Less than $5 Christmas, Chanukah, & Kwanzaa Independent Work Packet (by date, latest first)

This Christmas Morning Work resource is a set of math activities specifically designed for 1st grade students. It includes a variety of no-prep printable worksheets that are perfect for morning work, math centers, fast finishers, homework, small group instruction, enrichment, sub plans, and holiday-themed review.

What’s Included?

• True or False Equations
• Fact Families
• Addition Practice (Within 20)
• Subtraction Practice (Within 20)
• Telling Time (To the Hour)
• Missing Addends (Facts to 10)
• Missing Addends (Facts to 20)
• Skip Counting by 5s
• 120 Chart Missing Numbers
• Greater Than/Less Than
• Make 10 to Add
• Doubles and Near Doubles
• Ordinal Numbers
• Number Before and After (Within 50)
• Number Before and After (Within 100)
• Subtraction Word Problems
• Addition Word Problems
• Fractions
• Number Coloring (Tens and Ones)

Benefits

• Time-Saving for Teachers
• Increased Engagement
• Skill Reinforcement
• Flexible Use
• Boosts Confidence
• Seasonal Fun
• Differentiation

Instructions/Tips for Implementation

Teachers can easily incorporate these Christmas math activities into their daily routines to provide students with engaging practice during the holiday season. Whether used for morning work or math centers, these worksheets help reinforce key math skills in a fun and festive way.

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This product contains differentiated narrative writing options with multiple prompts for students to connect their writing with real life experiences. It also includes detailed teacher instructions with lesson objective, materials required, activity instructions, and a sample writing. Student writing checklist, teacher scoring guide, and feedback forms are also included with this product. This product makes a fun winter/holiday activity aligned with writing standards.

Plan a fun Christmas/Winter Polar Express Adventure Day for your students with the resources in this packet! This product includes 15 pages (including answer key and teacher sample) of Reading(Sequencing, Compare/Contrast), Math ( Fact Family Craft), Writing (Creative writing), Word search and Coloring Pages. The product also includes tickets for students to board the Polar Express (in multiple formats). Use the resources individually or make it into a packet as you prepare for a fun Polar Express Adventure Day!

Tis the season of giving! Enjoy this FREE Secret Santa Task!

Simply print the blank grid, hand to your students and watch them reveal a Santa image, as they follow the grid references.

What a perfect way to teach the curriculum and include festive activities into your classroom!

Enjoyed this task - Use the link below to access more Christmas Mapping tasks

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his super fun ugly Christmas sweater math set is the perfect holiday addition to your math block! Great for Kindergarten and 1st graders, practice counting and graphing the objects on the Ugly Christmas Sweater.

Included are 5 sets of ugly sweater counting pages and 5 sets of ugly sweater graphing pages. The graphing pages include questions to get your students thinking about their graph!

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Get your upper elementary and middle school students excited about writing with these Gingerbread Man Writing Prompts and Themed Writing Paper! This festive product includes 5 engaging writing prompts that encourage creativity and seasonal fun, along with 2 pages of gingerbread man-themed writing paper—perfect for any holiday-themed writing activity.

What’s Included:

• 5 gingerbread man writing prompts to spark students’ creativity and engage them in seasonal writing

• 2 pages of gingerbread man writing paper for a festive, polished final product

This product is great for writing centers, independent work, bulletin board displays, or homework assignments, giving students multiple ways to enjoy and share their work. Use it as a standalone activity or integrate it into your holiday curriculum for an added touch of seasonal fun!

Key Features:

• Fun, engaging prompts that motivate students to write
• Themed writing paper for a polished and festive look
• Ideal for upper elementary and middle school students
• Perfect for bulletin boards, homework, writing centers, or independent work

Download this resource to bring some holiday cheer into your writing activities!

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This NO PREP CHRISTMAS themed counting file folder game is a perfect fit for your small group math centers/ stations and independent work stations in self-contained classrooms.

