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9 Engaging Christmas Activities Your Students Will Love!

November 26, 2018 by JillRichardson Leave a Comment

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The Christmas Holidays will be here soon.  Here are some fun ideas your students will love!  Check them out below!

 

Christmas Math Word Problems! Give your children practice in solving Christmas math word problems using
these holiday themed printables!
These holiday themed word problems are common core aligned!
1.OA.A1 Use addition and subtraction within 20 to solve word problems involving situations of adding to, taking from, putting together, taking apart and comparing with unknowns in all positions.

Includes:

10 Holiday themed math word problem printables (four problems per page)
40 Holiday themed math word problems with one problem per page
(Print according to the needs of your students)
10 Answer Sheets

Have your children solve the word problems using objects, drawings, or equations with a symbol for the unknown number to represent the problem.

 

Fun, fun, fun! Christmas Around the World Bundle! Please read to see the emergent readers included in this double bundle! Includes: Christmas in England, Christmas in Canada, Christmas in Sweden, Christmas in Brazil, Christmas in Germany, Christmas in France, Christmas in the USA, Christmas in Italy, Christmas in Australia, Christmas in Mexico, and Christmas in Spain. Save 20% by buying this Christmas Around the World BIG bundle!

Each Christmas Around the World book

Includes:

Eight page booklet

Main Idea Printable

Writing Printable

New Words Printable

Compare and Contrast two countries printables

Have your children research reindeer.
This resource includes three ways for your children to share what they have learned about reindeer in writing.

2 Reindeer Flap books (color and black and white)
Reindeer: can, have are
Reindeer: Tell about what they look like, Tell some interesting facts, Tell about what surprised you.
Reindeer Fast Facts (color and black and white)

 

This Christmas labeling activity is great for kindergartners, first graders, and English Language Learners and can be used in a Christmas writing literacy center,Christmas writing small group, whole group or as morning work. Great ESL Activities to help your children learn English!

Includes:

10 Label It Christmas Themed Printables

10 Write About It Christmas Themed Printables

Have your children label the picture using the words from the word bank.

Next have them write a story using as many words as they can from the word bank.

 

Enjoy the The Gingerbread Boy by Richard Egielski
Possible ways to read:
Small guided reading group – Guided reading level J
Partner reading
Independent reading
Teacher read aloud

Included:
Story Map Printable
Sequencing Printable
Who is Talking Printable
Labeling Printable
Writing Printable

This may be used in a literacy center.

Shepherd, Shepherd What Do You See is a fun emergent reader
to help children enjoy the true meaning of Christmas!
Includes:
17 page booklet in color and black and white.
Sentence Structure is:
Shepherd, shepherd, what do you see?
I see a _____ looking at me.
Includes a flap book.
Have the children write the name of the person or thing under
the flap.

 

What a fun resource this is! Use it after reading Click, Clack, Ho! Ho! Ho! by Doreen Cronin and Betsy Levin
Included:
1 Lift the Flap Comprehension Flap Book and Answer Key
1 Lift the Flap “How I would unstuck Duck…” Writing Activity
Animals That Got Stuck
Cause and Effect
Problem and Solution
Interesting Words
I Can Retell a Story

 

 

This comprehension task card activity is a great Literacy Center to use after the children have read The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg.

The children can record their responses on the printable or in a
reading response notebook. You may enjoy playing Scoot!
Included:
16 Comprehension Task Cards
1 Answer Sheet
1 Teacher’s edition answer sheet
1 editable page to write your own questions!
Print on cardstock
Cut apart and laminate
Place in literacy center

 

he Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg is a delightful story and this activity includes a comprehension interactive flap printable, vocabulary graphic organizers and common core aligned writing activities with rubrics.

It includes:

8 vocabulary graphic organizers for The Polar Express

A fun comprehension interactive printable to show understanding of the Polar Express!

Polar Express Vocabulary flash cards

2 writing prompts aligned with Common Core!

2 writing rubrics

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