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Christmas-Chanukah-Kwanzaa short stories resources for Microsoft OneDrive
Digital Christmas Activities Elf Yourself Games Writing Fun Math Logic Puzzle
These FUN ten digital Christmas activities include the following: 1) "Elf Yourself" with moveable images to add to your photo; 2) "Decorate a Tree" with drag and drop images to trim the tree and hang stockings by the hearth 3) "Did Somebody Say Snowball Fight" link to a YouTube video with comprehension questions 4) "Snowball Fight Writing Prompt"; 5) "Design a Snowball Fight" with moveable images; 6) "I Built a Giant Snowman!" link to a YouTube video with a quick comprehension check 7) "Snowman
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1st - 4th
Also included in: Digital Activities Math Reading Writing Enrichment Year Long
Holidays Around the World Google Slides™ (Christmas Around the World)
Looking for meaningful holiday around the world activities to use in your classroom? In this DIGITAL resource, you'll find multiple reading passages, comprehension activities, videos and more to help you teach your students about Christmas around the world!Includes:-Italy-Mexico-Israel-Sweden-France-Germany-England-Kwanzaa-Australia-India-United StatesEach holiday non-fiction reading passage includes an engaging topic and comprehension questions that assess student learning. These are perfect fo
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1st - 4th
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Also included in: Holidays Around the World | Christmas Around the World | DIGITAL + PRINT
Christmas Coding Digital Interactive Activities (Hour of Code)
Digital Christmas Themed Coding Activities for your grades 2-5 students. These are fully digital and can be used through Google Slides or PowerPoint. Let your students learn about computer languages in a fun and engaging way. These activities are independent click and go lessons on binary, coding, and problem solving. Perfect for the ISTE standard Computational Thinking. They would even be great for your STEM time in class or your Maker Space during the Hour of Code!What activities are included?
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2nd - 5th
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Literary Elements of a Short Story PowerPoint
Literary Elements PowerPoint on literary terms and the main short story parts including characters, plot, conflict, setting, theme, resolution, denouement. This digital resource explains the critical elements of a short story and specific knowledge (like plot diagram, types of conflict) that students need to be able to identify when they read, as well as incorporate into their own writing. Short quiz on story elements at the end for assessment. Project on your whiteboard or print out the print f
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5th - 8th
Also included in: Literary Terms - Story Elements BUNDLE
Story Elements of a Fairy Tale PowerPoint and Printable Reading Activity
Fairy Tales PowerPoint will introduce your students to the main characteristics and story elements of fairy tales, such as magic, royalty, characters, lessons and more. Animated slides will engage your students. I use this presentation to introduce a unit on fairy tales. Review slides at the end with answer key. Then have students do the reading activity with my printable Elements of Fairy Tales chart (included on the last page). Have them read several fairy tales (I assign at least 5) and let
Grades:
3rd - 6th
Also included in: Fairy Tales Resource Bundle
Show Not Tell Writing PowerPoint with Elaboration Practice
Use the Show, Not Tell writing strategy to write descriptions more vividly. This lesson shows how to use the "Show Not Tell" strategy in creative writing. Imagery and sensory language create mental pictures to help the reader visualize. Strong verbs replace dead verbs. This digital resource gives students four different strategies to use to replace 'to be" verbs, including combining sentences, adding strong verbs, details and precise language, using nouns as verbs, and changing the sentence orde
Grades:
5th - 8th
Winter Holidays Around the World Digital Games Bingo Christmas Party Hanukkah
This Winter Holidays DIGITAL bingo game is a low prep, simple solution to playing an engaging game of bingo! Includes 30 digital bingo boards plus a spinner. Celebrate Winter holidays around the world! Includes 35 different graphics related to CHRISTMAS, HANUKKAH, CHINESE NEW YEAR, KWANZA, ST. LUCIA graphics.To play, simply share the slide show with your students and get started. There is no need to pass out any materials, so you can save time and energy. The game is easy to play and set up, and
Grades:
2nd - 5th
Christmas Bingo Games December No Prep Digital Game Bingo Cards Holiday Party
This DIGITAL Christmas bingo game is a low prep, simple solution to playing an engaging game of bingo! Just share the slide show with your students & get started. Includes 30 bingo boards plus a spinner. Bingo boards have a Christmas Holiday theme!To play, simply share the slide show with your students and get started. There is no need to pass out any materials, so you can save time and energy. The game is easy to play and set up, and your students will love it!⭐This Christmas bingo is inclu
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2nd - 5th
Rikki Tikki Tavi PowerPoint Preview, Vocabulary, Comprehension, and Response
