Designed to be used in tandem with a reading of the picture book What Do You Wish For? By Jane Godwin and Anna Walker, this package includes everything you’ll need to create an incredible end-of-year holiday class display!Read the text with your students, which tells the story of a young girl exploring what’s important and meaningful to her at Christmas time. Discuss what Ruby and her friends wish for, why they may have wished for those things, and what your students might choose to wish for. What’s important about this holiday tradition? What other holiday traditions do your students and their families have?This package contains the following resources:

• Wish Tree Tag Templates: available in three versions. Use these tags to write student wishes for the holiday season. Perfect to hang on a classroom Christmas tree, or create a wishing tree display out of cardstock on a bulletin board to mimic the tree from the book!
• Wishing Star Craft Template: use this super-easy craft activity to engage your students and make your display truly pop! The download includes detailed assembly instructions with multiple options for decoration and use.
• Writing & Drawing Templates: with over 15 templates for you to choose from, we’ve included everything you could ever need for every student, ability level and context! Includes writing-only options, prompted and unprompted templates and three different line widths. What do your students wish for this Christmas?

Perfect for independent work, these resources can also be used in pairs or small groups.Print on thick cardstock for best results. Any of the templates can be enlarged to A3 if you’d like more working space or would prefer to use the templates for collaborative work.Working with older students? Check out The Polar Express PACKAGE!