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Christmas-Chanukah-Kwanzaa Common Core W.6.9 resources
Christmas Reading and Writing Bundle: Holiday Activities, Assignments, Slides
Christmas Reading and Writing Bundle: Holiday Activities, Assignments, Slides: Use this bundle of high-interest Christmas activities to engage your ELA students in reading and writing in December leading up to the break. With ready-to-use activities, assignments, slideshows, and more, you will be totally prepared to improve your students' ELA skills with a holiday twist! What Teachers Are Saying About These Christmas Reading and Writing Activities: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ This was the BEST Christmas resource
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6th - 9th
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Papa Panov’s Special Christmas-- A Short Story To Teach Literacy Standards
Leo Tolstoy’s short story about the old Russian shoemaker, Papa Panov, is a classic Christmas story that is easy for students to read and to understand. It lends itself nicely to teaching literacy standards. It is a beautiful story of one man’s longing to give a gift just as the wise men did on that first Christmas.
The analysis includes
1. A first close reading with general comprehension questions side-by-side with the text.
2. A second reading with deeper analysis questions alongside the t
Grades:
4th - 8th
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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Ugly Christmas Sweater: Décor and Party Invitation Writing and Design Activity
Imagine this: You or a character of your choosing, have just been invited to attend an ugly sweater Christmas party. You will now have the opportunity to evaluate and carefully select the décor for this festive Christmas event. There are four activities included in this file. They can be used as individual Christmas writing activities or as a complete unit, as they all go hand in hand, yet offer something different in each activity.
Four Christmas writing options to choose from:
• Ugly Christma
Grades:
5th - 10th
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Character Ornaments for ANY Book or Story
Character Ornaments: A critical-thinking activity for students to use with any novel or story
This creative activity requires students to think about a character in a different way. Students decide how a character would decorate an ornament and why. Responses must contain evidence from the text to support their explanations. For more of a challenge, students can also design an original ornament in any shape to represent the character.
Includes differentiated handouts and interactive notebook o
Grades:
6th - 9th
Also included in: All of my Reading Resources (Fiction / Nonfiction) Growing Bundle
Christmas Character Analysis Assignment - Choosing Stocking Gifts for Characters
Christmas Character Analysis Assignment - Choosing Stocking Gifts for Character: This activity can be used with any fictional novel or short story and is perfect for the Christmas season. The assignment has students choose stocking stuffers for a main character from their reading and justify their gifts using evidence and direct support from the text. Students love this type of imaginative activity, and it allows them to be both thoughtful and creative.This is included in our discounted holiday
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6th - 9th
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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
Holiday Activities Bundle for ANY Book or Story
Holiday activities: Critical-thinking and creative activities for students to use with any novel or story
These three packs can be purchased separately or purchased here as a bundle for a discount. It includes:
Character Gifts for Any Book or Story: Students choose a gift for a character based on the character's needs/wants.
Character Ornaments for Any Book or Story: Students create ornaments that symbolize a character.
Snowman Caricature for Any Book or Story: Students create a snowman/snow
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Grades:
6th - 9th
Character Study + Character Analysis Graphic Organizer Sub Plan Middle School
Looking for a no prep resource that will elevate your students study of Character Study in Christmas stories to the next level? This resource will make your life easier. This Christmas activity booklet will enhance students’ understanding of characters in Christmas stories by encouraging them to delve into the minds of these characters. By1. making character analysis,2. writing a reflection on a character, and3. writing a letter from the perspective of a character,students will explore the chara
Grades:
5th - 8th
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
Gift of the Magi by O. Henry Christmas Activity
Are you looking for a no-prep Christmas comprehension, listening, and writing activity for The Gift of the Magi, O. Henry's classic short story of love and sacrifice? This fun, easy-to-use resource includes links to podcast audio versions of the story, as well as a listening comprehension mystery picture, editable writing prompts, and two versions of the printed story. The Christmas mystery picture and writing activities can be used with the printed story or the podcast audio. Either way, kids w
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6th - 8th
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Character Gifts for ANY Book or Story
Character Gifts: A critical-thinking activity for students to use with any novel or story
This creative activity requires students to think about a character in a different way. Students decide what gift they would give a character and why. Responses must contain evidence from the text to support their explanations.