Rikki Tikki Tavi PowerPoint. Preview and respond to the short story Rikki-Tikki-Tavi by Rudyard Kipling with this presentation. Introduces vocabulary with definitions, plot diagram, literary elements, anticipation guide, author biography and background information, strategies for reading short stories, comprehension check, and writing responses. Cobra and mongoose facts and photos, a link to the story and a National Geographic video clip of a mongoose encounter with a cobra. This is an engaging
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5th - 8th
Also included in: Rikki Tikki Tavi Bundle with Easel Activities
The Fun They Had Short Story Analysis, Reading, and Research Activities
Looking for a relevant short story to share with your students? Isaac Asimov's "The Fun They Had" is perfect for our students grappling with distance learning! Your students will read the story, participate in a mini research project, analyze photos, and write a reflection.This is a great reading and research project for students to learn about education in the past, present, and what is imagined for the future.What teachers are saying about my distance learning resources:"Super easy to use (
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6th - 8th
Also included in: Back to School Planning Bundle Reading, Writing, Research Activities
Creative Writing Short Story Activities Workbook Print and Digital
No planning needed! Digital and print versions make this perfect for digital, in person, or blended learning. Your students will have everything they need to write their own short stories. Ready to use today. This resource guides them step-by-step. What teachers are saying:"I used this with my Honors 12 English class after our semester of reading short stories. The kids really used this resource - it gave them confidence and an actual place to plan their work. I will use it again.""This was
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7th - 10th
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The Christmas Truce of WWI 6-E Lesson | FUN World War 1 Activities | Microsoft
This fun, World War I lesson connects the Christmas holidays to your history curriculum standards! The activities are engaging for students and the guided, 6-E format is easy for you to use! Begin with a Christmas-themed “Fact or Fiction?” warm-up activity, then explore the battlefields of WWI. Next, investigate the Christmas Truce of 1914 using a modern-day commercial & examine the holiday song, “Snoopy’s Christmas”, to find references to World War 1 in its lyrics. Finally, students love to
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5th - 12th
Character Analysis for ANY Novel or Short Story - Google / Digital Version
DIGITAL CHARACTER ANALYSIS ACTIVITY - Help your students write a character study or character analysis with this ready-to-use resource. Works with any novel or short story! 17 Google slides to help your students dig deeper into a character's motivation and personality. Works with any novel or short story! This activity is easy to differentiate for students of varying abilities and ages. The resource leads students through the process of writing a paragraph or a full essay - choose which one w
Grades:
7th - 10th
Also included in: DIGITAL Novel Study Bundle - Use with ANY NOVEL
Christmas Sing Along Favorites PowerPoint with Music
Christmas Sing-Along. Use this fun animated PowerPoint to sing ten favorite Christmas carols to celebrate the holidays. You need to click through the words as the included music plays through the slides. The music is set to begin automatically on the first slide for each song, then you click to forward slides through the song lyrics. You get an editable PowerPoint, so you can add songs or lyrics as you desire for your classroom use or adjust other aspects you may wish to change. This digital res
Grades:
3rd - 6th
Also included in: Christmas Activities BUNDLE - Fun ELA Resources Grades 4 - 7
Assignments for Any Novel or Short Story - Digital Reading Response (Vol 2)
Short Story and Novel Assignments - Digital Reading Response Book Report (Vol 2): Gone are the days of boring book reports and reading responses! This multi-faceted resource provides fun ready-to-use digital assignments that will work for any novel or short story that your students are reading. Each of the one-slide assignments can be shared digitally with your students – it’s that easy! There is an assignment for every student in your class in this packet – even students who struggle or are rel
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6th - 9th
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All Summer in a Day Short Story Activities and Close Reading
Your students won't stop talking about the themes of this story! "All Summer in a Day" by Ray Bradbury addresses so many themes that resonate with kids! Your students will want to analyze characters, motive, plot, and the concept of living on another planet. This unsettling story is great for middle school and high school students -- sure to bring up great discussion on bullying, compassion for others, and accepting newcomers. Perfect to teach at the end of the year.This resource includes:p
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6th - 9th
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Also included in: End of the Year Activities Bundle Grade 6 7 8 Reading and Writing
Christmas Around the World PDF and Digital