Students can either match numeral to quantity or quantity to numeral for 10 holiday themed gumball machines.

Simply:

• print single sided in color
• cut game pieces and glue one match to a file folder
• laminate the remaining set
• use velcro to match create game

Easily engage your young learners and use this resource for years to come!

Save your prep time this holiday season and download today!

Indulge in the festive spirit this December with our Holiday Sugar Cookie Count File Folder Game! This resource includes 10 baking sheets with cookies in quantities of 1-10, designed to reinforce number sense and number to quantity correspondences. Created for young learners and tailored for autism and MD unit classrooms, it is the perfect addition to small group math and independent work stations.

Sweeten your holiday math curriculum with this festive and educational file folder game. Download this Holiday Sugar Cookie Count File Folder Game this December and use for years to come.

Simply:

• print single sided in color
• cut game pieces and glue one match to a file folder
• laminate the remaining set
• use velcro to create matching game

Autism and MD unit teachers, save your prep time and download today!

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This holiday season, immerse your students in the festive spirit with this Hanukkah themed Potato Latke Count File Folder Game, adding a touch of Hanukkah joy to your math lessons. Reinforce critical math skills with 10 game pairs designed to enhance your students understanding of number to quantity relationships. Crafted with young minds in mind, this resource is especially beneficial in autism and md unit classroom fostering inclusivity and effective learning. Whether for small group or independent work stations, this Potato Latke Count File Folder Game adapts seamlessly to your teaching environment.

Elevate your Hanukkah themed activities with this festive addition to your holiday math teacher toolkit and use for years to come!

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Sip, Sip, Hooray! Bring the excitement of the holiday season into your classroom with our Hot Chocolate Noun And Verb Sort File Folder Game.

Designed with young learners and students in autism and MD classrooms in mind, this engaging resource focuses on sorting verbs and nouns into their corresponding mugs. With a total of 14 words to explore, your students will have a blast while strengthening their language arts skills. It's a fun and interactive way to reinforce grammar concepts!

Perfect for small group language arts centers and independent work stations, this file folder game is a versatile addition to your classroom activities. With minimal prep work required, you can easily incorporate this activity into your daily lessons. Watch as your students eagerly engage with the hot chocolate theme and develop their language skills in an enjoyable way.

Invest in a digital resource that will stand the test of time. Our Hot Chocolate Themed File Folder Game is designed for long-term use, ensuring that you can enjoy its benefits for years to come. It's a cost-effective solution that brings fun and learning into your classroom while saving you precious time and effort.

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This product was created for students who earned a movie close. During the movie, students can answer the comprehension questions in this product to ensure they understand what is happening in the movie. Short answer, fill in the blanks, circling pictures, and opinion questions are asked throughout this product. For fill in the blank questions, a key is provided. Throughout the product, there is also a vocabulary list to help students answer comprehension questions if they are working on it independently. Answering comprehension questions motivates students to pay attention to the movie as they are watching it.

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Includes 20 fun pages! Do you need some fun No Prep Winter activities to keep your early finishers engaged during the December and Christmas Holidays? Perfect for Winter Break! This monthly packet features tons of independent work like puzzles, games, and SEL-centered drawing and coloring activities.

This December-themed Early Finishers Packet will keep elementary and middle school students busy when they finish their work! They'll love the fun games they can play with a partner quietly, or the selection of challenging puzzles and creative activities this packet offers! ***Save now by buying the Ultimate Christmas Bundle that includes this resource and tons of others making it everything you need for a seamless holiday!

