1st Grade Christmas, Chanukah, & Kwanzaa Activities

Just print & play! Do you need engaging Winter/Christmas/New Year activities or music sub plans? These printable listening sheets offer creative ways for students to learn more about the season of snowflakes and wondrous classical music! This bundle includes three listening sets - December, January, and February.

Bundle Benefits:

• Save time! The music selections are already curated for you
• Add music appreciation to various lessons and unit studies
• Students explore social-emotional themes through listening
• Low-prep engaging and mindful activities for students
• Easily find the music on YouTube or your favorite music services
• No musical training is required - just print and play!

What's Included:

1-page Resource Guide

Listening Sheet Star Rating Guide

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.

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.

December Listening Sheets Include (two pages per piece:)

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. Waltz of the Flowers, Tchaikovsky
15. Sinfonia, Vivaldi
16. Winterreise, Schubert
17. Chasse-Neige, Liszt
18. The Snow Maiden, Rimsky-Korsakov
19. String Quartet in F Major, Ravel
20. Etude Op. 25, No. 1, Chopin
21. Sinfonia Antarctic, Williams

January Listening Sheets Include (two pages per piece:)

1. Fantasia on Auld Lang Syne, Ernest Tomlinson
2. Masquerade Suite, Aram Khachaturian
3. The Blue Danube, Johann Strauss
4. Les Patineurs Valse (The Skater's Waltz,) Émile Waldteufel
5. Trumpet Concerto in E Flat Major, Joseph Haydn
6. Concerto Grosso in C Major, Arcangelo Corelli
7. Piano Concerto in G Major, Maurice Ravel
8. Jupiter, The Bringer of Jollity, Gustav Holst
9. Symphony No. 1 (Winter Dreams,) Tchaikovsky
10. Waltz in D, Op. 9, No. 3 ("Country Waltz,) Franz Schubert
11. Suite De Symphonies, No. 1 (Rondeau,) Jean-Joseph Mouret
12. Brandenburg Concerto, No. 4 in G Major, Johann Sebastian Bach
13. Concerto for 2 Violins in D Minor, Johann Sebastian Bach

February Listening Sheets Include (two pages per piece:)

1. Liebesträume No. 3, Liszt
2. Piano Concerto No. 21, Mozart
3. Clair De Lune, Debussy
4. Romeo and Juliet Overture, Tchaikovsky
5. Violin Romance No. 2, Beethoven
6. Salut d'Amour, Elgar
7. Piano Concerto No. 2, Rachmaninoff
8. Sleeping Beauty Waltz, Tchaikovsky
9. Cavalleria Rusticana (Intermezzo), Mascagni
10. Fantasia No. 3, Mozart
11. Symphony No. 9, Schubert
12. Piano Sonata No. 3, Brahms
13. Bolero, Ravel
14. "Moonlight Sonata", Beethoven
15. The Moldau, Smetana
16. Serenade, Schubert
17. Romance in F Minor, Dvorak
18. Violin Concerto, Mendelssohn
19. Arabesque No. 1, Debussy

+ BONUS FILE

This bundle has you covered with engaging listening activities, but what about visual learning? Grab this pack of 70 Composer Fact Sheet Posters as a free bonus! These calming rainbow-themed posters can also work as handouts, or resize them in your print settings for colorful flashcards.

Celebrate Christmas with this fun bingo activity in Spanish!. Perfect for large groups in your classroom or centers. Add this to your Christmas party with 30 unique Bingo boards for your students!

This activity includes

• 30 color boards
• 30 calling cards

You could also use the calling cards for a matching game, just print 2 copies and play a memory game or go fish.

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Holiday Bingo Bundle in Spanish

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Introduce a tus estudiantes en las tradiciones del Día de Reyes con esta completa colección, diseñada para enseñar los valores de la conciencia cultural, la generosidad y la humildad. A través de presentaciones interactivas en PPT, atractivas diapositivas de Google, manualidades creativas y cuidadas hojas de trabajo imprimibles, los estudiantes aprenderán el significado profundo de esta celebración. Las actividades guían a los niños a través de la historia de los Reyes Magos y el Niño Jesús, ayudándoles a comprender que dar es un gesto del corazón, no sólo para los Reyes Magos, sino para todos. Ya sea a través de regalos materiales o de actos de bondad, el mensaje de amor y gratitud brilla en cada actividad.

