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Christmas-Chanukah-Kwanzaa Common Core W.4.1a resources
Winter Project Based Learning | Hot Cocoa Stand Business PBL | Hot Chocolate
Students LOVE real-life learning, and this Start a Hot Cocoa Stand PBL unit will have them asking for more activities just like it! Students will plan and design a hot cocoa stand, create a menu, write how to make the world's best hot chocolate, and so much more! What better way to have students use real-life math, reading, and writing skills than with this Hot Chocolate Stand Business Project Based Learning unit? Click HERE to SAVE 25% with the PBL Activities Bundle for the Year!This activity i
Grades:
4th - 6th
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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
Grades:
2nd - 5th
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Also included in:Â Holiday Persuasive Writing Bundle {Halloween and Christmas}
How to Catch an Elf Trap Christmas READ ALOUD STEMâ„¢ Activity and STEAM Challenge
Can your students catch an Elf? Learn how to catch an elf with this super fun and engaging Christmas STEM Activity!Students design and build an Elf trap! After they have completed their STEM project, there is a persuasive writing activity where students write about setting the elf free.An excellent companion activity to the Christmas read aloud book How to Catch an Elf by Adam Wallace.Students plan, design, and execute their own ideas. After they have completed their activity, there is time for
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Grades:
1st - 5th
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NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
 ...
Also included in:Â Winter and Christmas READ ALOUD STEMâ„¢ Activities and Challenges 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
Winter and Christmas READ ALOUD STEMâ„¢ Activities and Challenges BUNDLE
Your class will have their best Christmas ever with Christmas Read Aloud STEM Challenges! Create a Gingerbread Disguise. Trap an Elf. Build a Polar Express Maze. Help Olive the other Reindeer fly. Your students will love this STEM bundle!Literacy Integration:Includes 4 Christmas Activities and lessons as amazing companion activities to our favorite Christmas Read Aloud Books: The Polar Express by Chris Van AllsburgOlive, The Other Reindeer by J.otto Seibold and Vivian WalshThe Gingerbread Man by
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Grades:
1st - 5th
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NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
 ...
Mooseltoe Christmas READ ALOUD STEMâ„¢ Activity
Design a Mooseltoe Christmas Tree in this amazing Christmas READ ALOUD STEMâ„¢ Challenge by Carly and Adam! In this Christmas STEM Challenge, students design and build a Mooseltoe Tree! The Engineering Design Process:Students plan, design, and execute their own ideas. After they have completed their activity, there is time for reflection on what worked and what didn't. They follow the six step Engineering Design Process: Ask, Imagine, Plan, Create, Experiment, Improve.STREAM Literacy Integration:T
Grades:
1st - 5th
Types:
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
 ...
Also included in:Â Christmas READ ALOUD STEMâ„¢ Activities and Challenges BUNDLE
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
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Grades:
3rd - 5th
Christmas READ ALOUD STEMâ„¢ Activities and Challenges BUNDLE
Connect Holiday STEM And Literacy in 1st Grade through 5th Grade!This Christmas STEM Activities and Challenges BUNDLE is full of amazing Christmas Activities that connect STEM and literacy. Build a Christmas Tree and House out of Legos.Design Binary Code Christmas Ornament.Launch Santa over the moon with a Santa Catapult.Decorate a Mooseltoe Christmas Tree!Literacy IntegrationPerfect companion activities to the following Christmas read aloud books:Auntie Claus by Elise PrimaveraHow Santa Got His
Grades:
2nd - 5th
Types:
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
 ...
Student Christmas Gifts to Parents | Holiday Cookbook ELA & Math Project
In this fun Thanksgiving or Christmas project-based learning (PBL) activity for 3rd-6th grades, your students will use key standards in a real-life scenario as they make a holiday cookbook! This is an awesome student gift to parents. These standards include reading comprehension, collaboration, letter writing, decimal (or whole number) operations, and fraction operations. Plus, this project ends in a culminating project that can be sent home to families as a holiday gift. Differentiation is incl
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3rd - 6th
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Opinion Writing Prompt: Real Tree or Artificial
Are you looking for a stress-free, engaging way to spice up your writing period? These text-based informational writing prompts with articles take all the stress out of finding paired text for writing instruction. These holiday opinion writing prompts asking students are real or fake trees better are great to use before winter break! This resource can be used as a literary response, in writers workshop, or as test prep practice. The print and digital resource includes printable differentiated ar
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4th - 6th
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Also included in:Â Text Based Informational Writing: Differentiated BUNDLE | Grades 4-6
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
Grades:
4th - 7th
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Christmas Opinion / Persuasive Writing: A Low-Tech Christmas - Grades 3-5
Eddie the Elf (one of Santa’s hardest-working elves), is trying get Santa to stop the production of ALL electronic toys, video games, and computers at the North Pole. Eddie has been explaining to Santa that kids should receive toys that have them up and moving, not sitting around, being a bump on a log.THIS IS READY AS A PRINT VERSION AND A GOOGLE SLIDES VERSION TO SHARE INTO GOOGLE CLASSROOM! UPDATED 11/30/2020!Also check out the ULTIMATE Christmas Bundle by clicking here!Students are asked to
Grades:
3rd - 5th
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Also included in:Â Ultimate Christmas Bundle: Social Studies, Reading, Writing and Math!
