Vocabulary for The Gift of the Magi
It’s not too early to plan your Christmas units. The Gift of the Magi is a heartwarming story of a young married couple who sell their most prized possessions to have money to buy gifts for the other. It makes a wonderful mini-unit to teach during the Christmas season.
| Not only is the message a good one, but the book lends itself to covering a number of CCSS skills. The original story measures 6.1 grade equivalent; however, it is a little challenging for sixth graders with its Lexile rating at 940. Due to this, I have also included a simplified version that measures a 4.9 grade equivalent. I made sure that both versions of the story contain the same vocabulary words, making this a perfect unit for differentiated instruction.
The full unit will be provided over four blog posts as part of Christmas in July. The posts will include:
I hope your students will enjoy this unit.
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This is a free sample from the Compare and Contrast Christmas pictured to the right. |
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Christmas Divider by Teacher Karma
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