Este recurso ofrece una ventana a diversas prácticas culturales, por lo que es ideal para despertar la curiosidad y la creatividad en clase, al tiempo que proporciona una experiencia cultural y educativa significativa. Los estudiantes adquirirán una comprensión duradera del Día de Reyes y de su verdadero significado.

Esta colección incluye:

• Recurso 1: Día de los Tres Reyes Magos Presentación PowerPoint
• Recurso 2: Día de los Tres Reyes Magos Actividad
• Recurso 3: Día de los Tres Reyes Magos Actividad Google Slides
• Recurso 4: Carta a los Tres Reyes Magos

¡Feliz Día de Reyes!

DECEMBER CHRISTMAS CVC GAMES is a set of 6 CVC gameboards with a December theme. You'll have games for these skills: short a, short e, short i, short o, short u and a mixed game. 6 games in color and 6 in B&W. Print & Go, just add a die.

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✅Send home B&W games

These gameboards are "closed" gameboards. You can make these work in your favor by setting up the guidelines ahead of time. Students can continue to play round and round the board until the time is up. Put a small pile of tokens such as cubes in the center and they can collect one for each lap they make if you want a way to keep score. Or, you can state that the games are over after a player has made 5 rounds, or however you choose.

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A simple worksheet that is ready to print and use. This is a holiday ABC where students can write or draw a picture of a holiday word for each letter of the alphabet.

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Bring winter fun to your classroom with this Snowflake Hat Crown Craft! With this fun Hat Crown Craft for preschool and kindergarten, kids can cut and color the Snowflake and headband shapes or use the included pre-colored options for a quicker activity. This adorable, winter-themed craft encourages creativity and helps children practice fine motor skills. Ideal for winter lessons, animal-themed units, or simple classroom fun!

What's Included :

• PAGE : 14 PAGES
• FILES : PDF FILE
• SIZE : 8.5'' x 11'' Inches

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Writing is more fun when it is on themed Christmas Writing Paper!

This Holiday here is a No Prep set for you which includes** 249 Pages** of** Lined and Unlined Christmas/Holiday Writing Pages** geared towards **grades Preschool **thru Upper Elementary.

This is a big collection of printable Lined/ Unlined/Blank paper/pages for Home or Classroom; with 4 Different Line Spacing Styles, 9 writing templates,** Cute Christmas Graphics**, Christmas and Non-Christmas borders as well as Picture and Non-Picture Options included you can't chose wrong.

Suited for all ages and geared towards **Pre-k **thru **Upper Elementary students, **they will enjoy writing their Letters to Santa, receiving a letter from the Classroom Elf or Telling about their Holiday Plans on these Festive decorative stationery writing papers/pages. By using these writing papers students will Boost their Confidence in their Writing Abilities, Enhance their Fine Motor Skills, Improve Letter Alignment/Spacing/Formation all by having FUN!

You can use these writing papers for endless possibilities:

• Create your own Writing Prompts
• Write a Story
• Journal Entries
• Letter to Santa
• Letter from Classroom/Home Elf
• Favorite Christmas Tradition
• ABC Order
• Spelling Tests
• Spelling Lists
• Over Christmas break I will...
• My Christmas Wish....

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• 78 Primary Straight Lines
• 62 Upper Elem. Straight Lines
• 30 Unlined Pages

Picture and Non-Picture Option:

• 188 Pages with Picture Option
• 61 Pages Non-Picture Option

4 Different Border Options:

• 116 Pages w/ 3 different Christmas Borders
• 103 pages w/Black Lined Borders
• 30 Blanks Unlined with both Christmas/Black lined borders

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Dive into a world of discovery with this I Spy Activity Bundle! Each activity page features 6 themed images or shapes for students to search for and count. As they find each shape, they'll record the quantity at the bottom of the page, enhancing their counting skills. Once they've tallied everything, students can transfer their findings to one of the two included graphing sheets. One graph helps with basic counting, while the other is designed for more diverse number practice. This bundle covers a wide range of fun themes like camping, apple shapes, American flag shapes, bee shapes, and many more—perfect for keeping young learners engaged and excited. Plus, more themes will be added to the bundle as they're created!

Why You'll Love This Product: Teachers will adore this bundle for its versatility and the way it effortlessly combines counting, graphing, and theme-based learning. These activities provide an engaging way for students to practice math skills while having fun with themes that capture their imaginations. Whether it's counting apples, spotting bees, or finding shapes in a camping scene, students will be eager to complete these tasks. The bundle offers both color and black-and-white options, making it easy to print and use in various classroom settings.