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
Grades:
4th - 7th
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Also included in:Â ELA Holiday Activities Bundle : Writing with the RACE Strategy and More!
The Gingerbread Baby Gingerbread Man Trap STEM Activity
Integrate STEM in your classroom this Christmas Season with Gingerbread Man Trap STEM Challenge!Students discover how to catch a Gingerbread Man as they design and build a their very own Gingerbread Man Trap! Increase problem solving and engineering skills through this engaging Christmas STEM challenge. An excellent companion activity to the book Gingerbread Baby by Jan Brett.Students plan, design, and execute their own ideas. After they have completed their activity, there is time for reflectio
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Grades:
1st - 5th
Types:
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
 ...
Also included in:Â Gingerbread READ ALOUD STEMâ„¢ Activities and Challenges BUNDLE
Train Ride to the North Pole Christmas PBL | Polar Express Companion For 3rd-5th
In this fun Christmas or winter project-based learning (PBL) activity for 3rd-5th grades, your students will use key standards in a real-life scenario as they plan their dream trip to the North Pole! This project accompanies the book The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg. You will need a copy of this book to complete step 1 in this project. Looking for a similar project that doesn't mention holidays? Try my Winter Train Ride project.This is an awesome and engaging winter project that covers re
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3rd - 5th
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Christmas Writing Activities Persuasive Letters to Santa December Prompt
Christmas writing made simple! Looking to engage your students and welcome the holiday season into your classroom this December? This real-world letter-writing project for Santa is just what you need! Your students will LOVE to write to Santa with a purpose! Perfect to keep students engaged and working hard during the month of December.This set includes 4 different prompt topics. Help your students master the skill of writing a persuasive writing letter to convince Santa to do one of the followi
Grades:
3rd - 5th
Also included in:Â Christmas Reading Comprehension Passages Writing Activities Math Games
Elf for Hire Character Traits and Opinion Writing Project
Calling on all qualified applicants! Do you have what it takes to work at the North Pole? Engage your class in this fun holiday activity! This activity is perfect for reviewing character traits and opinion writing, with just the right amount of fun. At the beginning of this project, a Help Wanted sign will mysteriously appears in the classroom calling on students to apply in writing to work as an elf this holiday season. Students must then prove they are the right elf for the job by describing t
Grades:
3rd - 5th
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
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Also included in:Â Year of Creative Writing Prompts | Bulletin Boards & Activities
Gingerbread READ ALOUD STEMâ„¢ Activities and Challenges BUNDLE
Your class will have their best Christmas ever with Gingerbread Read Aloud STEM Challenges! Create a Gingerbread Disguise for the Gingerbread Man. Build a Gingerbread Trap for the Gingerbread Baby. Engineer a Gumdrop Bridge for the Gingerbread Boy. Make a Gingerbread House for the Gingerbread Mouse.Includes 4 Gingerbread Activities and lessons as amazing companion activities to our favorite Gingerbread Read Aloud Books: The Gingerbread Man by Eric Kimmel, The Gingerbread Baby by Jan Brett, The G
Grades:
1st - 5th
Types:
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
 ...
Auntie Claus Christmas READ ALOUD Unplugged Coding Activity
Create a Binary Code Christmas Ornament Unplugged Coding for Hour of Code, STEM Club, and First Grade through 5th Grade Classrooms! Make learning fun with this Christmas Coding Activity where students learn how to code and decode binary codes. They build their own Binary Code Christmas Ornament to give to a friend and write about what the word or letters mean.The Coding Process:In this coding activity, students use binary coding to create their own Christmas Ornament. Perfect activity for a Chri
Grades:
1st - 5th
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Also included in:Â Christmas READ ALOUD STEMâ„¢ Activities and Challenges BUNDLE
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
Sharing My Gifts Christmas Banner: December Writing Activity or Bulletin Board
This easy, no-prep holiday banner craft is perfect for busy classrooms. Students write a short response about how they can share their talents and you can create a beautiful and fun display pennant. Perfect for over your board or a hallway display, this meaningful writing task gives students an engaging way to get students into the giving spirit this December. No matter which way you hang the pieces, this bunting banner is sure to get some attention! Super cute and a fun way to celebrate the hol
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Grades:
2nd - 4th
Also included in:Â Writing Craft Activity Bundle: Pennant Banner Writing for Bulletin Boards
Christmas Toys Opinion Essay Elf Writing Prompt Common Core 3rd 4th 5th
Imagine telling your students that Santa needs their help deciding on a new toy design to produce this year! With this product, your students will read and respond to two texts using my opinion essay graphic organizer. Proofread their work, then give them the cute elf-themed stationery to write their final copies on, perfect for a winter holiday or Christmas bulletin board display! Grade them with the included rubric. This resource provides everything you need for toy-themed opinion writing
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Grades:
3rd - 5th
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
Also included in:Â CHRISTMAS ACTIVITIES BUNDLE | Christmas Around the World Craft STEM Winter
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