194 results
Christmas-Chanukah-Kwanzaa Common Core W.3.5 resources
Letter To Santa Craftivity Christmas Writing Craft
Your students will LOVE these cute letters to Santa! This Santa letter craft is great for wall displays and bulletin boards in December and at Christmas time. Are you looking for a cute Christmas craft or Christmas writing prompts? Look no further! Best of all, this writing prompt and craft is NO PREP! Simply print and go for your literacy or writing lessons. This resource features:Christmas craft (3 types of writing lines and a Santa head in color and black and white)3 planning pages (in varyin
Grades:
K - 3rd
Also included in: Christmas Writing Crafts and Christmas Math Crafts Bundle
Christmas Writing - Persuasive Letter Writing and Elf Application Project
Christmas Writing, Christmas Creative Writing, Elf ApplicationHO HO HO! 'Tis the season Santa needs extra ELVES on staff!Help Wanted at the North Pole! is a festive writing project, encouraging students to exercise their creativity and practice the "art" of writing a letter of interest. Students will begin by listening to How Santa Got His Job by Stephen Krensky (not included) and completing a corresponding graphic organizer. Next, students will receive a Help Wanted at the North Pole! advertise
Grades:
3rd - 6th
Olive the Other Reindeer Activities Beyond the Text
Olive the Other Reindeer Reading Activities Beyond the Text Unit Do you love sharing the misguided tale of, "Olive the Other Reindeer" with your kiddos during the holiday season? Then, they'll love this fun Olive the Other Reindeer Reading Unit! and you'll adore the academic focus this unit has! This unit is packed with a week's worth (or more!) of Olive the Other Reindeer activities that are perfect for sprinkling in the fun while building your students' reading comprehension this holiday seaso
Grades:
1st - 3rd
Types:
Also included in: Reading Activities Beyond the Text All Year Bundle
How to Make Hot Chocolate-A Writing Craftivity
How to Make Hot Chocolate Expository Writing Activity and CraftProcedural writing can be challenging for students. Use this writing activity to authentically engage your students to write about how to complete the process of making hot chocolate. This writing goes great with reading or watching the movie, “Polar Express”! Use this fun writing craftivity to add flare to a favorite writing "how to"! This Pack Includes: Brainstorming sheets in regular and primary writing lines. Each sheet also has
Grades:
1st - 5th
Types:
Also included in: Writing All Year BUNDLE
Christmas Narrative Writing Center Prompts and Activities for December
Do you have reluctant writers in your classroom? Don’t despair! This Christmas and Hanukkah writing activity will motivate even your most challenged writers. These creative writing prompts provide choice and include the tools needed to plan and write great Christmas and Hanukkah narratives. Your students will love getting to select the setting, problem/plot, and character cards for their story and creating their own unique Holiday themed narrative. These Christmas writing prompts generate fun a
Grades:
2nd - 5th
Types:
Winter Holiday Activities - Ugly Sweater Creative Writing for January & December
Want to provide holiday activities for your upper elementary students before winter break while also practicing multiple writing skills? This Ugly Sweater Christmas Writing resource gives students short, engaging writing tasks before the holiday break. The holiday writing prompts are interconnected and follow a similar set-up so they’re engaging for students and simple for you. What’s Inside:✔ 5 days of interconnected short writing prompts✔ Graphic organizers to plan writing✔ Pages for writte
Subjects:
Grades:
3rd - 5th
The Legend of the Poinsettia FULL Day of Lesson Plans for Upper Elementary
This product is everything the busy classroom has been looking for! You'll receive a FULL day of lesson plans based on The Legend of the Poinsettia by Tomie dePaola (a lesson for reading, writing, math, science, social studies, plus a hallway display!).Update November 2020: This product can now be used digitally with Google Slides™! You must have a Google Classroom™ account to use this feature. You will download a PDF with links and directions for assigning this to your class.How does this work?
