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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
A multi-country reading, writing, and craft unit teaching students about Christmas traditions in different countries (Mexico, Italy, Russia, France, Brazil, Germany, America per the cover list) through close-reading passages, comprehension questions, lapbook pages, and crafts.
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Knock Out Game: Christmas Edition
A Christmas-themed trivia elimination game where players answer Christmas trivia questions to avoid being 'knocked out' of the game.
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Holiday Action in Pictures Activity
Picture-matching and oral-language activity where students describe and match Christmas-themed action pictures.
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A Christmas Carol Lapbook
A hands-on lapbook activity for students to reflect on and make personal connections to the novel A Christmas Carol after reading it.
Games & group activitiesSongs & performances
Code 5 Christmas Activities & Games using Scratch
Christmas-themed introductory coding activities teaching Scratch 3.0 programming concepts (sequencing, selection, repetition) via 5 guided projects.
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Christmas Movie Lesson Plan Mega Pack — 27 Classics for All Grades!
Provide 27 ready-to-teach, 2-hour movie-based ELA lesson plans covering popular Christmas films for elementary through high school classes.
Crafts & creativity
Santa's Reindeer Craft | Jointed Reindeer Craft
A paper craft activity in which students cut out, color, and assemble a jointed (articulated) reindeer figure with movable limbs.
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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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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
Christmas-themed word search for ESL/ELL students to practice vocabulary recognition, usable as a warmer or filler activity.
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Math Center: Santa Roll and Dot
A Santa/holiday-themed math center game for practicing number recognition, one-to-one correspondence, and addition to 10/12 through dice rolling.
Games & group activitiesSongs & performances
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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Crafts & creativityReading & writing
Write a Letter to Santa Writing Activity
Provide a Christmas-themed writing activity in which students compose a letter to Santa Claus using printable letter templates, then assemble a matching envelope to mail it.
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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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Christmas Crossword Puzzle | Grades 1–3 ESL
A set of Christmas-vocabulary crossword puzzles with answer keys, for reading, spelling, and vocabulary practice.
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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.
Reading & writing
Santa Claus ESL Reading Comprehension - Christmas reading worksheet
An ESL reading comprehension lesson about the origins of Santa Claus (Saint Nicholas history), building vocabulary, reading comprehension, discussion, and creative writing skills.
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Christmas Coding Activities and Game Making using Scratch
Teach programming concepts to children by having them build Christmas-themed animations and games in Scratch 3.0.
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Santas vs Grinches PE Game
PE game/lesson plan that teaches soccer dribbling and passing skills through a Christmas-themed generosity game.
Crafts & creativity
Christmas Hat Crowns Craft - Handband Coloring Sheets
Coloring and construction activity in which students color and assemble a wearable Christmas hat/crown/headband.
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Cookies for Santa Interactive Music Game
This resource is an interactive music game perfect 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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The Smurfs: A Christmas Carol – Elementary English Lesson Plan
2-hour elementary ESL/English lesson plan built around 'The Smurfs: A Christmas Carol' (2011 short film), teaching Christmas vocabulary, emotion words/opposites, past-tense grammar, and story retelling with themes of kindness and sharing.
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