Who This Product Is For:

• Preschool Teachers: Perfect for introducing counting and graphing in a fun, themed way.
• Kindergarten Teachers: Ideal for reinforcing number recognition and basic graphing skills.
• Homeschooling Parents: A great tool for adding a thematic, hands-on element to math lessons.
• Daycare Centers: Engaging activities that support early math skills development in a group setting.
• Summer School Programs: A creative way to keep math skills sharp while incorporating fun, seasonal themes.

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Kids will love getting into the holiday spirit with this Christmas Activity Flip Book designed for early learners in Pre-K, Kindergarten, and First Grade! Engage your students in festive, skill-building activities from ornament letter recognition to counting letters and artistically decorating gingerbread cookies!

What’s Inside this Christmas Activity Flip Book:

*Ugly Christmas Sweater Design: Children will work on fine motor skills and tap into their inner artists as they draw and color their winning design for the Ugly Christmas Sweater contest!

*Christmas Joke Tracing: Combine laughter and learning as students trace a silly snowman joke that introduces early literacy elements through letter tracing.

*Ornament Spelling and Counting: Children will trace the word "Christmas" and then embark on a delightful journey to find and color ornaments that spell out the festive word. Counting the letters adds a fun twist, reinforcing numeracy skills.

*Gingerbread Maze & Cookie Decorating: Guide the gingerbread man through the maze and then let imaginations run wild as students decorate their own gingerbread cookie! This activity fosters problem-solving skills and allows for creative expression.

*Color by Number Up to 5: Wind down the holiday fun with a cheerful "What Am I?" color-by-number activity, reinforcing number recognition and color identification up to 5. There are 2 options for print for this activity - either black and white, or a colored option showing the 5 crayon colors.

Skills Targeted:

• Fine Motor Skills
• Letter Tracing
• Counting and Numeracy
• Problem-Solving
• Creative Expression

Perfect for:

• Classroom Activities
• Holiday Parties
• Homeschooling
• Early Finisher Tasks

Transform your classroom into a festive learning hub with this Christmas Activity Flip Book, sure to get kids into the Christmas holiday spirit!

★★This Flip Book activity is not editable.★★

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Looking for a fun, no-prep holiday themed center or craft? Use this December tear art bundle to work on fine motor skills with a holiday twist! Students use their hands to tear pieces of paper and glue on to the picture for a winter craft! Perfect for a reading station or center, craft time or to use with a thematic winter unit.

Tear art makes great classroom decor all while having fun working on those fine motor skills!

Eight easy to use sheets for your young learners!

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Add a touch of holiday excitement to your classroom with this activity- Christmas Mystery Game! Ideal for use in homeroom, classroom parties, or as a fun brain-boosting break, this game will have students working together to solve clues and uncover the mystery.

Ready-to-Use Ready-to-Print / Printable Black and White Worksheet

What’s Included:

• Christmas Mystery PDF: A festive logic puzzle game that challenges students to think critically and collaborate to solve the mystery.
• Answer Key

Bring holiday magic to your classroom with this Christmas Mystery Game! Download now and watch your students immerse themselves in this joyful, brain-teasing activity!

Can be used in any grade level and any subject, especially math for cryptography lesson, encrypting, decrypting messages.

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• Math Escape Room
• It's a Match (like Spot It / Dobble)
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• Memory Game
• This or That
• OOPS Taboo-Like Game

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⭐️Looking for a fun and engaging way to celebrate Hanukkah / Chanukah in your classroom? Your students will have fun thinking creatively, practicing letter recognition, spelling, vocabulary, writing, fine motor skills and more with these cute Hanukkah themed forest animal craft activities!

⭐️This printer friendly resource comes with seven different animal crafts differentiated for students just learning how to write their names or students able to write in complete sentences!

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✏️Just print, color, write, cut, and glue to create adorable Hanukkah crafts that you can meaningfully decorate your bulletin board with or send home for your students to show their family!

✏️Great for literacy centers, sub tub, early finishers, independent morning work, partner work, small group work, or extra practice at home for your preschool, kindergarten, 1st, or 2nd grade learners!

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• Hedgehog craft - (6 pages)
• Racoon craft - (6 pages)
• Rabbit craft - (6 pages)
• Deer craft - (6 pages)
• Owl craft - (6 pages)

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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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Looking for a fun way for kids to learn about and celebrate Hanukkah while also practicing their counting skills?

This Hanukkah I Spy Game is perfect for classroom activities or at-home fun! This printable seek-and-find worksheet is filled with Hanukkah designs that challenge kids to find and count objects, making learning feel like play.