Grades:
3rd - 5th
Types:
Holidays Around the World Suitcase & Passport: Close Reading & Opinion Writing
Take your class on a holiday journey around the world, all while focusing on reading comprehension and opinion writing skills for Common Core. Students get their own suitcase, passport, map, and travel guide book as they "travel" to learn about how holidays are celebrated around the world. They can do a Close Reading of up to 10 different countries/continents, and then complete an opinion writing assignment to this prompt: “In your opinion, in which part of the world would you most like to visit
Subjects:
Grades:
1st - 3rd
Types:
Christmas Writing: 12 Days of Poetry Booklet with Google & Print Version
These mini-lessons are designed to be a fun, easy way to integrate poetry during the busy holiday season. Six lessons are skill lessons, which means they are on a specific part of the poetry, or a pre-writing exercise. The other six are designed for actually writing a poem. There is also a review and evaluation piece at the end of the booklet. Now includes a Google Slides version, perfect for distance learning! Students will have a chance to learn about imageryrhymingcoupletsconcrete poemssyllab
Grades:
3rd - 5th
Types:
Also included in: Holiday Poetry Mini Lesson Bundle
CHRISTMAS & HOLIDAYS AROUND THE WORLD December Activities Research Project
Gain a deeper understanding of different holiday celebrations with Christmas and Holidays Around the World! This informative resource includes comprehensive activities plus reading passages that allow students to explore nine of the major holiday celebrations, including Diwali, Kwanzaa, Hanukkah, St. Lucia Day, Las Posadas & Christmas in the United States, Germany, Australia, and Italy. With the help of no-prep graphic organizers and easy-to-understand reading passages, students can enhance
Grades:
2nd - 4th
Types:
Christmas Writing Activity - Unemployed Elf
Are you looking for a fun and engaging Christmas writing activity for your upper elementary students? In this Christmas writing activity each student is an unemployed elf seeking a job at the North Pole for the Christmas Season. This creative project will ask students to apply for one of the North Pole job openings (candy maker, barn assistant, toy maker, etc.). Then, students will need to fill out a job application, have someone write a letter of recommendation, write a cover letter, and interv
Grades:
3rd - 6th
Types:
Also included in: Christmas Writing and Math Bundle
Christmas Santa Writing
A Christmas writing project where students will complete the full writing process to practice persuasive writing. Students till complete a job application to relate this project to their real life! Students will be convincing others why they should be Santa or work at the north pole.This project is a mentor text writing project with the story "How Santa Got His Job" by Stephan Kerensky!Why will these activities help your students grow and make you happy?Engagement- The students will LOVE applyin
Grades:
2nd - 4th
Types:
How to Wrap a Present | Christmas Writing Activity | Holiday Paper
This fun how to wrap a present writing prompt activity invites students to write directions for others to follow explaining how to wrap a gift box. This is one of my favorite holiday writing prompts because it is a fun and engaging, real-world situation that students love! The writing resource includes differentiated templates, which makes it accessible to 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th grade students.As a culminating activity, I always enjoy having someone try to follow the students’ written directions
Grades:
2nd - 5th
Types:
Dear Santa Persuasive Letter | Christmas Craft | December Opinion Writing Prompt
Writing Letters to Santa has never been so fun! These Dear Santa Letter templates are the perfect addition to your December writing prompts. Students will practice writing a persuasive letter to Santa to let him know how good they have been this year and what they would like for Christmas. These Dear Santa Letter Templates are differentiated for kindergarten, 1st and 2nd grade students.What's Inside the Dear Santa Letter Template:Teaching Guide and Photo ExamplesStudent Planning Page3 Differenti
Grades:
K - 3rd
Types:
Also included in: Year of Creative Writing Prompts | Bulletin Boards & Activities
MEMOIRS OF AN ELF activities READING COMPREHENSION - Book Companion read aloud
Save yourself time and engage your students with these Memoirs of an Elf activities. This jam-packed book companion is quick and easy to use - Just print and go!Read on to learn more about all that is included in this standards-based interactive read aloud packet based on the children’s book, Memoirs of an Elf by Devin Scillian.TO SAVE YOU TIME, WE'VE DONE ALL OF THE WORK FOR YOU!1. We chose vocabulary words & kid-friendly definitions.2. We selected mentor sentences & specific grammar sk
Grades:
1st - 3rd
Types:
THE NIGHT TREE activities READING COMPREHENSION - Book Companion read aloud
