CHRISTMAS ACTIVITIES BUNDLE | Christmas Around the World Craft STEM Winter

SAVE 10%!...Easily incorporate THEMATICALLY RIGOROUS LEARNING into your classroom routine with this no-prep, 97-page Christmas & Winter Holidays Activities Mega Kit for Middle Grades (Grades 4-8) Unit It includes everything you need to celebrate Christmas and Winter holidays with your students! Students will read and answer questions about American Christmas traditions, write responses to what they’ve read, compare/contrast holiday traditions from different countries, complete a Christmas Around the World research project, create Christmas cards in a variety of unique styles, work together in STEM challenges, and complete Christmas and holiday fun worksheets!

The following Christmas and Winter Holiday Traditions ELA Resources are included:

Christmas Traditions Reading Comprehension

•American Christmas Traditions nonfiction reading passage

•CCSS-aligned questions (with answer key) to go with the passage

Christmas Traditions Writing Bundle

•3 Writing Prompts (1 narrative, 1 informative, 1 opinion) that go with American Christmas traditions passage

•Revising and editing checklists for each type of writing are included.

•Color-coding Chart: Students color code writing to ensure it has all required elements...and help the teacher with grading!

•13 Writing Papers: Stripe tree in corner (BW & Color), Christmas Dots, Christmas Dots with Star, Ornament with lines (big and small), Santa Polaroid with lines, Seasons Greetings, Christmas Squares, Santa Sign with lines (big and small), Reindeer with lines

Christmas Around the World Research Project

•Explanation sheet

•List of countries to choose from

•Suggested research website links

•Outline to complete with research (2 formats-with topics and without topics)

•Revising/editing checklists

•Color-coding chart

•PowerPoint Planning Sheet

•Presentation BINGO (to complete during presentations)

•Rubric

Christmas Around the World Compare Contrast Research Sheet

•Students compare and contrast the holiday traditions of two countries of their/your choice. They can use the Internet to research and complete the compare/contrast chart. It includes space to answer Who, What, Where, When, Why, and a Fun Fact about these holidays as well as what they have in common.

12 Christmas Card Creation Stations

•Direction cards, all supplements needed, 26 templates, and a Supply Request Letter are included! Cards include:

•Zentangle Card

•3D Candle Watercolor Card

•Value Snowy Trees Card

•Mosaic Card

•Create-a-Wreath Card

•Do You Want to Build a Snowman Card

•DIY Dot-to-Dot Card

•Snowflake Tape Resist Card

•A-Maze-ing Maze Card

•Holding Hands Card

•Pop Up Card

•Snowflake Crayon Resist Card

6 Holiday STEM Challenges

•Direction sheets and all supplements needed are included! Challenges include:

•Flying Reindeer

•Christmas Dinner Table

•Snowball Fight Catapult

•Cloudy with a Chance of Snowballs (aka Reverse Egg Drop; 2 versions-1 with using “Snow Bucks” to buy supplies and 1 without)

•Trash to Treasure Parade Float (with judging sheet & supply request letter)

10 Christmas Fun Activity Sheets (with answer keys)

•Word Mine

•Alphabet Game

•Hink Pinks

•Mad Gabs (Mondegreens)

•Follow Directions Word Hunt

•Mad Lib

•Word Scramble Riddle

•Dots & Squiggles

•Ornament Creativity Challenge

•Christmas Party Gift Exchange

Activity

***THIS IS A BUNDLE, SO THE SEPARATE ACTIVITIES SOLD ON TPT ARE ALL BUNDLED TOGETHER. THIS PRODUCT INCLUDES A BONUS FILE WHICH IS THE SAME THING, BUT EVERYTHING IS TOGETHER IN ONE FILE. THIS MAY BE EASIER FOR YOU TO ACCESS AND ORGANIZE ***

Ways to Use

•Pick and choose which activities you want to do...or do them all!

•Integrate art into your reading and writing lessons.

•Have a Christmas Celebration Day...or week...or month!

•Set up stations around your room.

•Rotate from room to room to complete one activity in each room.

•Do one activity each day for a week.

•Use for Fun Friday, Morning Meeting, or for your curriculum-based activity.

•Do activities as a whole class.

•Can even be used by a sub!

•Do you teach art? This includes 12 different, easy-to-implement art activities.

•Do you teach gifted? Lots of choices are available to differentiate.

How I Use in My Classroom

I like to work with other teachers in my school and let the students rotate from room to room. We start by reading the passage and answering the questions in our own homeroom. Students then rotate to the following activities for approximately 1 hour each.

•Room 1: Research

•Room 2: Writing

•Room 3: Creation Stations

•Room 4: STEM

Common Core State Standards

•Nonfiction passages: RI1, RI2, RI3, RI4, RI5, RI10; RF3, RF4; L4, L5

•Writing prompts: RL6, RI8, W1-10, L1-3, L6

•Research pages: RI6, RI7, RI9, SL4, SL6 (if presenting)

Related Resources

Check out the “Christmas and Winter Holiday” section of the Megan Memories store for these related resources:

Christmas and Winter Holiday Resources:

• American Traditions Reading Comprehension
• Writing Bundle
• One Day Research
• Christmas Around the World Research Project
• Christmas Card Creation Stations
• STEM Bundle
• Activity Sheets
• ELA Bundle: Reading, Writing, Research
• MEGA Unit!

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