Here’s how you can make the most of this I Spy Game in your classroom:

Morning Warm-Up Activity: Start the day with a fun, low-prep task by using it as a “bell ringer.” It’s a great way to help students settle in and get focused right from the start.

Counting & Math Practice: Let students count and record the objects they find, naturally building their basic counting and early math skills. You can even extend the activity by having students create simple addition or subtraction problems based on their findings.

Focus and Observation Exercise: Use it as a calm-down activity to help students practice visual discrimination and focus on details. This makes it ideal for students who need a bit of extra help sharpening their observation skills.

Group or Partner Activity: Have students work in pairs or small groups to complete the I Spy game. It’s a fun way to build teamwork and communication skills while keeping students engaged.

Seasonal Brain Break: Use it as a quick “brain break” or reward activity. It provides a structured yet fun break that keeps kids focused and excited without disrupting your classroom flow.

This Hanukkah Seek and Find Printable worksheet is a flexible, engaging resource to add to your seasonal toolkit, perfect for mixing fun with learning!

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Create and display the TRUE meaning of Christmas**! Daily Devotions, Prayers, Scripture Readings, Ornaments & Advent Tree** are ALL included in this Jesse Tree resource to give you all you need to engage learners every day of this advent season!

This advent activity is called “The Jesse Tree” because of the Bible verse in Isaiah that describes a shoot, which is like a bud or new leaf, coming up from a tree stump of Jesse. Jesse’s family will grow and grow through the years; eventually, Jesus will be born! So this is sort of like Jesus’ family tree!

You will get:

• Daily Devotions: 1 introduction and 25 daily devotions that will guide you and your children/students in a daily Scripture reading, devotion, and prayer. Read aloud to a younger class or have older learners read themselves.

• Ornaments: 25 Ready to print and cut-out ornaments, provided in color and black and white.

• Printable Jesse Tree - 3 printable Jesse Tree options given. Two color options- one with placement guides and one blank, one black and white.

• Mini Jesse Tree Coloring Book - 25 half-page coloring pages with the Jesse Tree symbol/image and the correlating Bible verse.

This is the PERFECT Christmas Advent activity:

The Jesse Tree recounts many of the Old and New Testament stories that led up to Christ's birth. Through these stories, we will see how God had a plan to send His son the whole time!! Included in this printable Jesse Tree activity are:

• Introduction & The Bible
• The Creation
• The Fall (Adam and Eve)
• The Rainbow (Noah)
• Abram's Tent
• The Ram (Abraham/Isaac)
• Jacob's Dream
• Joseph's Coat
• The Passover
• The Law (Ten Commandments)
• Rahab's Rope
• Ruth's Grain
• Young David
• King David
• Isaiah's Message
• Daniel's Angel
• Jonah's Fish
• Bethlehem
• Zechariah
• John
• Mary
• Joseph
• Elizabeth
• The Trinity
• Jesus is Born

Each day you will learn about one of these stories by Scripture reading, devotion and prayer.

Then, cut and paste the provided correlating Christmas ornament on the Jesse tree!

There is also the option to have the younger one's color a page in the mini coloring book provided for each day of advent.

Thank you and HAPPY TEACHING!

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** NOTE**

There are literally hundreds of prophecies Jesus fulfilled. The Jesse tree does not limit them or tell everything there is to know about our wonderful Savior. With this in mind, you will find The Jesse Tree has been designed in many different ways and created with varying Bible stories and images and this is ok. I hope you enjoy the one I put together through much prayer and Bible study. I was truly inspiring to see Jesus in all the stories!

Product Description for December Writing Prompts Worksheet (1st Grade)

Inspire your 1st graders' creativity this holiday season with this December Writing Prompts Worksheet, designed to engage young writers while reinforcing key writing skills. This worksheet includes 48 writing prompts aligned with Common Core State Standards (CCSS) for English Language Arts (ELA), particularly:

• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.1.1 (Opinion Writing)
• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.1.2 (Explanatory Writing)
• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.1.3 (Narrative Writing)

With 48 engaging prompts covering opinion, explanatory, and narrative writing, your students will explore fun seasonal topics like decorating Christmas trees, writing about Santa's visit, sharing their favorite holiday treats, and imagining life as a snowflake. Each prompt is tailored to strengthen students' ability to express their thoughts, describe processes, and tell imaginative stories.

What’s Included:

• PDF File: Ready-to-print worksheets for easy classroom use.
• Editable Canva Template: Customize prompts to fit your teaching needs with a free Canva account.

