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Persuasive Writing Christmas Theme {Holiday Sweater Contest}
Holiday Sweater Contest: Help your students develop their persuasive writing skills with this creative writing and art project! The task involves designing a holiday sweater for a vintage department store contest. After designing, students will use persuasive writing to convince the judges why their design deserves to win the grand prize.This resource includes:Detailed lesson plans for two days (or stretch it out over several days)Small group warm-up activity to engage students and review persua
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2nd - 5th
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Also included in: Holiday Persuasive Writing Bundle {Halloween and Christmas}
The Legend of the Christmas Stocking
This reading and writing lesson was designed to help your students learn the legends behind our Christmas stocking traditions. Your students will read two different stocking legends in order to complete a compare and contrast activity. Next, they will complete a craftivity and a service learning project that will help teach your students the importance of giving to others this time of year!
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1st - 3rd
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Also included in: Christmas Legends Bundle
Christmas Debates for Middle School ELA - Public Speaking Activity
If Christmas is a crazy time of the school year for your students, make that Christmas frenzy work for you with these fun holiday debate topics for middle school!Because public speaking already carries a great deal of stress for many students, these debates feature both light-hearted and thoughtful holiday debate topics to engage your students and foster a festive atmosphere. These assignment sheets and rubrics keep middle-school kids laughing, thinking, and learning the art of public debate.Th
Grades:
7th - 10th
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Also included in: Public Speaking Bundle
Christmas Writing (Compare and Contrast)
Christmas Writing! Compare and contrast Santa's Reindeer and wild Caribou. The product contains a Christmas reading passage about Santa’s Reindeer and a reading passage about wild caribou. It also contains two different graphic compare and contrast organizers, two sample templates for writing a comparative essay, reindeer themed paper, student checklist to use during peer editing and a grading rubric for you to use. I have also included a list of children’s books about caribou and books that fe
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2nd - 6th
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Secret Student Christmas Writing Prompts | Secret Santa Writing Unit
Secret Santa Writer's Workshop Unit is a classroom community building service unit and writing unit. Students will become a "Secret Santa" for another student in the class. Students will have 10 writing prompts to write letters to their Secret Santa. They will also have 4 accountability writing prompts in which they report their acts of service to their teacher. At the end of the unit, the students reveal their Secret Santa with a fun activity!Best of all? This unit has just been REVISED to incl
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1st - 5th
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Also included in: Secret Student Writing Activities Full Year Bundle, Prompts and more
Christmas Ornaments for Gratitude
These Christmas ornaments are a great way to get your students thinking about others during the holiday season. Using the Christmas ornament templates provided, they will write a note to someone - either thanking or complimenting them. String them together and you have a positive garland to hang in your classroom!Students could also think of a family member, friend, classmate, staff member, etc. who deserves a gift for the holiday. They can use the writing pages to describe the gift, who it i
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3rd - 5th
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Christmas Poetry Unit
Let the Poet Tree be your guide as your students become poets right before your eyes! This unit is our go-to for the month of December and one of the highlights of our year. Return to this one year after year. Includes:* 12 different poetry forms (one for each of the 12 days of Christmas)* Letters from the Poet Tree* Poetry templates with sample poems* Two poetry rubrics and more!Learn for the Long HaulCheck out more time-saving resources by Learn for the Long Haul:Music of DolphinsNameplates By
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3rd - 6th
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Christmas Trees For Sale!- Holiday Opinion Writing
This is a fun, holiday writing activity that is festive, but still teaches Common Core Standards. I have loved doing this with my students at Christmastime!First, each student decorates a tree, using the printable trees and stickers, glitter, markers, pipe cleaners etc. Then, they write a persuasive opinion piece trying to convince others to “buy” their tree! This allows for a lot of creativity and development of opinion writing skills. Everything you need is in this packet (minus the glitter an
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1st - 3rd
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Kindergarten and First Grade Writing Activities for December and January
Welcome to Writing Right Through December and January! This series will help you and your students practice various writing skills and genres in a fun and engaging way. Each month, you will find a new set of writing activities that are aligned with the seasons and holidays.➤Do you struggle each week, trying to plan for writing instruction? ➤Do you need some easy and effective writing activities for young learners?➤Do you want writing activities that don't require hours of preparation or grading,
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K - 1st
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Also included in: Kindergarten and First Grade Writing Activities for the Year Bundle
Common Core Connotation Writing Gingerbread House For Sale Ads
Common Core Learning! Common Core Connotation!
