For whatever reason, sometimes kids have a hard time realizing how simple it is to add with tens. Here’s a short (HALF SHEET) worksheet to help reinforce some basic number sense with tens. Run off copies for HALF the number of students in your class since there are two copies per page. Then cut the sheet in half and distribute. Merry Christmas!
Here’s the FREE worksheet: Adding with Tens- Winter – 2 copies per page
I saw these holiday craft and activity ideas recently and just HAD to share them with you!
1. Snowman Slam Bowling
To make our snowmen, decorate six white cups using black and orange craft foam. To make the snowballs, tightly ball up three white socks. Now, you’re all set up for some fun miniature bowling! (source)
2. Bird Food Ornament
To make these cute candy canes, first thread a red pipe cleaner through O-shaped cereal. Then hang it on your trees or bushes outside to spread the holiday cheer! Your kids will have fun making them and watching the birds snack on them!
3. Paper Bag Gingerbread House
My family makes gingerbread houses every year. So, I’m pretty much gingerbread-house obsessed. And, when I saw this idea, I went nuts! (I couldn’t find the original posting of this; so, if it’s yours, please tell me so I can give you credit!) Give each kid a brown paper bag. Then show them how to fold the top and glue some paper to the fold (making a roof) and let them go crazy with construction paper. Pretty easy, so many creative possibilities and best of all, it’s completely healthy (although it’s not as yummy)!
I do love holidays! And, any excuse to sneak holidays into school work is fine by me! Hence, I give you another fun graphing worksheet for kindergarten or first grade. Use the pictures to fill in the graph with data. Click here for the free worksheet (PDF): I Can Graph the Pictures- Winter 2
December is my favorite month. By far. If’s full of the best holidays of the entire year! And there are so many cute kids crafts for Christmas, Hanukkah, and winter. Here are some of my favorites:
1. Melted Snowman
Santa Barbara Snowman: This activity was easy-peasy and made a neat and funny craft. Living in sunny Southern California, we don’t really have opportunities to make snowmen, so using a simple pre-printed sheet with the outline of a puddle and an overturned paper bowl the kids made their own melty, sunshine snowmen. They put the usual accessories on, with the exception of the sunglasses, and then wrote a sentence about where their snowman should move to or what happened to him. A lot of bang for the buck. (source)
2. Paper Plate Wreaths
Apparently, my previous post about holiday parts of speech activities was a hit! Woo hoo! So I’ve decided to make a few more of these little gems. They’re great for reviewing nouns, verbs and adjectives. So without further ado, I give you more free printable Christmas/winter parts of speech activities for kids. Happy holidays!
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Click here for more fun and free holiday activities for elementary school!
Here’s a fun activity to use in a unit on symmetry or during a discussion of story setting (since lots of holiday stories take place at a gingerbread house!). Print off one page for each student and have them finish the rest of the picture. Make sure to help students focus on whatever aspect you’re learning about (symmetry, setting description, etc). You could extend this activity further by turning it into a writing project. …Or just color it and have fun! Here’s the free printable PDF: Finish the Drawing- Christmas 1 Happy holidays & Merry Christmas!
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Here’s a simple graphic organizer for elementary school character analysis. Click here for the printable PDF: Character Sketch graphic organizer Enjoy!
More practice for reading circle graphs/pie charts… with a holiday twist! It deals with determining the greatest and least in the data set, subtraction and addition. So without further ado, here’s my free worksheet for kids: Tracking Toys- Christmas Graphing page
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