Why You’ll Love This Resource:

• Standards-Aligned: Perfect for meeting ELA writing standards.
• Flexible Use: Ideal for morning work, writing centers, or independent practice.
• Seasonal Fun: Keeps students motivated and excited to write during December.
• Each page includes a dedicated space for students to illustrate their stories, helping them connect their writing with visual creativity and making the activity even more engaging!

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Make writing practice magical and memorable this December! Download now and give your students the gift of creative expression!

Students delight in creating unique and funny sentence patterns using a 1-2-3 step strategy. Students use cards marked ’1’ to choose the subject of their sentence, cards with ‘2’ are the action words, and cards with location words are tagged ‘3’. Put together the subject, verb, and location cards and make a new sentence each time. Teaching writing in your Grade 1-3 French Immersion class has never been easier.

What to do:

Make a class set of the cards, laminate, and cut.

Place a few copies of the 1-2-3 writing template sheet into clear pockets or give students an individual worksheet to work on.

Watch students delight in creating new and unique sentences as they build confidence in their French writing skills.

Vocabulary included: La Mère Noël, Le Père Noël, Le garçon, La fille, Le renne, Le nain, descend, porte, vole, place, grimpe, mange, une boule, un ange, un cadeau, un sac de jouets, un bas, une étoile, un biscuit, un pain d’épice, une canne de Noël, une chandelle, un chocolat chaud, des lumières, dans la cheminée, dans le bas, dans le ciel, dans le traineau, dans le foyer, dans l’arbre

How to prepare this resource:

Make a few copies of the template page, insert into clear pockets, dry erase pocket, or use as individual worksheets and watch as the giggles get started. Make a copy of the story cards, laminate, and cut. My students LOVE these activities. I cannot make them fast enough.

There is a little cutting and laminating involved with this activity but many use clear folders to make your job easier!

Perfect for a sub binder, emergency plans, or as a back up activity when you happen to have a few minutes to spare. A great set to have on hand as an extra centre activity at Xmas time. Your K-3 Immersion students will love them!

When to use this resource in the classroom:

These activity sheets are Christmas themed and can be used for the entire month of December and even into the week following Halloween. Students love using them and they can be helpful for follow-up assessment. Just in time for progress reporting period!

I hope your students enjoy learning their vowel sounds and exploring phonemic awareness with a Christmas Theme!

Appropriate audience:

I use these activities in my French Immersion classroom with Grade 1 and Grade 2 students. I feel confident that they could be used for any grade from Grade One to Grade Three.

I would love to know how you are using this product in your classroom. Please feel free to contact me directly if you have anything to say about this resource. I love helping teachers as much as I can. A product review also is a great way of letting me know, and leaving a review earns you extra credit for more amazing TeachShare products!

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This has been a fun way for students to review their letters. I love that each page gives students an opportunity to write the letter, find the letter and find the sounds. Merci!

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1. Students use hands on materials
2. Boost confidence in French language acquisition with whole group, small group, independent work, and one-to-one instruction using the same resource
3. Easy common food theme that students love
4. Students grow in independence at their own pace
5. Reinforce encoding and writing skills
6. Social wellness and personal autonomy in using French in the classroom
7. Scaffold and support language acquisition, oral communication, and writing skills
8. Subject, verb, object cards are a great way to introduce the standards of writing

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Merci!

Ingrid

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Dear Christmas Detectives, Santa needs your help! This 1st-grade mystery reading passage with comprehension questions will have students cracking codes and solving the mystery of where Santa's missing sleigh bells are, and who took them - all before it's too late and Christmas is ruined for everyone!

Many reading comprehension activities are all about reading a story and then reflecting on it. But this 8-page NO-PREP story allows first-graders to be a part of the story through immersive storytelling. Students work their way through the story, stopping along the way to reinforce what they've read while helping the characters in the story solve mysteries along the way.

Cracking the code on these skills:

~CVC phonics

~additional and subtraction practice

~spelling

~decoding words and sentences

~language translating

Engage in these activities:

~coloring

~decoding ciphers (image, morse code, and numbers)

~unscrambling words and letters

~deciphering and identifying footprints

~maze

~logic puzzle

~find the hidden pictures

~number riddles

~Christmas trivia

Students will beg you for more of these Solve the Mystery Games! True reading comprehension happens when students feel immersed and engaged in the story, no matter how long or short it is. Help save Christmas today!

Love,

Teacher Bethanie

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