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Included in the Resource:

• 1 Crossword Puzzle with solution
• 1 Sudoku with solution
• 1 Maze - with solution
• 1 Word Search
• 1 Tic Tac Toe partner game
• 1 Dot to Dot
• 1 Word Escape Puzzle - with answer key
• 1 Complete the Picture Symmetry sheet
• 1 Positive Affirmation Mandala Coloring Page
• 1 Think Outside the Box Drawing Sheets - 4 per page!
• 1 Pop Art Coloring Page
• 2 More Coloring Pages
• 1 Grid Drawing Challenge
• 1 Word Work Activity
• 1 Word Scramble with solution
• 1 I Spy Page
• 1 DIY Color by Number
• 1 Design Time Page
• 1 Connect the Dots partner game

This resource requires NO PREP - simply print and staple each packet or use the activities separately. Either way, it's guaranteed to keep your kiddos busy and engaged. I often like to challenge the class with an activity from the pack and offer a small reward to whoever solves the puzzle first! So fun! A black & white cover is included.

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**Prep is quick and easy…**Simply print off a packet for each month and students always know what to do when they’re done early!

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PERFECT FOR...

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This Algebra 1 Christm Escape Room is completely SELF CHECKING (and printable) and includes 40 questions to help solve the mystery of the missing thanksgiving dinner items! Students will complete 4 multiple choice questions in each of the 10 rooms covering math skills that are covered in Algebra 1, including order of operations, linear equations, exponents, GCF, Square Roots, evaluating expressions, inequalities, distributive property, combining like terms, and linear proportions. After they solve the questions they will take their letter answer choice in order and write it under the locked door.

Before they can move to the next room they will go to the LOCK DECODER (Google Sheet) and put their code in. If the box turns green they can move to the next room. If the box turns red they must find their error and try again!

Their FINAL CHALLENGE will be to create their own multiple choice question per topic, which a template is provided for.

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Why you need this:

- completely independent & self checking

- christmas story to keep your students intrigued

- will help your students with their basic math skills

- no calculator needed (just print this packet)

- it will give them a focused task on a high energy holiday

Topics Included:

Room 1: The Library of ORDER OF OPERATIONS

Room 2: The LINEAR EQUATIONS Garden

Room 3: The EXPONENTS Chamber

Room 4: The GREATEST COMMON FACTOR Den

Room 5: The SQUARE ROOT Parlor

Room 6: The EVALUATING EXPRESSIONS Laboratory

Room 7: The INEQUALITIES Nook

Room 8: The DISTRIBUTION PROPERTY Tower

Room 9: The COMBINING LIKE TERMS Gallery

Room 10: The LINEAR PROPORTIONS Study

What is included:

- Cover Page

- Direction Page for students

- Google Sheets Link for LOCK DECODER

- 10 student sheets with 4 multiple choice questions each

- Template for the FINAL CHALLENGE

GREAT FOR:

- Math Skills Review

- Extra Credit Project

- Individual Review

- Test Prep (in an engaging way)

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Do you need engaging activities for students leading up to winter break? These adorable Christmas coloring pages have something for everyone! There are twenty pages in total, featuring cute snowmen, Santa, and other holiday scenes.

Coloring has many benefits for children. It can help them develop fine motor skills, improve their hand-eye coordination, and boost their creative thinking. Additionally, coloring can be a relaxing and therapeutic activity for kids, especially during the holiday season. Christmas coloring pages are a great way for kids to get into the holiday spirit and have some fun while they're at it!

Resource Benefits

• improved hand-eye coordination
• increased fine motor skills
• boosts concentration and attention span

❄️ You're invited to the Winter Wonderland category! ❄️ Do you want to create lots of festive winter memories with your students this year? You'll find a growing collection of seasonal printables like music, writing, and fun activities for your classroom or homeschool in one shop section - and we're always adding more!

Embark on a 12-month musical journey through time with the Classical Journey Bundle! ♬

Add a touch of mindful music to any season, holiday, or composer unit study. With over 150 categorized classical pieces, the Classical Journey Bundle offers an engaging printable for every occasion. Each month unlocks a curated selection of themed classical music pieces, perfectly paired with a holiday or season!

