This post shares 25 classroom learning ideas for activities and lessons to keep students engaged with learning during the holidays. *FREEBIE
Games and game boards in the classroom is an old favorite because students are independent and motivated. Take advantage by adding math and phonics games!
This post shares 25 classroom learning ideas for activities and lessons to keep students engaged with learning during the holidays. *FREEBIE
I love any excuse to make our learning environment festive! Here are some of my favorite holiday ideas for the classroom! Elves at Work I added these cute signs above work spaces in our classroom where my students frequently work. They love it for the month of December! (freebie below!) Wrap desks and tables This […]
There is definitely excitement in the air so my motto this time of year is 'if you can't beat them, join them!' All of my centers for nex...
December is an exciting month in the classroom for many reasons. Between the holidays, cold weather (unless you live in south FL), and Winter Break, there are lots of things to look forward to. Here are some fun activities and engaging projects that I use to make the most of the month with my students. ... Read more
Find December activities for kindergarten, 1st, and 2nd grade! See ideas for social studies, reading, and writing for primary students.
In this post, you'll gain new ideas for how to teach winter holidays around the world to your students with a free holiday reading activity!
I am always looking for ideas to shake up my OT treatments and try to get creative with activity tolerance activities, because it is just NOT functional or
Try these 15 fun and engaging Christmas activities for the classroom during your holiday parties or winter months at school.
December is an exciting, but busy month in our classrooms! We have plenty of December activities that can help calm the chaos and make your planning a
DECEMBER GUIDED READING This month is so much fun to be in the classroom! I get asked a lot about how to tie reading and writing together, while focusing on fluency, comprehension, phonics, vocabulary, writing, etc. Reading and writing go hand in hand. Writing is SO important in kind
The holidays are a wonderful but also stressful. Make this holiday season fun with these 24 days of holiday mindfulness activities for kids!
Work on upper elementary skills and standards while celebrating with these December holiday-themed activities and resources.
Holiday fun doesn't have to be reserved for k-2. Check out these 7 free downloads containing engaging holiday activities for students in grades 3-5.
Orthographic mapping is the process of connecting pronunciation of a word with letter sequences to permanently store words into long term memory.
Explore Christmas Kindness Around the World as students will love learning how others spread kindness during this festive time.
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Hello, Teaching Friends! Have you heard one of your little ones singing Christmas songs under her breath ... or more likely a whole table full of your kiddos belting songs out at full volume, accompanied by lots of laughing? Our kids are just so.... well, jolly at this time of year. So, why not use that enthusiasm for some extra literacy learning? This little collection of holiday songs can be the basis of lots of December literacy experiences in your classroom. There are three songs here, chosen because they're most likely familiar to your students, they're somewhat secular (to keep them usable in more of your classrooms), and they're all in the public domain. You'll probably want to expand your collection by adding the songs your students love! I'll bet your music teacher will have some suggestions, too. The words to a lot of seasonal songs are already familiar to many of our little ones. That knowledge will give your struggling learners the support they need to make the song reading activities successful for them. They'll also be helped by the wider than usual spacing between words and the extra spacing between lines. How can you use the song sheets in your classroom? * Show the lyrics on your interactive board or copy them on posterboard. Demonstrate directional movement, return sweep, and one-to-one match. Discuss the vocabulary. Frame phrases for fluency practice. Note and discuss punctuation, especially the commas. Practice intonation. * Make individual copies and assemble little song books for each child. Spend a few minutes each day singing the songs together. Teach strategies, like keeping your place on multiple lines of text by moving your finger down the left margin as you read each new line. Sneaky Teacher Tip: As your students practice this strategy, you'll be able to quickly observe who's really reading and who's just singin' along with the gang! * Write the words to a song on sentence strips. Then cut apart and have students reassemble them as a pocket chart literacy center activity. Be sure to keep a complete copy of the song nearby for those who need the extra support. You might put a cute holiday pencil or an small ornament glued to a dowel as a pointer in this center, to encourage one-to-one matching. * Use copies of the song sheets for word work. Think of the possibilities! Highlight (they do love those highlighters, don't they?? ) word wall words, capital letters, rhyming words, punctuation, multi-syllable words, vowels, digraphs,... * Performances! Use holiday songs as Readers Theater. Have groups of students read alternate lines or verses. Be wandering carolers on the day before break, reading some carols and singing others. * Do you use Song and Poem Notebooks? Copy the carols for rereading all through the school year. Click here to download your set! How will you integrate Christmas songs into your literacy program? Happy Teaching!
Find December activities even students that don't celebrate holidays can do. Free downloads, teaching ideas and alternative classroom activities to accommodate students who don't celebrate Christmas or holidays.
This post contains affiliate links to products I recommend. Read my full disclosure statement. On Fridays this December, I'm going to try to incorporate some Christmas fun into our day. I think I'm going to focus on one Christmas-related theme each Friday, with the first one being reindeer. In planning for this day, I created
Holidays Around The World is one of our favorite units in kindergarten. Celebrating Christmas and Holidays Around The World allows us to explore so many cultures, customs, holidays, and traditions…
We've got a great list of Christmas-themed "would you rather" questions to share with you! You can download the questions for free in this post.
Get your students engaged and excited about learning during December with this Design a Gingerbread House activity, with Christmas writing prompts and math!
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Work on upper elementary skills and standards while celebrating with these December holiday-themed activities and resources.
Find favorite classroom Christmas activities that will quickly become holiday traditions you can't wait to do with your students!
Are you looking for holiday and Christmas themed editable sight word activities that you can change to meet the needs of your kindergarten or first grade students? Then, you will love Editable Sight Words Printables, Activities and Games for December. Type in 20 sight words on one list and they will spread throughout all of the activities.
In my Seasonal File Cabinet, you'll find free printables and teacher resources with active engagement teaching strategies to keep kids on task and learning during special times of the year. Click the folders below to find freebies for each month of the year! Seasonal Activity Packs Seasonal activities add a bit of fun to your
Christmas and December activities and lesson plans for the upper elementary classrooms. These ideas will keep your students engaged in rigorous content!
These winter online activities for elementary students are great for your winter learning stations!
Celebrating different cultures isn’t just a part of the curriculum, it’s an obligation to help all learners feel included and valued in and out of the classroom. That’s why it’s so important to sho…
Working on literacy skills is FUN with these FREE Christmas worksheets for kindergarten and preschool! Grab these no-prep holiday learning activities!
On the hunt for some December project-based learning activities? This post shares a few PBL activities that are perfect for the winter holidays!
Are you a kindergarten teacher looking for ideas and resources for the month of December? December is such an exciting time in kindergarten ...
Oh what fun! A FREE and easy Winter Break Reading Challenge that helps foster the LOVE of reading for your students and is winter themed!
This holiday writing activity is perfect to get your upper elementary students thinking about what brings them joy. These will make a beautiful hall display
Create a festive classroom that celebrates diversity with a Christmas from around the world unit, all while still focusing on grade level standards.
Use this Christmas Light Writing Activity: You Light Up this Room to connect Christmas, writing and social emotional learning.
