Creative and helpful teaching ideas, activities, and resources to teach with a Christmas theme.
Make popsicle stick ornaments with your class. Here’s the low down on giving up creative control and seeing the sweet side of creativity with upper elementary students at Christmas. Use a few examples to show students how they can easily put two popsicle sticks together to create Holiday character ornaments to hang on their Christmas …
Take your class’ first day of elf on a shelf adventures and turn them into a book. Here is a free class book cover and writing template. Students can write about the adventures and have a book to read for the rest of the year. Printable Class Book for Elf on the Shelf Fun Print …
Add a fun game to your math centers with this free Christmas roll and cover. Here is a free printable Roll and Cover math game that has Santa and is festive with green, red and white. Roll and cover games are a great way to practice addition. This game is for two players and works …
Make a Christmas tree in any grade level with math skills to make it happen. Want a fun and open-ended math activity to keep kids engaged and thinking creatively before heading off for Christmas break? This free math activity from Bethany at Math Geek Mama is perfect because it can be used with any age …
Work on sight words this Christmas in kindergarten with this free sight words battleship game. Created for kindergarten – but totally usable in first or second grade too – this editable set of four battleship-style playing boards is just right for practicing reading sight words in the early elementary grades. Students play in pairs and …
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Don’t get tangled up in grammar! Here is a second grade plural nouns game that is sure to light up your day. This Shining Plurals activity is a simple “blam” or “bang” card game with a Christmas light twist. Print it now so that when your students are hopped up on Christmas spirit and counting down …
Take your students on a world tour with Christmas celebrations from around the world. Find out how 12 different countries celebrate Christmas with these teacher book recommendations, free printables and a passport. You’ll be able to skip the airport lines and the lines at Epcot when you take this adventure right from your classroom. {wink} …
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If your class loves Pete the Cat books, here is a fun Christmas Pete the Cat craft. This Santa Pete the Cat craftivity is the template pieces you need to make an adorable hallway display. Pete’s Santa hat and coat are a fun way to extend the (affiliate) read aloud Pete the Cat Saves Christmas. …
My kids love the book Llama Llama Holiday Drama so I made some cute, free activities to go with it! Hope you like them! This free pack includes: Reading comprehension cards-these can be used whole group, small groups or partners. There is an answer key included. Text to Self Connections Activity Adjectives Activity Come get this …
We’ve been hard at work creating our Christmas crafts and parent gifts the past few days in my classroom. We’re making Subway Art Christmas Coasters (with a little glitter added to the mod podge), and they are looking FANTASTIC! Come on over to my blog to see what we’re up to, and how to make them… Continue Reading …
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The month of December can be a busy one in the classroom. Here is a mega list of free December activities, printables and classroom resources. Looking for what to teach in the month of December? You’ll need materials for holidays like: Christmas or Kwanzaa and Hanukkah. Somehow elf on the shelf activities or Grinch day activities might sneak into our lesson plans …
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An elf visiting a classroom brings mischeif, learning and fun. How to do the Elf on the Shelf in the classroom is easy with these elf photos, elf name ideas, elf printables and what to do if someone touches the elf {{gasp}}. Elves are known to have magic and you can use that to your advantage …
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Teach with the Grinch before Christmas break. Here are 15 Grinch lesson plans, ideas, printables and resources to teach with the Grinch in your classroom. From breaking down the story in a graphic organizer to making a Grinch day (or week) you’ll find fun and helpful resources from these fantastic teachers. Teach With The Grinch …
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What happens if you take teachers who create and throw in a little Christmas spirit? Free worksheets! Here are 23 Christmas worksheets for kindergarten and first grade to use in December. You’ll find worksheets with the Gingerbread Man, Santa, the Polar Express, the Elf on the Shelf and lots of other festive worksheets too. Be sure to …
Creating fun gifts for students during the Holidays doesn’t mean you can’t have a little fun. Here are some Holiday treat labels that include the famous snowman poop and lots of creative others. You’ll be set for Christmas and Halloween with these Holiday poop treat labels. Snowman Poop and Christmas Treat Labels Snowman Poop Tic …
If you dig taking your class on an Elf on the Shelf adventure in December, then you might need this classroom elf diary. Here is a cute printable elf diaries booklet for kindergarten and first graders. Having a place for them to jot down their excitement will make the process smoother for you. Classroom Elf …
Practice addition and subtraction to 10 or practice multiplying by 5. I have made a color by codes worksheet for Christmas. One is color by codes with addition and subtraction. The other is multiplication with multiples of 5. I am having my very own Twelve Days of Christmas! You won’t find any french hens or gold rings …
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Create a sweet and free Christmas ornament for students to give to parents. Here is a simple joy ornament with your students’ picture to make an easy and cherished Christmas gift. Parents will save this gift for years to come. It has the child’s picture in the “o” in joy. Joy Photo Ornament Gift for …
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Get in the groovy cat Christmas spirit with a free greater than or less than printable activity. Here is a Pete the Cat Saves Christmas activity for first or second grade. Compare numbers to 100 using the less than, greater than symbols. If you’re working on comparing numbers, add this to your lesson plans! Greater …
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Learning how to count syllables in words is a skill for kindergarten through third grade. Here are 8 syllables activities ready to print and use in a classroom. You’ll find a syllables counter activity like sorting syllables, Holiday vocabulary words and a syllable worksheet are all included. As always, the Teach Junkie English/Language Arts (ELA) section is growing in numbers …
Roll and cover games for math are a hit for helping students practice a multitude of math skills. Cool math games like all of these compiled here are dice games that help practice addition and subtraction with fun themes. You’ll find themed games by character, season and inspiring variations on this classic game. To make …
Cootie catchers are a fun way to practice skills. These 17 quick cootie catcher printables are all free and just might spark some lesson plan ideas. In the classroom there are times where we just need to find creative ways for independent practice to help students master skills. These printables were designed by such creative …
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Scramble up winter words in a fun word search free download. Here is a winter vocabulary spelling worksheet for third through fifth grade. Students unscramble 15 wintery words and then use the words in 5 fun and creative ways. This is a great activity to plan for a substitute teacher or to build into your morning work. …
Emergent readers play a big role in learning how to read. These 52 emergent readers are all free and all teacher-created! There are Holiday emergent readers, alphabet and sight words, themed printable readers, non-fiction, book based and vocabulary readers too! How wonderful to be able to work on reading comprehension along with emerging reading skills all …