Do you need engaging brain breaks? This single-page listening activity is great for the days leading to Christmas/winter break or for adding to your sub plans. Just print and play! The music is available on YouTube or your favorite streaming services.

While listening, students color the scene and choose the keywords/elements that resonate with their listening experience. There are also blank lines for writing in additional keywords. Students often engage in discussions about what they've heard or felt. Great for displaying!

Featured Music

Ice Dance - Danny Elfman

Learning Objectives

• increased knowledge of the composition
• familiarity with the composer's works
• ability to recognize, and engage with, popular pieces of classical music
• identify different instrument sounds
• social-emotional exploration of feelings and moods within classical music
• creative expression by drawing and choosing colors related to a musical theme

Embark on a 12-month musical journey through time with the Classical Journey Bundle! ♬

Add a touch of mindful music to any season, holiday, or composer unit study. With over 150 categorized classical pieces, the Classical Journey Bundle offers an engaging printable for every occasion. Each month unlocks a curated selection of themed classical music pieces, perfectly paired with a holiday or season!

Just Print and Play! Cold weather. Snowflakes. Festive lighting. All symbols that December has arrived or is rapidly approaching! Settle in with this cozy, classical music. Also great for music sub plans or brain breaks!

★ Easel Activity ★ Pair an engaging digital listening board with these musical selections! Students use the highlight tool to choose from keyword lists that describe their listening experience. An answer box at the bottom allows students to write a brief description of their thoughts and feelings. Using the pen or any design tool provided, students can decorate a scene or upload an image to the frame! Each board features colorful clipart related to the music. As always, there are no wrong answers. Students can choose any combination of descriptors.

What's Included:

Emoji Rating Guide (14 emojis to choose from, color and b&w)

Listening Sheets - there are no wrong answers! Students can use the checkboxes to note how they feel and what they imagine while listening to a selected piece of music. Choose from the musical instruments, nature scenes, colors, and more!

Printable Listening Sheet Sets Include:

1. Carol of the Bells, Leontovych
2. Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy, Tchaikovsky
3. Four Seasons (Winter,) Vivaldi
4. Troika, Prokofiev
5. Symphony No. 1 in G Minor, Tchaikovsky
6. The Snow is Dancing, Debussy
7. Footprints in the Snow, Debussy
8. Piano Concerto No. 1, Rachmaninoff
9. Symphony No. 11, Raff
10. Peter and the Wolf, Prokofiev
11. Ice Dance, Elfman
12. Winter Wind, Chopin
13. Alpine Symphony, Strauss
14. Sinfonia, Vivaldi
15. Winterreise, Schubert
16. Chasse-Neige, Liszt
17. The Snow Maiden, Rimsky-Korsakov
18. String Quartet in F Major, Ravel
19. Sinfonia Antarctic, Williams

Checkbox options:

Time, nature, settings, instruments, colors, and more! Students can also color in the emojis that best describe their listening experience in the emoji grid.

The 'Inspiration Box' can be used for:

Drawing/doodling, journaling, notes, poetry, etc.

Just print and play! Do you need engaging classical music activities? Classical Space Tale listening sheets combine music appreciation with an intergalactic theme! Students compose their epic space tales by choosing the setting, characters, and familiar space objects inspired by the music. There’s also a drawing box for students to capture a scene from their imaginations. Discuss and display for further engagement!

What's Included:

• Story Guide – an illustrated chart with each character/object
• 19 Space Tale Listening Sheets
• 19 Space Tale Drawing Pages

★ Easel Activity ★ Pair an engaging digital listening board with these musical selections! Students use the highlight tool to choose from keyword lists that describe their listening experience. An answer box at the bottom allows students to write a brief description of their thoughts and feelings. Using the pen or any design tool provided, students can decorate a scene or upload an image to the frame! Each board features colorful clipart related to the music. As always, there are no wrong answers. Students can choose any combination of descriptors.

