details in the illustrations on each page. Discuss the lesson Teeka learned in the story.
- The students could visit Jan Brett's website for more activities and coloring pages based on The Wild Christmas Reindeer.
- The students could learn more about Norway and reindeer by visiting the Internet links listed in the resources.
- The students could use KidPix on the computer to draw their own illustrations.
- The students could write a book about reindeer and use their KidPix drawings to illustrate it.
More About The Wild Christmas Reindeer
- Jan Brett's Piggybacks for Teachers
- Jan Brett's The Wild Christmas Reindeer Newsnotes
- Winterfarm Coloring Page
- Winterfarm Ornaments
More About Norway
- Discover Norway
- Map of Norway
- Norwegian Flag
- The World Factbook: Norway
- The Royal Family
- Norway Photos
- Christmas in Norway
- Rosemaling Styles
- Rosemaling Samples
- Norwegian Trunk
- Scandinavian Festival
More About Reindeer