Less than $5 11th Grade Holidays/Seasonal Activities (by date, oldest first)

Your students/children will enjoy this end-of-the year reflection and review/new year goals and resolutions activity/project. It will help them reflect and review their challenges, accomplishments, and highlights of 2023 as well as what goals and inspirations they want to bring into 2024.

This is a printable PDF.

If your students/children enjoy this activity/project, please kindly leave a review in 24 hours after your download. I appreciate your support and feedback.

‧₊˚✧ Happy New Year ✧˚₊‧

Tina Arozena

Big Easy Homeschooling Mom

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This word sleuth will provide your students/children with a fun journey of Christmas Around The World with key vocabulary words. It can be done in class, centers, or as a fun homework assignment.

Word sleuth is in PPTX format along with the answer key.

If you and your students/children, enjoy this activity, please go to your purchases and let me a review.

Tina

Big Easy Homeschooling Mom

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AVID Halloween Activity - Build a Costa Monster Digital Inquiry Resource: This critical thinking activity is the perfect Halloween resource for your AVID classroom! Use as an icebreaker activity, a supplemental lesson for Costa's Level of Thinking, an inquiry lesson, a Fun Friday activity, or even for your Halloween party!

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Directions:

• This 18 interactive Google Slides presentation first goes over Costa's level of thinking with details and examples for all 3 levels.
• Then students will follow directions on drawing or creating their own Costa monster while answering leveled questions on the way!
• After students create their monsters and answer the Costa questions about them, they will write their own questions based on a Halloween scene!

What's Included:

• Essential questions slide
• 7 Costa's Level of Thinking teach slides
• 7 direction slides with step-by-step directions on how to create a Costa monster and leveled questions for students to answer about their monsters
• 1 slide with a Halloween scene where students will write their own leveled questions!

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AVID Winter Activity - Build a Costa Snowman Digital Resource: This digital lesson and activity is the perfect Winter or Christmas resource for building critical thinking skills in your AVID classroom! Use it as an inquiry icebreaker activity, a supplemental lesson for Costa's Level of Thinking, an inquiry lesson, a Fun Friday activity, or even for your Christmas/Winter party!

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Directions:

• This 18 interactive Google Slides presentation first goes over Costa's level of thinking with details and examples for all 3 levels.
• Then students will follow directions on drawing or creating their own Costa snowman while answering leveled questions on the way!
• After students create their snowmans and answer the Costa questions about them, they will write their own questions based on a winter scene!

What's Included:

• Essential questions slide
• 7 Costa's Level of Thinking teach slides
• 7 direction slides with step-by-step directions on how to create a Costa snowman and leveled questions for students to answer about their snowmen
• 1 slide with a winter scene where students will write their own leveled questions!

Check out other AVID resources HERE!

Check out other winter resources HERE!

Check out other Christmas resources HERE!

Check out more AVID Inquiry resources HERE!

AVID End of Year | Summer Early Finisher Activity Packet-With WICOR Skills: This engaging resource is great for June and July months! Use for early finishers, sub plans, or even as printable worksheets used in study hall. It combines fun activities with academic enrichment, offering a blend of end of year-themed fun and educational content. Students will enjoy exciting challenges, goal-setting exercises, planning for next year, and an inspiring reading passage accompanied by thought-provoking questions, and more!

Get this packet for FREE by purchasing the AVID Early Finisher Bundle HERE! :)

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Directions:

1. option 1- print and hole punch, students keep the pack in the AVID section of their binders and complete when they finish tutorials or class work early
2. option 2- use for sub plans in the month of April
3. option 3- students complete pieces of the packet each Friday through the month of April

21 Pages Included in This Packet:

• A cover page
• Podcast script outline for grade level survival guide
• Costa leveled interview questions for future AVID students
• Metacognition journal over skills gained during AVID
• Reflection questions about the school year
• SAT vocabulary chart
• Summer volunteering reading passage with summery writing
• Summer volunteering questions
• Summer volunteering writing Costa questions
• Passive, assertive, aggressive worksheet
• Non-academic summer SMART goal
• Summer planner
• Finish the story prompt with writing page
• Create your own summer word search
• Summer bucket list
• AVID acrostic poem
• Maze challenge
• Zentangle
• Would you rather with writing page
• Research and design a vacation brochure
• Sudoku with answer key
• Maze with answer key

AVID

Early Finisher Packets

*Note all products may be used in virtual systems like Outschool without the purchase of extra licenses

Engage your 4th-12th grade students in a creative ELA or AVID reflection with this Fall Break Cell Phone Activity! Students can share about their break using pictures or words in an editable, visual format. Available in 7 colors, including black and white, this resource comes editable in both PowerPoint and Google Slides for easy customization!

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Check out the After Fall Break Bundle HERE!

What's Included

• Cell phone all about me worksheet 7 different colors including black & white
• Editable templates for each color option

Directions

• Either choose a color cell phone or let students choose a color they prefer

• Students can either draw or write to fill up their “photo album”

• Use the editable template to create your own after fall break choices OR to let students create their own

• Display on a hallway bulletin board or create a class book!

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Thanksgiving Cell Phone Activity

This is the perfect grab and go activity to do before Thanksgiving break! Students can draw or write what they’re grateful for, then proudly display their work on a bulletin board. Perfect for promoting gratitude and social-emotional learning in a colorful and interactive way. This is also the perfect classroom or hallway decor for the month of November!