Featured Compositions:

1. Carol of the Bells, Leontovych
2. Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy, Tchaikovsky
3. Four Seasons (Winter,) Vivaldi
4. Troika, Prokofiev
5. Symphony No. 1 in G Minor, Tchaikovsky
6. The Snow is Dancing, Debussy
7. Footprints in the Snow, Debussy
8. Piano Concerto No. 1, Rachmaninoff
9. Symphony No. 11, Raff
10. Peter and the Wolf, Prokofiev
11. Ice Dance, Elfman
12. Winter Wind, Chopin
13. An Alpine Symphony, Strauss
14. Sinfonia, Vivaldi
15. Winterreise, Schubert
16. Chasse-Neige, Liszt
17. The Snow Maiden, Rimsky-Korsakov
18. String Quartet in F Major, Ravel
19. Sinfonia Antarctic, Williams

Just print & play! Do you need engaging classical music activities or music sub plans? These Christmas-themed printable listening sheets offer creative music appreciation! In this special edition, there is no artist or performer listed so you can play any version you like!

NEW! Students use the new "Cookie Rating Guides" to rate their listening experience! Each rating guide features colorful cookies (or black & white,) instead of stars and the listening sheets have five cookies at the bottom to color in. You'll also find "reindeer" added in the animal category.

Featured Music:

• The Twelve Days of Christmas (use any performance!)

What’s Inside:

1. Music Rating Guide students rate the music using 1 to 5 cookies (new format)
2. Listening Sheet - There are no wrong answers! Students can note how they feel and what they imagine while listening to a selected piece of music. Choose from the musical instruments, nature scenes, colors, and more.
3. Weather & Feelings - Weather is a recurring theme in classical music. Does a musical piece remind the listener of a snowy day or a cheerful sunny afternoon? Students can select the weather symbols that come to mind. Is the music happy or sad? A set of emotional characters allows your group to pick the feelings that best relate to a piece of music.
4. Five Star Rating Guide - students rate the music using 1 to 5 cookies (classic format)
5. Listening Activity Sheets - Listening sheets include the title of a popular piece, the composer, a black & white composer to color in, and a space for drawing any scene that may come to mind when listening. There are additional options to identify the mood of a piece and indicate which instruments are playing.
6. Weather Color & Listen Sheet - While listening to the selected piece, students can color in the weather elements they feel and hear.
7. Emotions Color & Listen Sheet - Students color the character(s) that best identify their emotions while listening to the music.
8. Emojis Color & Listen Sheet - Twelve emojis to choose from! Students choose the emoji faces that best match their feelings or impressions about the music.
9. Fairy Tale Story Guide - an illustrated chart with each character/object
10. Fairy Tale Listening Sheet - Students compose their wondrous tale by choosing the setting, characters, and familiar fairy tale objects inspired by the music.
11. Fairy Tale Drawing Page
12. Woodland Tale Story Guide - an illustrated chart with each character/object
13. Woodland Story Listening Sheet - Students compose their epic tale by choosing nature-themed objects and characters inspired by the music.
14. Woodland Story Drawing Page

★ Need More Christmas Music?

1. Silent Night
2. Deck the Halls
3. O Come All Ye Faithful
4. O Little Town of Bethlehem
5. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
6. Up On the Housetop
7. O Holy Night
8. It Came Upon a Midnight Clear
9. Away in a Manger
10. Angels We Have Heard on High
11. Jingle Bells

❄️ You're invited to the Winter Wonderland category! ❄️ Do you want to create lots of festive winter memories with your students this year? You'll find a growing collection of seasonal printables like music, writing, and fun activities for your classroom or homeschool in one shop section - and we're always adding more!

Embark on a 12-month musical journey through time with the Classical Journey Bundle! ♬

Add a touch of mindful music to any season, holiday, or composer unit study. With over 150 categorized classical pieces, the Classical Journey Bundle offers an engaging printable for every occasion. Each month unlocks a curated selection of themed classical music pieces, perfectly paired with a holiday or season!

