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Christmas-Chanukah-Kwanzaa Common Core W.6.1b resources
Christmas Writing Activities Middle School Prompts Persuasive Letter to Santa
Are your students on Santa's naughty list? This writing activity will keep your students engaged during the pre-holiday excitement as they write a persuasive friendly letter to Santa convincing him that they really don't belong on the naughty list! Creative and fun!What teachers are saying about this resource:"THE BEST UNIT I HAVE PURCHASED! So comprehensive, works students through editing, examples and just sets them up for a perfect end product if they try their best the whole way through th
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4th - 7th
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Also included in: Christmas No Prep Persuasive and Descriptive Writing Bundle
Christmas Traditions Reading Comprehension Christmas Around World Text Evidence
These Christmas Traditions Around the World Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions require students to use text evidence and the RACES writing strategy to answer constructive response questions. Each reading passage highlights a different country around the world and the Christmas traditions found there. Countries included: America, Mexico, Canada, England, Germany, Italy, Australia, Sweden, France, and Russia.These Christmas themed nonfiction reading passages include one constructive resp
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4th - 6th
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ELA Holiday Activities Bundle : Writing with the RACE Strategy and More!
Need holiday ELA activities? These 10 no-prep activities will be great for the holiday season. Keep your kids focused and engaged while the year comes to an end. All activities have clear instructions and an answer key is provided. Mix and match the activities to use for multiple days.This packet does not specifically mention Christmas or any other holidays by name. It does mention "holidays" and the things people do to celebrate during the season. I made sure the images and content were all as
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4th - 7th
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Holiday ELA Activities RACE Writing Strategy Prompts for Google and Print
These ELA Holiday Writing Activities will engage your students while building paragraph writing skills. The RACE Writing Strategy is a structure to help students answer passage-based, short response questions in a formal style, with using clear reasons and evidence from the text, and to provide concluding statements.This Download Contains:Student resource introducing the RACE strategyExample passage and RACE response10 passages and short response questionsPossible answers to each passageThis pac
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4th - 7th
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Also included in: ELA Holiday Activities Bundle : Writing with the RACE Strategy and More!
FIVE Holiday Persuasive Writing Lessons Using REAL-LIFE Court Cases
We all know the holidays bring drama. And who loves drama more than teenagers?Don't Be a Grinch offers FIVE Persuasive writing activities that are perfect for keeping students engaged all the way up to the start of the holiday break!.Students analyze real world lawsuits-A couple is sued by the city over their extensive holiday lights display-A teen boy unknowingly receives a counterfeit hoverboard as a holiday gift and it burns down his house!-A Sheriff replaces TV time in a prison with 10 hours
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6th - 8th
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Christmas Persuasive Writing Holiday Assignment - Save the Gingerbread Man
Christmas Persuasive Writing Holiday Assignment - Save the Gingerbread Man : Use this creative holiday activity to improve your students' persuasive writing with a Christmas twist. Students will adopt the role of a gingerbread man and write a letter convincing someone not to eat him after Christmas dinner! The lesson includes a detailed procedure for writing a persuasive letter, with examples. Students will enjoy the holiday theme of this assignment, and their arguments are always so funny to
Grades:
6th - 9th
CHRISTMAS AROUND THE WORLD RESEARCH PROJECT | Winter December Report Writing
Easily incorporate THEMATICALLY RIGOROUS LEARNING into your classroom routine with this no-prep, print-and-go, 15-page Christmas Around the World Online Research Project for Middle Grades (Grades 4-8) Unit. In this Christmas Around the World Project, students will be assigned a country. They will research how that country celebrates Christmas using a variety of provided internet sources. They will use the information to complete an outline. They will also compare and contrast how that country ce
Grades:
3rd - 12th
Christmas Opinion Writing Prompts and Organizers
CHRISTMAS Opinion and Argument Writing Prompts for the Middle Grades comes with fifteen, holiday themed, standards based Opinion Writing Prompts for the Middle Grades. Perfect for helping students organize their thinking as they structure and format their opinion and argument writing, these 4-square prompts provide a number of high interest Christmas topics and ideas to capture students interest and challenge their thinking. Adlai Stevenson said, "Freedom Rings where Opinions Clash" Teaching st
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4th - 6th
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Christmas Writing Unit - 4 Essay Activities, Graphic Organizers, Quizzes Rubrics
Introducing essay writing for Christmas has never been easier! This writing unit with 4 complete essay prompt lessons (argumentative, expository, narrative, and persuasive) guides students through a step-by-step process of writing a 5-paragraph (or more/less) essay. The unit includes: argumentative writing graphic organizer, expository writing graphic organizer, narrative writing graphic organizer, persuasive writing graphic organizer, argumentative rubric, expository rubric, narrative rubric,
Grades:
6th - 8th
It's a Wonderful Life - Literary Essay Writing (Christmas Activity)
This 10 page, Christmas themed assignment offers students the opportunity to practice the Literary Essay based on their response to the critically acclaimed film, "It's a wonderful Life". This assignment requires no prep and is a fantastic student led assignment which, after initial class discussion, should require very little prompting from teacher.
