How The Five Senses Can Help Create Magical Christmas Stories And Poems

11/7/2021

Capturing Imagination In Writing

Christmas is fast approaching. This a time that is full of excitement and wonder and kids look forward to it all year. They start talking about it and making wishes. They enjoy getting gifts and being part of the decorating and family times. They have fun playing holiday games and activities at school. It is a great time to capture their imagination in their writing.

Create magical Christmas stories and poems with the five senses

I used to tell my students to use descriptive writing with the five senses to paint a picture in the reader's mind. We would come up with lists of words and juicy details that would help to describe images. I even used paintbrushes as symbols for different types of descriptions. Check out my graphics and templates for this kind of detailed writing.

Using images and graphic organizers can be really helpful for students that struggle with writing. They can even use them like a checklist as they get started. Eventually they will not need to rely on them anymore.

Using The 5 Senses For Descriptive Writing

One of my favorite projects for this season is Christmas Writing Using The Five Senses. It is a poem that shares images from four different settings. I even shared it with another teacher and her class after I retired. We had fun working together and seeing the poems that the children wrote.

Here is one of the poems that a grade 2 student wrote.

Another thing that we did was create a special craft to go along with the poem. You can check it out here.

If you are interested in more writing ideas using the five senses, check out my products that use images and photographs to practice descriptive writing.