Just print & play! Do you need engaging classical music activities or music sub plans? These Christmas-themed printable listening sheets offer creative music appreciation! In this special edition, there is no artist or performer listed so you can play any version you like!

NEW! Students use the new "Cookie Rating Guides" to rate their listening experience! Each rating guide features colorful cookies (or black & white,) instead of stars and the listening sheets have five cookies at the bottom to color in. You'll also find "reindeer" added in the animal category.

Featured Music:

• Up On the Housetop (use any performance!)

What’s Inside:

1. Music Rating Guide students rate the music using 1 to 5 cookies (new format)
2. Listening Sheet - There are no wrong answers! Students can note how they feel and what they imagine while listening to a selected piece of music. Choose from the musical instruments, nature scenes, colors, and more.
3. Weather & Feelings - Weather is a recurring theme in classical music. Does a musical piece remind the listener of a snowy day or a cheerful sunny afternoon? Students can select the weather symbols that come to mind. Is the music happy or sad? A set of emotional characters allows your group to pick the feelings that best relate to a piece of music.
4. Five Star Rating Guide - students rate the music using 1 to 5 cookies (classic format)
5. Listening Activity Sheets - Listening sheets include the title of a popular piece, the composer, a black & white composer to color in, and a space for drawing any scene that may come to mind when listening. There are additional options to identify the mood of a piece and indicate which instruments are playing.
6. Weather Color & Listen Sheet - While listening to the selected piece, students can color in the weather elements they feel and hear.
7. Emotions Color & Listen Sheet - Students color the character(s) that best identify their emotions while listening to the music.
8. Emojis Color & Listen Sheet - Twelve emojis to choose from! Students choose the emoji faces that best match their feelings or impressions about the music.
9. Fairy Tale Story Guide - an illustrated chart with each character/object
10. Fairy Tale Listening Sheet - Students compose their wondrous tale by choosing the setting, characters, and familiar fairy tale objects inspired by the music.
11. Fairy Tale Drawing Page
12. Woodland Tale Story Guide - an illustrated chart with each character/object
13. Woodland Story Listening Sheet - Students compose their epic tale by choosing nature-themed objects and characters inspired by the music.
14. Woodland Story Drawing Page

★ Need More Christmas Music?

1. Silent Night
2. Deck the Halls
3. O Come All Ye Faithful
4. The Twelve Days of Christmas
5. O Little Town of Bethlehem
6. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
7. O Holy Night
8. It Came Upon a Midnight Clear
9. Away in a Manger
10. Angels We Have Heard on High
11. Jingle Bells

❄️ You're invited to the Winter Wonderland category! ❄️ Do you want to create lots of festive winter memories with your students this year? You'll find a growing collection of seasonal printables like music, writing, and fun activities for your classroom or homeschool in one shop section - and we're always adding more!

Embark on a 12-month musical journey through time with the Classical Journey Bundle! ♬

Add a touch of mindful music to any season, holiday, or composer unit study. With over 150 categorized classical pieces, the Classical Journey Bundle offers an engaging printable for every occasion. Each month unlocks a curated selection of themed classical music pieces, perfectly paired with a holiday or season!

Do you need fun and engaging music activities for December? Designed with the youngest composers in mind - these blank manuscript pages allow students to compose their own pieces! Draw the music notes or use small stickers to piece together a classical composition. Treble & bass clef tracing sheets are also included.

This set is inspired by "The Nutcracker" and features clipart from the well-loved story/performance.

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The Nutcracker Performance Journal

The Nutcracker Scene List

The Nutcracker Number Writing

The Nutcracker Activity Bundle

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The Nutcracker Music Notes Match

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The Nutcracker & Festive December Bundle

► We know you'll love helping students create meaningful connections to classical music, so we are happy to share these free listening activities with you today!