Assignment includes:
1. A brief introduction to the movie
2. A note-taking form to use while watching the movie
3. Instruction about literary th
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5th - 12th
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How the Grinch Stole Christmas Movie Companion Pack/ Lesson Plan
This is a companion pack to accompany How the Grinch Stole ChristmasThis is targeted for grades 6-8 in ELA.INCLUDES:9 Total Activities- Figurative Language- Sequencing/Predications - Fillable Plot Diagram - Generating Questions - Short Constructed Response Questions - Extended Constructed Response - Characterization Activity- Heart Map- Making ConnectionsReady to print!Check out my other Christmas related activities:Would You Rather Writing PromptsChristmas AnalogiesFrosty the Snowman Movie
Grades:
6th - 8th
Also included in: The Grinch: BUNDLE
CHRISTMAS WRITING PROMPTS | Winter Bulletin Board Narrative Informative Opinion
Easily incorporate THEMATICALLY RIGOROUS LEARNING into your classroom routine with this no-prep, 25-page Christmas and Winter Holidays Writing Prompts! It includes everything you need to celebrate Christmas and Winter holidays with your students! Students will read about American Christmas traditions, and write responses to what they’ve read, Revising and editing checklists and 13 holiday-themed writing papers are also included. All CCSS writing standards are addressed. The following resources a
Grades:
3rd - 12th
Christmas Reading Comprehensions (15 Passages) w/ Answer Key (3rd,4th,5th,6th)
This is an assortment of Reading Comprehension worksheets for 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th Grade (but it's great for many Middle School Grades too). It contains fifteen passages of assorted topics of varied lengths and difficulties.This pack offers fifteen reading passages, each with multiple choice, open ended response, critical thinking, and fill-in-the-blank questions. It also includes answer keys with example responses.The topics included are:The History of ChristmasThe Joy of Christmas Traditions
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3rd - 8th
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The Christmas Kidnapping - A Holiday Mystery
**The Christmas Kidnapping - Can you save Santa?** Rooted in strong reading comprehension practice, this investigation will challenge your students to use their wits and powers of observation to solve a crime! Your students will: - carefully analyze 5 Investigation Reports- identify and record important information in their Case Files- identify key details- make inferences and draw conclusions- examine character motivations- produce, support and defend claims based on text-evidence- produce cons
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4th - 6th
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Christmas Holiday Reading Comprehension & Written Response RACES Strategy- SEL
Reading Comprehension and Social Emotional Learning (SEL) for Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, or any other winter holidays!Handling Holiday Stress Social and Emotional Learning Activity to Support Reading Comprehension, Vocabulary, Classroom Discussions, and more!Great for Special Education and General Education Students with Modified Lesson & Activity!⭐️ Check out some more Holiday SEL lessons here! ⭐️Handling Holiday Stress: Social and Emotional Learning ActivityThe story "Handling Holiday S
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5th - 12th
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Christmas Holiday Reading Comprehension & Written Response RACES Strategy- SEL
Christmas Around The World Reading Comprehension and Social Emotional Learning (SEL) for Secondary Students!Social and Emotional Learning Activity to Support Reading Comprehension, Vocabulary, Extended Written Responses Classroom Discussions, and more!Great for Special Education and General Education Students with Modified Lesson & Activity!⭐️ Check out some more Holiday SEL lessons here! ⭐️Christmas Around The World: Social and Emotional Learning ActivityThe story "Christmas Around The Worl
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5th - 12th
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December Literary Analysis and Pi Short Film For Google Classroom Unit 4
Your ENTIRE Middle School Google Classroom, Schoology, Canvas, Seesaw, or any LMS is planned, prepped, stocked and ready to share with your students for the month of DECEMBER! This Google Classroom Middle School UNIT 4 focuses on RACE Writing, Literary Workshop Using A Christmas Carol, and some cool Christmas activities (optional). Scroll To See Full List Of Resources.★ Each digital unit includes: highly engaging CCSS writing resources, standards, digital lesson plans, weekly & monthly calen
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6th - 9th
