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20 CHRISTMAS WORDS | MEMORY GAME
Teach Christmas-themed vocabulary in English and Spanish (bilingual word pairs).
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Christmas Around the World Packet
For each country: read a close-reading informational passage (highlighting key ideas, marking unfamiliar words), answer text-based and inferential comprehension questions, complete lapbook pages recording traditions/decorations/food, do a themed craft (e.g. a toilet-paper-tube Yule log for France, a pasta ornament for Italy), and glue a…
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Holiday Action in Pictures Activity
Look at labeled Christmas action pictures (e.g., a boy eating a gingerbread cookie, a girl singing a carol, Santa climbing down the chimney), tell what the children/Santa are doing, and match corresponding picture pairs; sheets can be laminated and cut apart for a matching center.
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Knock Out Game: Christmas Edition
Players sit in a circle and take turns drawing cards; a trivia card requires answering a Christmas-related question correctly to stay in the game, while special cards (e.g., 'Naughty List', 'Santa's Helper Pass', 'Christmas Miracle') apply other rules; the last remaining player wins.
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A Christmas Carol Lapbook
Fold a file folder, cut out and glue in a front cover, retell the story as a comic strip, compare historical vs. modern Christmas traditions, and write a reflection on the meaning of the Christmas spirit.
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Christmas Movie Lesson Plan Mega Pack — 27 Classics for All Grades!
Complete pre-viewing prediction/vocabulary activities, watch film clips or full films with a guided viewing worksheet, join post-viewing discussion, and complete creative writing/response activities per film.
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Santa's Reindeer Craft | Jointed Reindeer Craft
Print the craft page, color the reindeer parts, cut out the pieces, hole-punch the indicated circles, and connect the limbs and moving parts with brads (paper fasteners) to create a jointed reindeer craft.
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Code 5 Christmas Activities & Games using Scratch
Follow step-by-step instructions (with accompanying video tutorials) to build Scratch programs: e.g. making Christmas tree lights flash, making Santa dance with a repeat loop and music, and 3 further Christmas-themed coding activities of increasing difficulty, completing extension challenges after each.
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Dear Santa Letter Writing Exercise and Christmas Project
Christmas-themed letter-writing activity where students fill in a 'Dear Santa' letter template describing their good deeds and Christmas wish list.
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Christmas Wordsearch
Find and circle Christmas-related vocabulary words hidden in a grid.
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A Christmas Carol: Fact or Fiction Introduction Activity
A pre-reading introduction activity for A Christmas Carol, teaching students the historical context (Victorian England, workhouses, child labor, Charles Dickens' biography) via a 'Deal or No Deal'-style fact-or-fiction game.
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Write a Letter to Santa Writing Activity
Choose a letter template, write a letter addressed 'Dear Santa' on the ruled lines provided, sign and date it, color/decorate the template, then cut out, fold, and glue together the envelope template, address it, and (per instructions) mail it.
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Holiday Would You Rather Game
Holiday Would You Rather Game The Holiday Would You Rather Game is a unique teaching tool that promises to engage students and keep them attentive. Designed for kindergarten through grade 6, the game merges learning and fun, ensuring both educators and students have an enjoyable experience.
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Christmas Crossword Puzzle | Grades 1–3 ESL
Read numbered clues (across and down) and fill in Christmas-related vocabulary words in the crossword grid.
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Night Before Christmas Poetry Study Pack
Introduce students to the poem 'A Visit from St. Nicholas' (The Night Before Christmas) through flexible, open-ended literacy and handwriting activities and a reindeer-matching game.
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"The Night Before Christmas" | Picture Book Study
Answer classroom discussion questions about the poem's narrator, structure, and plot details after the read-aloud, and participate in extension activities such as memorizing part of the poem, making mouse-footprint crafts, making a Santa hat craft, building a classroom fireplace display, and a 'nestled in their beds' bulletin board…
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Math Center: Santa Roll and Dot
Roll one or two dice, count the dots, and colour in or dot (bingo dauber) the matching number on a game board; first player to cover all numbers wins.
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Christmas Coding Activities and Game Making using Scratch
Open provided Scratch project templates online, add code blocks to make sprites (tree lights, fireplace flames, star, Santa) animate, run/test the program, and attempt extension challenges.
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A Christmas Carol: Escape Room
A digital-and-printable escape room activity for use after reading A Christmas Carol, having students analyze how Dickens used and altered Victorian history to influence his characters and message, comparing fictional portrayal to historical account.
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Santas vs Grinches PE Game
Dribble and pass a soccer ball to another team's collection bin while avoiding a defender ('Grinch'), performing a designated exercise to earn each trip.
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Cookies for Santa Interactive Music Game
This resource is an interactive music game intended for the Christmas season. Students will work to get cookies for Santa on Christmas Eve night. Students will work through each slide and select the correct musical notes to gather the cookies for Santa.
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Christmas Classroom Decor Kit - Fun, Festive, and Full of Laughter!
Christmas Classroom Decor Kit - Fun, Festive, and Full of Laughter! Deck the Halls with LOLs with this hilarious Christmas Classroom Decor Kit . Download this merry mix of giggles and cheer today.Bring the joy and laughter of the holiday season into your classroom with this Christmas Classroom Decor Kit . This cheerful bundle is packed…
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Santa Craft for Kids, Countdown to Christmas Activity, Preschool Art
Forever June Digital Design LOOKING FOR SANTA CRAFTS FOR KIDS? Introducing my Countdown to Christmas Santa's Beard Activity! This simple to make xmas activity is an excellent resource for teachers of children in pre-k and Kindergarten classrooms, school aged students in grade 1-2. Works perfectly for preschool classrooms, toddlers in a…
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10 FREE TEMPLATES OF LETTERS TO SANTA CLAUS | CHRISTMAS
Write a letter to Santa Claus on the provided ruled lines under a 'DEAR SANTA:' heading.