Winter Solstice Themed Day Reading, Writing, Math, Social Studies, and Science

Winter Solstice Themed Day Reading, Writing, Math, Social Studies, and Science Lesson Plans, Activities, and Slide decks. Engage your students in a fun winter holiday theme day. These plans are a great low-prep option for the week before winter break or as emergency sub plans for December!

What You Will Receive:

• 2 Paired Expository Texts with a Compare and Contrast graphic organizer and craftivity
• Interactive Choice Driven Math Story with Word Problems
• Culturally Sensitive Social Studies and Science Slide deck and small group activity
• BONUS: free winter solstice themed writing prompt worksheet

Reading Plans

Paired passages reading lesson for winter with graphic organizer and craftivity. This lesson includes 2 paired texts on the Winter Solstice. One article discusses the cultural significance and traditions in Japan while the other article describes the Winter Solstice Lantern Festival in Vancouver, Canada. Students will use a graphic organizer to compare and contrast the two articles. Then they will get to make their own Winter Solstice lantern.

Social Studies & Science

The Winter Solstice social studies and science lesson slides and small group activity is a fun and engaging lesson that covers the science behind the winter solstice as well as the different cultural celebrations centered around the Winter Solstice. Students will then apply this knowledge to creating their own Winter Solstice celebration that includes the reasoning behind the celebration, 2 traditions, and 1 activity. Slide deck or alternate Quizziz and small group worksheet included.

Math

Let your students choose how they will travel through this engaging story about their classroom celebrating the Winter Solstice in a 22 page google slide deck that includes 9 story problems and plenty of choices for where they travel next in the story. They will encounter 3rd grade math word problems and every time they answer a problem, they get to choose what they do next in the story. Answer sheet and answer key included.

Writing

A fun and creative writing prompt that includes a small checkbox for writing standards as well as some useful spelling/vocabulary words that students could incorporate into their stories.