A Teacher's Christmas Survival Pack for 2nd, 3rd and 4th Graders

Get everything you need to make it through that last wild week before Christmas! Get winter guided reading stories, math worksheets, party games, parent present ideas, a center game, classroom management ideas and more! Take a breath! This resource has your back! Print and Digital included!

After all, it is that time of year again! Every day the little people in your classroom get just a little more excited, and a little more wild. The ideas in this 84 page Christmas survival pack will help you make it until that happy day vacation starts! Activities are correlated to the Common Core Standards! The guided reading stories are for 2nd, 3rd, or 4th grade readers, allowing teachers to differentiate as needed.

This resource includes guided reading stories, addition, subtraction and multiplication worksheets, ideas and directions for parents gifts, idea for student gift, Santa game. Also included is a classroom Christmas activity that's sure to please! Stories, math and game are all differentiated for 2nd through 4th graders.

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All buyers have access to the TPT Easel of this resource, which has been annotated for you. It's ready to go! Teachers will also be able to edit the directions to customize the resource if needed.

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This pack includes:

• Table of contents
• Teacher notes
• Three guided reading stories

1. Second grade non-fiction story about reindeer written at a 2.7

reading level

2. Third grade non-fiction story, also about reindeer, written at a

3.5 reading level

3. Fourth grade non-fiction story about the North Pole written at

a 4.0 reading level

• All guided reading stories include questions for before, during and after reading, vocabulary cards, two worksheets and an art activity for the rest of the class. All worksheets are correlated to the common core for that grade level.
• Nine Christmas themed math sheets ranging in ability from second to fourth grade, correlated to the common core.
• Directions for two "tried and true" presents students can make for parents
• Directions for a teacher present to students
• "Gingerbread" activity (no gingerbread needed!)
• Behavior management activities
• Christmas party game ideas
• Center game with two levels of playing cards
• Christmas joke pages
• Santa bookmarks

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Comments about this resource include:

This is a great resource. I will be able to use it year after year. So glad it had more substance than just worksheets!!!

YAY!! Every teacher's dream. Congrats on ALL the work you put into this!! It is greatly appreciated!! I am so glad that I found this....I can't wait to use the stories...the students are going to love them...thank you again for sharing such a useful tool for those "crazy" days....

The kids enjoyed learning vocabulary and non-fiction reading strategies as they read about reindeer. I love how the materials are differentiated for multiple learning levels.

Outstanding!! There was something for all levels and the activities were great. Merry Christmas!

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About this Teacher Author

Jan Bernard

National Board Certified Teacher (2001-2011), Masters in Curriculum, Gifted Certified, Cobb County Elementary Teacher of the Year, Addison Elementary Teacher of the Year, Bullard Elementary Teacher of the Year, Atlanta Journal and Constitution Honor Teacher finalist ($5000 award), District 3 Georgia Science Teacher of the Year, Author of seven books published by The Child's World Press, Wrote online k-12 social studies and language arts curriculum for Coca Cola, curriculum writer for CNN, curriculum writer for American Legacy Publishers 2009-2014, 25 years teaching experience in grades 1st-4th.

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