Christmas, Chanukah, & Kwanzaa Handouts (by date, latest first)

Holiday Wish List!

Students will write what they want, need, will wear, and will read for the holidays.

Are you ready to inject some festive fun into your health science curriculum? Introducing our engaging activity, The Mystery of the Sickly Elves! This printable and ready-to-use package is designed to captivate your students while teaching them about influenza and its treatment. Perfect for high school grades 9-12, this lesson is ideal for health science educators looking to provide their students with real-world skills in nursing and CNA.

Product Highlights:

• Engaging Activity: Students will step into the shoes of medical detectives as they investigate the mysterious illness affecting Santa's elves. They'll analyze symptoms, test results, and work collaboratively to diagnose and propose treatment plans.
• Hands-On Practice: Diagnosing, Reading Labs, and treating. This fun and engaging experience encourages critical thinking and teamwork, allowing students to debate and theorize as they uncover the case.
• Comprehensive Materials: The package includes everything you need—detailed case files, a structured lab report template, and step-by-step instructions for teachers, making it a no-prep solution that's print and go!
• Student Instructions Included: Clear guidelines for students ensure they understand their roles in the investigation and presentation.
• Time Saving: With all materials provided, you can focus on teaching while saving valuable prep time.
• Answer Key Included: For easy grading, a comprehensive answer key supports your assessment needs.

By the end of this engaging activity, your students will gain a solid understanding of health science theory, treatment options, and the importance of vaccination. They’ll leave feeling like total medical masterminds, and who knows, maybe even inspired to pursue careers in the medical field!

Bring a little holiday cheer and detective work to your classroom with The Mystery of the Sickly Elves. Your students will love this unique and interactive approach to learning about health science!

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CTE Health Science Understanding Healthcare Systems Worksheets & Scenarios

CTE Health Science 2 Day Patient Intake / Consent / HIPAA / Triage Simulation

Professionalism in Healthcare Preparing CNAs, PCTs & Allied Health for Clinicals

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Are you ready to inject some festive fun into your health science curriculum? Introducing our engaging activity, The Mystery of the Sickly Elves! This printable and ready-to-use package is designed to captivate your students while teaching them about influenza and its treatment. Perfect for high school grades 9-12, this lesson is ideal for health science educators looking to provide their students with real-world skills in nursing and CNA.

Product Highlights:

• Engaging Activity: Students will step into the shoes of medical detectives as they investigate the mysterious illness affecting Santa's elves. They'll analyze symptoms, test results, and work collaboratively to diagnose and propose treatment plans.
• Hands-On Practice: Diagnosing, Reading Labs, and treating. This fun and engaging experience encourages critical thinking and teamwork, allowing students to debate and theorize as they uncover the case.
• Comprehensive Materials: The package includes everything you need—detailed case files, a structured lab report template, and step-by-step instructions for teachers, making it a no-prep solution that's print and go!
• Student Instructions Included: Clear guidelines for students ensure they understand their roles in the investigation and presentation.
• Time Saving: With all materials provided, you can focus on teaching while saving valuable prep time.
• Answer Key Included: For easy grading, a comprehensive answer key supports your assessment needs.

By the end of this engaging activity, your students will gain a solid understanding of health science theory, treatment options, and the importance of vaccination. They’ll leave feeling like total medical masterminds, and who knows, maybe even inspired to pursue careers in the medical field!

Bring a little holiday cheer and detective work to your classroom with The Mystery of the Sickly Elves. Your students will love this unique and interactive approach to learning about health science!

Planning for a fun activity before Christmas/Winter break? Here's a "Twist into Holidays-Candy Cane Day!" fun packet with informational and non-fiction reading, map skills, comprehension questions, Science experiment, Writing, and Math. The packet includes answer key and instructions for Science experiment for teachers.

Make learning about prime and composite numbers engaging with this fun-filled bundle! These activities will help students differentiate between prime and composite numbers in a creative and interactive way.

What's Included:

• Pop It Prime or Composite Sort: A hands-on activity to classify numbers as prime or composite.
• Ice Cream Shop Prime and Composite Sort: A delicious-themed sorting activity to reinforce learning.
• Brooms & Ladders Prime and Composite Board Game: A fun and competitive way to practice identifying prime and composite numbers.
• Christmas Tree Prime and Composite Coloring Sheet: A festive coloring activity to reinforce learning while adding a touch of holiday fun.
• Quick Reference Anchor Chart: A handy visual aid for students to review the difference between prime and composite numbers.

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Spark Your Students' Creativity with These Engaging Templates!

This resource offers 7 fun and engaging narrative writing templates to inspire your students' imaginations.

What's Included:

• 7 Narrative Writing Templates: A variety of templates to spark different writing styles and genres.

Benefits:

• Engaging and Fun: The templates provide a structured framework for writing while allowing for creativity.
• Improves Writing Skills: Helps students develop their storytelling abilities, vocabulary, and grammar.
• Sparks Imagination: Encourages students to think outside the box and explore different genres.
• Promotes Critical Thinking: Challenges students to analyze characters, plot, and setting.

