Fast finisher or whole class activity for Valentine’s Day. How many new words can you make out of “valentine cards”? Fun as teams or individual… (you can play like the family game, Scattergories, if you want). Click here for the free printable PDF: Word warp V-day
Here’s a fun free St. Patrick’s Day activity you can use as a fast finisher, or as a whole class activity. You can play a variety of ways: individually, as a team/individual trying to find words others haven’t (like with the game Scattergories), etc.
Click here to download the free printable PDF: St Patrick’s Day Word Warp
Here’s a free worksheet to help kids practice past tense verbs. Most of the verbs in this worksheet are irregular verbs (e.g. “feel” becomes “felt”), which are especially hard for ESL kids. Enjoy!
Click here for the free printable PDFs: Past Tense Verbs PDF Past Tense Verbs – More!
This fun St. Patrick’s Day writing activity uses the basic parts of speech (nouns, verbs, adjectives) to help kids create a character analysis for a leprechaun. This could easily lead to a story, poem, etc. about the leprechaun.
Click here to download the PDF: Leprechaun Character Analysis
Catching leprechauns is a childhood favorite. Why not write about it!? I love hearing kids’ writing about how you go about catching a leprechaun. Good luck catching those pesky fellows!
Click here for the printable PDF: How To Catch a Leprechaun Writing Activity
Here’s what every kid should know about Veterans’ Day and the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. This is probably an upper grade worksheet because of the reading level, but it would also be great as a whole class discussion for lower grades. Yay America!
Click here to download the free PDF: Veterans Day Worksheet
Answers:
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Here’s an easy free comprehension worksheet about the history of Columbus Day. Click here for the PDF: Columbus Day worksheet
Here are the answers:
1. October 12, 1492
2. President Benjamin Harrison
3. The United States of America celebrates on the second Monday in October regardless of the date, and other countries celebrate it on October 12.
What kids need to know about Labor Day (other than not to show up to school that day), including the history of Labor Day and its purpose. This worksheet also has some parts of speech practice at the end. Enjoy!
Click here for the free printable PDF: Labor Day
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