Teach your students the power of words choice with this fun freebie!
Get your students to love the thesaurus! Have your students carefully chose their words writing two different for gingerbread house for sale ads.
Students are challenged to write the ads focusing on the intended audience- Gingerbread Digest (someone looking to purchase a gingerbread house to live in it) Readers Digest (to the average person)
CCSS Aligned for grades 4 - 8
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3rd - 12th
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Christmas Recipes in a Jar Project Special Education Entrepreneur Activities
Here are over 200 craft recipe ideas for gifts in jars! These DIY mason jar gifts are perfect for parents, staff, colleagues, volunteers, and more! These crafts are great for service learning, school fundraisers, pay-it-forward projects, entrepreneur activities, and your own personal gift-giving. Please click on the PREVIEW.NOTE: This isn't a fancy resource and simply has one recipe on each page. It is a great resource to save you time from searching!There are craft recipes for:Cookies, Breads,
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Not Grade Specific
Student Christmas Gift to Parents Following Directions Winter Holiday Gift Craft
You will download a Christmas or winter holiday gift craftivity for your students in 1st grade, 2nd grade, 3rd grade, 4th grade, 5th grade, middle school, ESL, speech and language therapy, and special education students. They will use this fun packet to practice following directions by reading the recipe to make a yummy cookies in a jar recipes for their parents, other teachers, principal, support staff, volunteers, paraeducators, student teacher, grandparents, and more!This winter project also
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Not Grade Specific
Create a Holiday Children's Book! — Seasonal ELA or Art — Writing — CCSS
You've found the perfect Christmas or winter holiday project! This no-prep art and writing project provides your students with everything they need to create their own holiday narrative storybook! The two-week unit starts with an introductory presentation, continues with straightforward and fun planning activities, and culminates with the creation of an original holiday children's book! Best of all, this project can also serve as a holiday present for your students to give to their family and f
Grades:
6th - 10th
FREE CHRISTMAS ACTIVITY – Acts of Kindness Checklist - Advent Calendar for Kids
Encourage students to be generous this Christmas with the FREE acts of kindness advent calendar. Use the kindness checklist to complete good deeds with ideas for each day of December (with a few free choice squares). If you'd like a whole grade challenge, try the bulletin board advent calendar. ➡️ Teacher Feedback"We started using this Advent calendar this week. The graphics are appealing and the kindness tasks each day are perfect! We use the daily kindness tasks as a focus after our morning p
Grades:
2nd - 5th
Winter Animal Research Activities for Agriculture & Science
This research fun bundle leans into the excitement of the holiday season with four Animal activities. Included is a Pet-Safe Holiday Food Research activity with Poster and Presentation options, True False or Opinion Partner Activity, Ugly Winter Animal Sweater and a Compare and Contrast Santa Writing Prompt that asks students to help Santa out by compiling a list of goodies he should bring to Children who also ask for a kitten or a puppy for Christmas.Bonus: Christmas Word find for early finishe
Grades:
6th - 12th
Christmas Activities, Home Alone 2 Complete Movie Unit, Questions/Activities
Are you looking for a fast and free Christmas lesson for your teenage students that not only engages them during the holidays, but also connects standards and sparks a real-world service project to take their learning from the classroom to the community? Perhaps you need a sub plan during the holidays and a movie would make planning so much easier! This no prep, movie-viewing guide for Home Alone 2: Lost in New York has everything you need! Student Experience: While students watch this all-time
Grades:
6th - 11th
It's Christmas, Charlie Brown! Reader's Theatre Script -Rubric & Questions
Included in the It's Christmas, Charlie Brown! Reader's Theatre Unit:17 page script3 major characters + the narrator6 supporting characters45 metacognitive questionsStudent Reader's Theatre Evaluations based on 4 levels and 5 criteria.Student Success CriteriaStudent Friendly GoalsReader's Theatre ChecklistIt's Christmas, Charlie Brown! Synopsis:Snoopy’s dog-house blinks on and off with electric lights.Sally thinks only about the presents she will get.Lucy likes aluminum trees.Is this Christmas?