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This fun and interactive bundle offers everything you need to teach geometry concepts to your students. With engaging PowerPoints, a helpful anchor chart, and plenty of practice opportunities, your students will love learning about triangles and quadrilaterals.

What's Included:

• PowerPoint Presentations: Two engaging PowerPoints covering triangles and quadrilaterals, complete with visuals, explanations, and examples.
• Anchor Chart: A visually appealing anchor chart summarizing the key properties of triangles and quadrilaterals.
• Practice Worksheets: A variety of practice worksheets to reinforce learning and assess understanding.

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What a Speedy Christmas! Santa had a hectic week shopping for the Christmas gifts. Let's figure the time, speed and distance Santa had to travel tonight with some of his friends.

What's Included?

• Speed, Distance & Time triangle.
• 5 questions about time taken, distance travelled, and speed.

Science: Biology, Forces, Physics Equations, Periodic Table Recap | Task Cards

Kinetic and Potential Energy | PowerPoint

Heat Transfer Types [Conduction, Convection & Radiation] | Sort Activity

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Time to color prime and composite ornaments!
This 4th grade Math activity sheet is an easy AND festive way to ensure your students can easily differentiate between prime and composite numbers.

It's the Merry Month and More!

What should you do?

As the teacher, print out the sheets and pass them to the students.

Students will start coloring prime and composite ornaments.

What's Included?

• Practice sheet.
• Answer key.

⭐For more "Prime and Composite" practice:

Prime or Composite? | Anchor Chart

Prime and Composite | Ice Cream Sort Activity

Prime and Composite Brooms and Ladder | Board Game

Prime and Composite | Pop Corn Numbers Sort Activity

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This Santa's beard craft is a fun way for students to put their geometry knowledge to practice during the holiday season!

What's Included?

1. Option 1: Cut and build your Santa.
2. Option 2: Print and fill your Santa.

Students will write each shape's name and describe how many sides and edges it has.

Shapes included:

1. Oval
2. Circle
3. Square
4. Rectangle
5. Triangle
6. Trapezoid
7. Pentagon
8. Hexagon
9. Heptagon
10. Octagon
11. Nonagon

Could be used as:

- wonderful bulletin board

- hallway display, and families will love this keepsake from their child.

Coloring 2D Ornaments - color by code!

Geometry Booklet - change geometry shapes into Christmas shapes!

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Time to color prime and composite ornaments!
This 4th grade Math activity sheet is an easy AND festive way to ensure your students can easily differentiate between prime and composite numbers.

It's the Merry Month and More!

What should you do?

As the teacher, print out the sheets and pass them to the students.

Students will start coloring prime and composite ornaments.

What's Included?

• Practice sheet.
• Answer key.

⭐For more "Prime and Composite" practice:

Prime or Composite? | Anchor Chart

Prime and Composite | Ice Cream Sort Activity

Prime and Composite Brooms and Ladder | Board Game

Prime and Composite | Pop Corn Numbers Sort Activity

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This Santa's beard craft is a fun way for students to put their geometry knowledge to practice during the holiday season!

What's Included?

1. Option 1: Cut and build your Santa.
2. Option 2: Print and fill your Santa.

Students will write each shape's name and describe how many sides and edges it has.

Shapes included:

1. Oval
2. Circle
3. Square
4. Rectangle
5. Triangle
6. Trapezoid
7. Pentagon
8. Hexagon
9. Heptagon
10. Octagon
11. Nonagon

Could be used as:

- wonderful bulletin board

- hallway display, and families will love this keepsake from their child.

Coloring 2D Ornaments - color by code!

Geometry Booklet - change geometry shapes into Christmas shapes!

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Are you looking for a fun way to get your students identifying 2D shapes?

This is a fun activity to practice 2 dimensional shapes!

Students will look at the color code at the top of the page to see which shape they are looking for. Once they find that shape, they color the shape in the Christmas ornament with the indicated color.

It's the Merry Month and More!

The shapes included are:

• circle
• square
• rectangle
• triangle

⭐Transform 2D shapes into Christmas icons using this Christmas Geometry Booklet⭐

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This Christmas persuasive graphic organizer & writing is based on one of the greatest holiday read-aloud EVER, "Who Will Guide My Sleigh Tonight?" - Jerry Pallotta.

Your students will say their opinion and convince you which animal should help guide the sleigh.

The animals included are: rhino, elephant, tiger, giraffe, monkey.

They will cut out the animal and stick it connecting it to the sleigh.

⭐Want more writing for Christmas?⭐

Persuasive: Dear Santa, Villains Edition

Narrative: Trapped in a Snow Globe Narrative Writing

More Writing?

⭐Narrative/Descriptive: Earth Layers⭐

⭐Thanksgiving narrative writing: How the Turkey Escaped Thanksgiving Dinner⭐

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Get ready to unleash your student's creativity and embark on a writing adventure filled with winter wonder!

Brrr! Winter has arrived, blanketing the world in a layer of sparkling snow. Today is the perfect day to build a snowman! But what if their snowman suddenly came to life?

What's Included?

