210 results
Christmas-Chanukah-Kwanzaa service learning rubrics
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
Types:
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!
To ensure that this product is appropriate for your grade level, please download the preview to get a b
Grades:
1st - 3rd
CCSS:
Also included in: Christmas Legends Bundle
Gingerbread House Drawing Art Lesson - 2 Point Perspective Christmas Art Lesson
This Christmas/ holiday themed art drawing lesson will keep your middle school boys and girls ENGAGED during this very exciting time of year. Students will learn how to create a 3D house using 2 point perspective technique. In addition, students will use value and colored pencil techniques to create a 3D form. The PowerPoint and PDF slides include: vocabulary (2 point perspective, vanishing point, value scale, tint, shade and value), objectives, standards, step by step instructions, student refe
Grades:
6th - 12th
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
Types:
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
Subjects:
Grades:
2nd - 6th
Types:
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
Grades:
1st - 5th
Types:
Also included in: Secret Student Writing Activities Full Year Bundle, Prompts and more
Random Acts of Kindness | Christmas
I think any sort of activity that teaches kindness is a must in an elementary classroom. I typically do a unit on "random acts of kindness" during the time after Thanksgiving Break and before Christmas Break. This year I decided to pair my unit with an "Elf on the Shelf." Please note - This activity does NOT have to be done with an elf on the shelf. It will work with or without one. I have included a sample of the letter that I gave to my kids when our elf arrived. Our elf hangs around each day
Grades:
Not Grade Specific
Types:
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
Grades:
3rd - 5th
Types:
A Christmas Carol One Pager Project
Have your students share their understanding of the novel A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens by imaginatively blending their written ideas with colorful images based on information from the text. With this one-pager reading comprehension project, students will analyze the literature by determining theme, symbolism, characterization, and more. Students' artwork make for unique and creative analyses of the literature and also make great bulletin boards!Included in this purchase is:Student direct
Grades:
6th - 12th
Types:
Also included in: A Christmas Carol Novel Study | Complete Unit Plan
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
Subjects:
Grades:
3rd - 6th
Types:
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
Grades:
1st - 3rd
Types:
CCSS:
Letter Writing Mini Unit (Christmas Themed)
Spread the holiday cheer in your classroom, and excite your students about letter writing that is fun and engaging Christmas themed mini unit! This letter writing unit is common core aligned and includes a friendly letter power point, 10 day lesson plans, list of books that will pair nicely with this unit, editing rubric, grading rubric, many paper choices, and more. The unit ends with writing a letter to Santa! Make this month fun for the kids in your classroom, and hit some common core standa
Grades:
1st - 3rd
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,
Subjects:
Grades:
K - 1st
Types:
Also included in: Kindergarten and First Grade Writing Activities for the Year Bundle
Holiday Kindness Countdown Calendar for Christmas or Winter, Digital & Editable
Help children learn what kindness looks, sounds, and feels like this holiday season by creating a countdown calendar (similar to an Advent calendar) that can be used to countdown the days until Christmas, winter, or your holiday break. Each day, pull an ornament that displays a daily random act of kindness (in print or using the digital Google slides) that kids can do in school or at home (editable version included). Or hide the ornament with your Classroom Elf. Children get involved from the
Grades:
PreK - 2nd
Types:
Also included in: Christmas Bundle | Holiday Traditions
Christmas Elf Grams! Have You Been Elf-ed, Yet?
Celebrate the Holidays with these "Feel Good" Elf Grams!Make someone smile with these very colorful and cute messages of love and respect. What's Included?1. 10 different colorful characters2. 8 unique gram sayings: "You're the Jingle to my Bell" Because... "You're the Holly to my Jolly" Because... "You're the Marshmallow in my Cocoa" Because... "You're the Star to My Tree" Because... "You're the Candy to My Cane" Because... "You're the Holly to my Ivy" Because...
Grades:
Not Grade Specific
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
Grades:
3rd - 12th
Types:
Poetry Writing Christmas Prompts
This download includes 36 poetry writing prompts with a Christmas theme along with 19 templates and a rubric!✩Use the prompts for end of the year revision of procedure writing. Make them discussion topics or use them as brain breaks.✩Each prompt is on an individual page so you can print full size, print multiples to a page for task cards or display on a screen.✩The prompts cover haikus, shape poems, limericks, acrostic poems, cinquains, alphabet poems, simile poems, quatrains, couplets, ballads
Grades:
1st - 6th
Types:
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,
Grades:
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
Grades:
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
Advent Prayer Service for Kids
This is the Advent Prayer Service my second graders do at school. It would work for younger or older students as well. Included are the following:Two versions of the prayer service: 14 students or 28 students. You can edit the "parts" so you have enough parts for your kids. A copy of the readings for the priest or principalLetter home to parentsWords to songs NOT written by me (O Come, O Come Emmanuel and Mary Had a Baby/Go Tell it on the Mountain)Words to an Advent Song sung to the tune of D
Subjects:
Grades:
1st - 5th
Types:
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
Party with a "Purr"pose: Christmas Service Learning Project for Homeless Animals
HALF OF THE PROCEEDS FROM THIS PRODUCT WILL BE DONATED BACK TO MY LOCAL ANIMAL SHELTER!
Thank you from the bottom of my heart for supporting this cause!
The holidays are right around the corner and what’s a better way to celebrate than by giving back to those in need. I have a strong love for animals and this year my class shares that love too. Our class will be participating in a service learning project for our local animal shelter. A service learning project integrates meaningful communi
Grades:
K - 5th
Types:
Showing 1-24 of 210 results
TPT is the largest marketplace for PreK-12 resources, powered by a community of educators.
IXL family of brands