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18 PAGES: Winter Break Activity Book and Journal with Mental Wellness Check-Ins
As teachers, we know that not all of our students are safe, well-fed, or happy at home. This packet should give teachers a little peace of mind that our students will have a bit of entertainment and an outlet for their feelings over Winter Break.This product includes:A cover page and title page18 daily pages with an activity (word search, coloring, art, etc.) and a wellness check-in (gratitude, mental check, stretch, etc.)Similar productsSnowman prefix/suffix and winter bulletin board decor BUND
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Not Grade Specific
Holiday Themed Writing Prompts | Differentiated Paragraph Writing
Looking for a way to add some holiday spirit to your writing assignments? Try these differentiated paragraph writing prompts! Use with any novel or reading passage.3 Writing Prompts Include:Choose a character from the novel we are reading and write about what gift you would get them for the holidays. Think about what they like, need, or want. Use evidence from the book to support your answer. Choose a character from the novel we are reading and write a letter to Santa from their perspective. Thi
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4th - 8th
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Sixth Grade Christmas Comprehension Lesson (Passage & Answer Sheet Included)
"The Best Gift of All" is a Christmas-inspired literacy lesson designed by Jackson Education Support. The lesson is a great supplement to homeschool curricula and aligned with Common Core ELA-Literacy Standards. Students enjoy a fun, engaging learning experience. Also, parents and teachers spend minimal time preparing to implement quality reading comprehension activities. PDF file includes: passage with story image, answers for teachers, and student activity. Click here to visit the blog and joi
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6th
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Writing Prompts - Christmas Theme - Thinker's Keys
CHRISTMAS - Thinkers Keys cards and worksheets
Get your students thinking critically, and creatively using these writing and thinking prompt cards this Christmas.
Included are 20 task cards that will have your students thinking deeper. Christmas themed with 20 different types of questions. From creating a new way to deliver Santa's presents to thinking about why giving is better than receiving.
Give your students the gift of thought in the lead up to the Christmas break.
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20 Hi
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4th - 8th
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Hanukkah Traditions: The Significance of the Menorah - Reading Comprehension
This is a Reading Comprehension worksheet about Judaism and Hanukkah (or Chanukah) for 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th Grade (but it's great for many High School Grades too). Along with the reading, this sheet offers 8 questions of multiple choice, written open ended response, and critical thinking. It also includes answer keys with example responses. These reading passages, which cover a range of topics, can be incredibly beneficial for students and teachers in several ways:Developing Reading
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3rd - 8th
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The Festival of Lights: Hanukkah - Reading Comprehension
This is a Reading Comprehension worksheet about Judaism and Hanukkah (or Chanukah) for 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th Grade (but it's great for many High School Grades too). Along with the reading, this sheet offers 8 questions of multiple choice, written open ended response, and critical thinking. It also includes answer keys with example responses. These reading passages, which cover a range of topics, can be incredibly beneficial for students and teachers in several ways:Developing Reading
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3rd - 8th
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Hanukkah Gift-Giving: Sharing Joy and Tradition - Reading Comprehension
This is a Reading Comprehension worksheet about Judaism and Hanukkah (or Chanukah) for 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th Grade (but it's great for many High School Grades too). Along with the reading, this sheet offers 8 questions of multiple choice, written open ended response, and critical thinking. It also includes answer keys with example responses. These reading passages, which cover a range of topics, can be incredibly beneficial for students and teachers in several ways:Developing Reading
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3rd - 8th
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