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5th - 10th, Adult Education
Gingerbread Cookie Survival Kit: Reading and Writing Activities for the Holidays
This Gingerbread Boy Holiday unit has Lesson Plans and Activities that put a new twist on your Christmas Holiday Reading and Writing Plans.
The unit centers around Reading inferences, sequence, compare/contrast and alliteration activities. Students can complete lessons and activities from 3 popular Gingerbread stories: The Gingerbread Boy, The Gingerbread Baby, and the The Gingerbread Girl.
After reading and completing activities, writing lessons include creating a Gingerbread Cookie Surv
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2nd - 7th
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Persuasive Letter to Santa — Seasonal ELA — Logos, Pathos, Ethos — CCSS Rubric
Have your students write a letter to Santa Claus, a parent, or whomever they hope will bring the goods this holiday season in the service of learning about the modes of persuasion (logos, pathos, and ethos). This short lesson on argument is a perfect activity for the pre-break craziness!Your purchase includes:A 10-slide PowerPoint presentation that defines the concept of persuasion and the three main modes of argumentative rhetoric (logos, pathos, and ethos), provides examples, and introduces th
Grades:
6th - 10th
Also included in: Media Literacy Learning Lessons Bundle — High School ELA
A Christmas Carol Reader's Theatre Script -Charles Dickens Original -John Leech
Ebenezer ScroogeSpirit…Tell me if Tiny Tim will live. The Ghost of Christmas PresentI see a vacant seat in the poor chimney-corner, and a crutch without an owner, carefully preserved. If these shadows remain unaltered by the Future, the child will die. Ebenezer ScroogeNo, no. Oh, no, kind Spirit! Say he will be spared. The Ghost of Christmas PresentIf these shadows remain unaltered by the Future, none other of my race will find him here. What then? If he be like to die, he had better do it, and
Grades:
8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Elf Mischief Narrative Writing Unit
This unit includes a 7+ Day lesson Plan, 6 graphic organizers, an editing check list, rubric and fun paper (both intermediate and primary paper).
Grades:
1st - 5th
Pet-Safe Holiday Food Project 2 options for Agriculture Vet Tech and Science
This holiday focused project asks students to choose a common pet and research the impact of holiday foods on that animal. Then, they must suggest a healthy alternative. Included: Poster Option, Presentation Option, Rubrics, Self-Reflection Sheets, Presentation/Poster audience Note matrix, and a Request Letter for presenting in other classes.1. Poster Project: that can be put up in the hall when they are finished. I didn’t specify the type of animal or foods. That way you can assign them acco
Grades:
7th - 11th
Also included in: Winter Animal Research Activities for Agriculture & Science
EDITABLE ADVENT CALENDAR, Acts of Kindness Checklist - Christmas Activity
Encourage thoughtful and generous behavior at Christmas with this editable acts of kindness advent calendar. Teachers and students can add their own good deeds to the kindness checklist for the month of December. Use the list of 60 acts of kindness or make up your own to suit your grade. If you're using the digital version, you can just copy and paste them in. There are options to add 15, 20, and 31 good deeds. Teachers can create a checklist for students or get them to make their own. Each adv
Grades:
2nd - 5th
Christmas Holiday Kindness Candy Grams Notes Card Student Council PTA Fundraiser
Introducing Glow Grams, the perfect way to spread joy and kindness throughout your school this holiday season! Packed with vibrant colors and heartwarming messages, these Winter and Christmas-themed kindness Notes are the ultimate morale booster for students, teachers, and parents alike. Not only do they encourage a culture of kindness and compassion, but they also offer a creative way to fundraise while spreading goodwill!With 30 unique designs featuring adorable holiday themes like elves, rein
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Not Grade Specific
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