This Christmas Around the World bundle, PDF and Google Slides, is perfect for distance learning, in the classroom, and with hybrid learning. The digital component is a brand new resource, not the PDF converted to Google Slides. You will get the informational texts digitally with all new digital jigsaw puzzles, digital match games, digital word searches, and more! Games can be played online, on the slides, or even printed. I have included easy to follow directions for the crafts. Families will be
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3rd - 5th
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Christmas Around the World PDF and Digital
This Christmas Around the World bundle, PDF and Google Slides, is perfect for distance learning, in the classroom, and with hybrid learning. The digital component is a brand new resource, not the PDF converted to Google Slides. You will get the informational texts digitally with all new digital jigsaw puzzles, digital match games, digital word searches, and more! Games can be played online, on the slides, or even printed. I have included easy to follow directions for the crafts. Families will be
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K - 2nd
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December Daily Writing Journal Warm Up Bell Ringer Activities
No matter what your year looks like, this is an easy way to keep your students writing! Engage them with daily journal writing with 31 December prompts that focus on quirky holidays, important days in history, funny/inspirational quotes, and research.Print or digital -- You'll get both!Did you know that December 5 is Ninja Day and that December 13 is National Cocoa Day? (Neither did I!!) Those are two of the over thirty prompts you'll find in this resource. Topics include trivia, historical even
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4th - 9th
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Also included in: Bundle Monthly Warm up Bell Ringer Writing Journal Prompts
Figurative Language in Christmas Songs Activity PowerPoint Version
Christmas Activity: Identify figurative language in Christmas songs. Digital resource. Students read through the lyrics of different winter tunes and Christmas songs and identify types of figurative language, such as metaphor, simile, personification, hyperbole, or idiom. Lyrics have examples highlighted in different colors, so they can try to figure out the color code. Includes a chart they can fill out as they go through the songs. Each song has a snowflake link to a music video of the song. Y
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5th - 8th
Also included in: Christmas Activities BUNDLE - Fun ELA Resources Grades 4 - 7
Christmas Pictures using Shapes in Microsoft Word
• This activity includes screen shots and step-by-step instruction bubbles to show students how to make holiday pictures using Shapes in Microsoft Word• Access shapes under INSERT – SHAPES• Students can make a Snowman, Holiday Tree, Present, Santa or another Holiday / Christmas object of their choice. Step-by-step instructions are included for making a snow man and tree. The other objects students can create on their own once they have created the snow man and tree.• This is a fun activity tha
Grades:
1st - 9th
Christmas Scavenger Hunt Winter Holidays Digital Games Google Classroom Party
This school scavenger hunt is a great activity for December and the winter Holidays. This digital scavenger hunt game is a fun and engaging way for elementary school students to practice their research skills and learn about different topics. Students can work individually or in teams to look for objects in person or search the internet for photos of objects this winter.This activity is included in the Christmas BUNDLE - Save 20% off & grab ALL Christmas digital activities!!! Click here to v
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2nd - 5th
Also included in: Scavenger Hunt Digital Games Google Classroom Activities Party No Prep
Christmas Around the World Christmas Craft Lap Book and Digital Activities
This Christmas Around the World bundle with help you teach important informational reading skills and comprehension as well as story, opinion writing, and math. It is full of short information pieces that will guide your students to learn about different cultures around the world and how they celebrate the season.Students can showcase their learning about different countries through research writing, creating a lap book (everything is included), or using the digital version.★DIGITAL★ version of
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2nd - 4th
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Also included in: Christmas Around the World Bundle
Christmas Analogies PowerPoint
Christmas Analogies PowerPoint - a fun digital resource that is an interactive December Christmas vocabulary activity for students to practice looking for relationships between word pairs. Defines and reviews types of analogies. Students number their papers 1 - 10 and write the word that completes each analogy on their paper. They can use individual whiteboards and check their answers with the key on the last slide of the set. Promotes critical thinking and logical reasoning. Includes animated g
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4th - 7th
Also included in: Christmas Activities BUNDLE - Fun ELA Resources Grades 4 - 7
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