1. Drawing Your Snowman: Before they dive into writing, they imagine its unique features: size, shape, facial expressions, accessories (hat, scarf, etc.). Let their artistic side shine!

• Narrative Writing: The Magical Moment: Tell the story! Describe the scene, their initial reaction, and how the snowman interacts with them. Did they talk to?

• Descriptive Writing: A Frosty Friend: Taking a closer look at their snowman. A descriptive paragraph detailing its appearance. Focus on specific features like its texture, the sparkle of the snow, or the way its eyes (made of buttons or pebbles) seem to come alive.

• Summary Writing: A Day of Winter Fun: Let them imagine they spent the entire day with their living snowman! Time to write a summary describing the activities they did together. Did they build a snow fort? Have a snowball fight? Go sledding? The possibilities are endless!

This creative writing activity allows students to:

• Develop their storytelling skills through narrative writing.
• Enhance their descriptive writing skills by focusing on details.
• Practice summarizing events in a clear and concise way.
• Spark their imagination and explore the concept of a magical snowman encounter.

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Calling all reformed villains! This holiday season, ditch the coal and rewrite your story. This activity allows students to use their imagination and persuasive writing skills to convince Santa Claus they deserve a spot on the nice list!

What's Included:

• Reformed Villain Graphic Organizer: Help students brainstorm and visualize their villainous character and their path to redemption.
• Persuasive Letter to Santa Template: Provide a structured format for students to craft their convincing arguments.
• List of Infamous Villains: Offer inspiration and a starting point for character selection.

⭐Want more writing for Christmas?⭐

Trapped in a Snow Globe | Narrative Writing

Who Will Guide The Sleigh | Persuasive Writing**⭐**

⭐Thanksgiving narrative writing: How the Turkey Escaped Thanksgiving Dinner**⭐**

⭐Journey to the center of the Earth narrative/descriptive: Earth Layers**⭐**

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Secret Santa Questionnaire | My Favorite Things Questionnaire for Students

Make your Secret Santa gift exchange easy and fun with this Secret Santa Questionnaire! This product is designed to help students share their favorite things while making gift-giving a breeze. With three unique questionnaires included, you can choose the version that best fits your classroom’s needs.

What's Included:

• 3 Secret Santa questionnaires:

  • A Santa-themed questionnaire for festive fun.
  • A winter-themed version for inclusivity (perfect for students who don’t celebrate Christmas).
  • All questionnaires are provided in color and black-and-white versions to suit your printing preferences.

• Questions include prompts about favorite colors, snacks, activities, and more to make thoughtful gift-giving easy!

Why You'll Love This:

• Inclusive Design: Whether your students celebrate Christmas or not, the winter-themed option ensures everyone feels included.
• Easy to Use: Simply print and distribute! Students can complete the questionnaire in minutes, creating excitement for your Secret Santa activity.
• Time-Saving: With ready-made templates, you can focus on enjoying the season instead of creating your own forms.

Ideas for Use:

• Use the My Favorite Things Questionnaire to personalize classroom gift exchanges or as a fun icebreaker activity.
• Add this resource to your December plans to foster classroom community and spread holiday cheer!

Save time, encourage thoughtfulness, and make your holiday activities memorable with this Secret Santa Questionnaire!

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This festive, Christmas tree concert program template is perfect for your upcoming school concerts, chorus, seasonal music performances, and holiday music events. Fully customizable in Google Slides™, you can create a 4-, 8-, or multi-page holiday program while having complete control to edit text and move and/or recolor all design elements. This professionally crafted template saves time and simplifies program creation while capturing the magic of the season!

Features:

• Compatible with Google Slides™ for easy editing
• Standard US letter size (11"x8.5", landscape) - folds to 5.5"x8.5" booklet
• Choice of two cover options: full color and black and white
• Print or share digitally
• Simple color customization
• Flexible template makes it easy to add all your event details
• Uses free Google Fonts™ (available at fonts.google.com)

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Add a touch of holiday cheer to your reading with this set of 20 Christmas-themed bookmarks, each featuring a unique, fun saying that captures the festive spirit! Perfect as stocking stuffers, party favors, or a delightful treat for yourself, these bookmarks are designed to spread joy with every turn of the page.

This Christmas, spend endless hours of fun and relaxation with this colouring book! With 100 different colouring pages, this is the only book you will need.

The pages are in landscape format, especially designed for younger children. The drawings are black and white and really immaginative, so as to let your young students use all their creative skills.

Thematically, the book covers all aspects of Christmas and includes all of the familiar characters. More specifically, you will find several pages dedicated to:

• the Christmas spirit
• Santa Claus
• Santa's workshop
• Santa's sleigh and reindeers
• elves
• Christmas trees
• singing carols
• Christmas presents
• toys
• Christmas dinner
• family gatherings
• Christmas markets and shopping
• Christmas decorations
• decorated fireplaces
• decorated houses
• winter scenes
• Christmas in the village
• Christmas in the city
• the nativity scene
• baby Jesus
• sleighing and playing
• and many more!

The pages can be printed on any A4 paper. Ideally, use thick drawing paper.

Have lots of fun with this festive colouring book!