Younger grades spend a lot of their writing time focusing on writing good paragraphs. Here’s one idea for teaching informative paragraph writing using a well known topic, Santa. The students can use the planner page to organize their thoughts and then write the final page on the Santa (and color, cut out, display as desired). Happy holiday writing!
Right click on the page above, choose “save image as” so you can save it to your computer for future printing.
Sometimes, I need a self-explanatory writing page (especially for the kids who finish a project faster than others). Here are some winter/Christmas themed story starters that students can continue with all the way to final drafts if you’d like. I figure there’s never a down side to having lots of writing projects available! To save the page to your computer, right click the page and choose “save image as.” Happy holidays!
A few teachers have requested a final draft page with the same picture. Here they are. If your students can’t write this small, have them use 2 lines, giving then a “half way line” for forming letters.
Use this math practice activity to review multiplication facts (up to 9 x 9). There are 5 different boards, so there will be some variety among the players. Teachers call out a simple math problem (“4 x 3″) and students can mark a space if it contains the total. Students should also record the entire number sentence at the bottom of the page (“4 x 3 = 12″). Click the following links for the PDF boards:
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Use this math practice activity to review addition facts (that total up to 15). There are 5 different boards, so there will be some variety among the players. Teachers call out a simple math problem (“5 + 2”) and students can mark a space if it contains the total. Students should also record the entire number sentence at the bottom of the page (“5 + 2 = 7”). Click the following links for the PDF boards:
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Another grammar book for the holidays! This book has 6 days’ worth of short passage reading/grammar practice. Should only take a few minutes each day for upper grades (more for lower grades, maybe better as a whole class activity). Enjoy!
Click here for the Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer grammar book.
This free holiday math worksheet for lower grades is a great way to practice finding number patterns! Right click on the image, choose “save image as” and save it to your computer for future use. Enjoy!
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Here’s a grammar practice book I put together to squeeze in a little more grammar during the holidays. Each day (there are 9 days’ worth) the students read part of the story and do some simple grammar exercises with the passage. Then they are asked to illustrate the passage (built-in fast finisher for your quicker students). I’m doing these as daily warm ups, but it’s go well pretty much anywhere I think. Happy holidays!
Click: Twas the Night Before Christmas grammar book PDF
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