Save yourself time and engage your students with these The Night Tree activities. This jam-packed book companion is quick and easy to use - Just print and go!Read on to learn more about all that is included in this standards-based interactive read aloud packet based on the children’s book, The Night Tree by Eve Bunting.TO SAVE YOU TIME, WE'VE DONE ALL OF THE WORK FOR YOU!1. We chose vocabulary words & kid-friendly definitions.2. We selected mentor sentences & specific grammar skills for
Grades:
1st - 3rd
Types:
Elf Application Christmas Persuasive Writing Christmas Activities 5th grade
Persuasive essays meet Christmas whimsy in this differentiated project that lets you teach essay structure, revision, and creative writing to your older elementary students. They’ll choose from three open positions at the North Pole – Toymaker Elf, Reindeer Caretaker Elf, and Delivery Elf. Each job has very different requirements to appeal to the diverse personalities in your classroom. You’ll decide whether they should write simple one-paragraph essays or more complex five-paragraph essays comp
Grades:
3rd - 5th
THE CHRISTMAS OWL activities READING COMPREHENSION - Book Companion read aloud
Save yourself time and engage your students with these The Christmas Owl activities. This jam-packed book companion is quick and easy to use - Just print and go!Read on to learn more about all that is included in this standards-based interactive read aloud packet based on the children’s book, The Christmas Owl by Gideon Sterer.TO SAVE YOU TIME, WE'VE DONE ALL OF THE WORK FOR YOU!1. We chose vocabulary words & kid-friendly definitions.2. We selected mentor sentences & specific grammar ski
Grades:
1st - 3rd
Types:
Build a Gingerbread House Math PBL | Christmas Project Based Learning
In this project based learning math activity, students begin by designing a gingerbread house. They then add up their costs, including labor. After adding the mark-up, they finalize a price and begin their marketing. They develop creative and compelling language to include in their culminating brochure. Students learn and develop skills in the following areas:DesignAddition and subtraction with decimals (there is an option for whole numbers)Multiplication (solving for area)Descriptive and persua
Grades:
3rd - 5th
Types:
CCSS:
Procedural Writing Templates Christmas
Are you struggling to find fun standard-based activities for the holidays? These procedural writing templates and Christmas crafts are just what you are looking for in your ELA classroom. No matter your curriculum, this unit is perfect for teaching how-to writing.⭐️ Bundle & Save for a Discount ⭐️Purchase the Procedural Writing Holiday Bundle to get this resource and save.This procedural writing unit contains everything you need for your students. Inside the zip file, you will find the follo
Grades:
1st - 4th
Types:
Also included in: Procedural Text and Writing Growing Bundle
The Christmas Owl Holiday Mentor Text Digital & Print Unit
The Christmas Owl by Gideon Sterer and Ellen Kalish is a sweet story told from the point of view of the famous owl found in the Rockefeller Tree. If you don't own a copy of the book, check your local library or you might even find an online read-aloud of the text with a simple Google search.*****************************************************************************In this pack, you will receive: ★a mentor sentence lesson for the book★an interactive notebook activity to review/teach dialogue★fo
Grades:
3rd - 5th
DASHER: HOW A BRAVE LITTLE DOE CHANGED CHRISTMAS FOREVER Book Companion Activity
Save yourself time and engage your students with these Dasher: How a Brave Little Doe Changed Christmas Forever activities. This jam-packed book companion is quick and easy to use - Just print and go!Read on to learn more about all that is included in this standards-based interactive read aloud packet based on the children’s book, Dasher: How a Brave Little Doe Changed Christmas Forever by Matt Tavares.TO SAVE YOU TIME, WE'VE DONE ALL OF THE WORK FOR YOU!1. We chose vocabulary words & kid-fr
Grades:
1st - 3rd
Types:
Snowman Writing How to Expository Writing
Snowman Writing Activity Snowman How to Expository Writing Craft-Oh the weather outside is frightful! That means it’s time to have fun in the snow! Whether your students are pros at building snowmen or can only dream about building a buddy in the wintertime, this writing unit will engage your students as you guide them through this snowman expository “How to” writing! ************************************************************************** Check Out These Other Seasonal Units:Santa Letter Writ
Grades:
1st - 3rd
Types:
Also included in: 2nd Grade Winter Activities Bundle
MR. WILLOWBY'S CHRISTMAS TREE activities READING COMPREHENSION - Book Companion
Save yourself time and engage your students with these Mr. Willowby’s Christmas Tree activities. This jam-packed book companion is quick and easy to use - Just print and go!Read on to learn more about all that is included in this standards-based interactive read aloud packet based on the children’s book, Mr. Willowby’s Christmas Tree by Robert Barry.TO SAVE YOU TIME, WE'VE DONE ALL OF THE WORK FOR YOU!1. We chose vocabulary words & kid-friendly definitions.2. We selected mentor sentences &am
Grades:
1st - 3rd
Types:
Showing 1-24 of 194 results
TPT is the largest marketplace for PreK-12 resources, powered by a community of educators.
IXL family of brands