Includes differentiated handouts and interactive notebook or classroom display options.
Aligned with the Common Core State Standards for Reading, Writing, and Language.
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Grades:
6th - 9th
Also included in: All of my Reading Resources (Fiction / Nonfiction) Growing Bundle
Christmas ELA December Winter Writing Prompts RACE Writing with passages
Google Slides virtual classroom with digital writing prompts, articles ( informational text ) and videos, using RACE strategy is great for distance learning AND for in-class use! This set is just in time for December and Christmas. Prompts are written to resemble state test prompts. Students are asked to cite evidence, describe, explain, summarize, etc., using the RACE + Transitions strategy. Students can click the article links on their virtual chalkboard to read and watch highly engaging cont
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6th - 9th
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Also included in: Digital Writing Prompts with RACE Strategy Full Year
Character Study + Character Analysis Graphic Organizer Sub Plan Middle School
Looking for a no prep resource that will elevate your students study of Character Study in Christmas stories to the next level? This resource will make your life easier. This Christmas activity booklet will enhance students’ understanding of characters in Christmas stories by encouraging them to delve into the minds of these characters. By1. making character analysis,2. writing a reflection on a character, and3. writing a letter from the perspective of a character,students will explore the chara
Grades:
5th - 8th
Character Study + Character Analysis Graphic Organizer Sub Plan Middle School
Looking for a no prep resource that will elevate your students study of Character Study in Christmas stories to the next level? This resource will make your life easier. This Christmas activity booklet will enhance students’ understanding of characters in Christmas stories by encouraging them to delve into the minds of these characters. By1. making character analysis,2. writing a reflection on a character, and3. writing a letter from the perspective of a character,students will explore the chara
Grades:
5th - 8th
Character Study + Character Analysis Graphic Organizer Sub Plan Middle School
Looking for a no prep resource that will elevate your students study of Character Study in Christmas stories to the next level? This resource will make your life easier. This Christmas activity booklet will enhance students’ understanding of characters in Christmas stories by encouraging them to delve into the minds of these characters. By1. making character analysis,2. writing a reflection on a character, and3. writing a letter from the perspective of a character,students will explore the chara
Grades:
5th - 8th
Character Study + Character Analysis Graphic Organizer Sub Plan Middle School
Looking for a no prep resource that will elevate your students study of Character Study in Christmas stories to the next level? This resource will make your life easier. This Christmas activity booklet will enhance students’ understanding of characters in Christmas stories by encouraging them to delve into the minds of these characters. By1. making character analysis,2. writing a reflection on a character, and3. writing a letter from the perspective of a character,students will explore the chara
Grades:
5th - 8th
Holiday Essay Organizer | Informative Writing | Holidays Around the World
Looking to bring some holiday cheer to your writing unit? Try this informative essay on a holiday! This can be used for Christmas, Halloween, Hanukah, New Year's Eve, any holiday! I think it's especially fun during the winter holiday season.Students will choose a holiday to research and use the notes organizer which is pre-labeled (History, Traditions, Compare/contrast to another country) to keep them organized through the whole process. There are also guided questions to help focus their resear
Grades:
4th - 8th
"Christmas Lights" A Socratic Seminar Unit of Study Featuring Coldplay
Join your kids in the holiday merriment through this fun, engaging, meaningful unit of study on a unique holiday song, "Christmas Lights" by Coldplay. Students will work to analyze lyrics, build connections, explore figurative language, and engage in a collaborative dialogue through Socratic seminar. Your students will build reading comprehension, language, speaking, listening and writing skills through this unit and build classroom community through collaboration as well!
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: Holiday Song Lyric Analysis
December Creative Writing for Google Slides
This product includes three fun December themed writing mini projects!Easy to edit Google Slides that can be shared on your learning platforms so each student has their own copy to edit.I use these a couple different ways in my classroom. I will either have it available as an early finisher task for the month or I will assign them as a week-long mini writing project. Each writing prompt includes:Project exampleGraphic organizer for planningSpace for writingRubricsThree Writing Prompts: December
Grades:
3rd - 5th
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Also included in: Winter Bundle! 13 Creative Writing Activities and Team Builders!
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