What's Included

• 8 different colored cell phone photo albums with the title " I am thankful for"
• includes a black and white version

Directions

• Either choose a color cell phone or let students choose a color they prefer

• Students can either draw or write to fill up their “photo album” with things they are thankful for

• Display on a hallway bulletin board or in your classroom!

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AVID End of Year | Summer Activity - Build a Costa Sandcastle Digital Resource: This digital lesson and activity is the perfect summer-themed resource to use at the end of the school year. This is perfect for building critical thinking skills in your AVID classroom! Use it as an inquiry icebreaker activity, a supplemental lesson for Costa's Level of Thinking, an inquiry lesson, a Fun Friday activity, or even for your end-of-year party!

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Directions:

• This 20 interactive Google Slides presentation first goes over Costa's level of thinking with details and examples for all 3 levels.
• Then students will follow directions on drawing or creating their own Costa sandcastle while answering leveled questions on the way!
• After students create their sandcastles and answer the Costa questions about them, they will write their own questions based on a summer scene!

What's Included:

• Essential questions slide
• 7 Costa's Level of Thinking teach slides
• 9 direction slides with step-by-step directions on how to create a Costa sandcastle and leveled questions for students to answer about their snowmen
• 1 slide with a winter scene where students will write their own leveled questions!

More End of The Year Resources...

AVID iphone Memories Photo Album

Summer Themed Speed Philosophical Chairs

Summer Roll a Story

AVID May Early Finisher Packet

AVID Awards

Flower Memories Writing & Craft

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Fall | Autumn | Think Fast Game | Printable Activity | Freebie: Students and even staff will love this no-prep fall Think Fast game! Use it as an icebreaker after fall break for a brain break, morning meeting, fun Friday activity, or as a team building activity.

✨AVID Fall Bundle✨

✨ELA Fall Bundle✨

What's Included

Fall Think Fast Game: 1 PDF Printable

Directions

• A timer will be set for 1 minute total.

• Each answer is one point. Most points wins!

• Examples: 3 s’more ingredients, 3 NFL teams, 3 colors of apples

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Halloween Reading and Vocabulary Activities - The Landlady by Roald Dahl: Use these vocabulary activities for The Landlady by Roald Dahl to get your AVID or ELA middle school students in the Halloween spirit! These resources can be used during the Halloween season, but can also be used at any other time during the year! These resources include before reading, during reading and after reading vocabulary activities.

Great for: sub plans, vocabulary practice, Halloween fun, reading strategies

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WHAT's INCLUDED:

Before Reading

• Google Doc with the story, The Landlady by Roald Dahl (includes an essential question, margin for any note-taking, and a place for a summary at the end)
• Editable Vocabulary Awareness Chart in Google Sheets
• PDF Vocabulary Awareness Chart with vocabulary words from The Landlady

During Reading

• Vocabulary and Definitions Chart: students will read the story and write the definitions for the vocabulary in their own words
• Vocabulary and Definitions Chart Key: includes simplified definitions to help you guide students

After Reading

• The Landlady crossword puzzle: students use their definitions and apply their learning by reading the definitions of their vocabulary words and adding them to the crossword puzzle
• The Landlady crossword puzzle Key: includes the answers to the crossword puzzle

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This back to school cell phone all about me activity will help AVID students get to know each other during the first week of school! After students fill out their about me worksheet, cut out the cell phones and create a bulletin board or class book. :)

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What's Included

• Cell phone all about me worksheet in 9 different colors including black & white
• Editable templates for each color option

Directions

• Either choose a color cell phone or let students choose a color they prefer

• Students can either draw or write to fill up their “photo album”

• Use the editable template to create your own about me choices OR to let students create their own

• Display on a hallway bulletin board or create a class book!

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Classroom Decor

This end-of-the-year iPhone Memory activity will help AVID students wrap up and reflect on their school year! After students fill out their memories worksheet, cut out the iphones and create a bulletin board or class book that can be used to help recruit future AVID students. :)

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What's Included

• iPhone memory worksheet in 9 different colors including black & white
• Editable templates for each color option

Directions

• Either choose a color iPhone or let students choose a color they prefer

• Students can either draw or write to fill up their “photo album”

• Use the editable template to create your own memory choices OR to let students create their own

• Display on a hallway bulletin board to help with recruitment

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Classroom Decor

AVID End of The Year Writing Craft Activity- Memories Flower for Bulletin Board: Allow students to reflect on their AVID memories with this adorable flower craft and writing activity! Perfect for use as a recruitment tool by displaying in the hallway for future AVID students to see. :)

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What's Included

• 9 different colored flowers (including black & white) with memory sentence stems
• 9 different colored blank flowers (including black and white) where students can write their favorite memories or things they learned in AVID
• Editable templates to make your own sentence stems in Google slides

5 Stems Included

AVID has helped me grow this school year by...

My favorite team-building activity was...

What I will remember most about AVID this school year...

This school year, tutorials helped me with...

My favorite field trip memory is...

*These resources are available for Outschool teachers to purchase without the need for extra licenses.

More End of The Year Resources...

AVID iphone Memories Photo Album

Summer Themed Speed Philosophical Chairs

Summer Roll a Story

AVID May Early Finisher Packet

AVID Awards

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KA Fonts by Kaitlyn Albani

After Winter Break Write the Room: Use this writing activity in your AVID classroom, ELA, or any content area. Allow students to reflect on their winter break with this engaging printable write-the-room activity! This activity features 11 unique labels you can display around your room, each representing a letter to spell out "Winter Break." These labels come with thought-provoking prompts that encourage students to reflect on their winter break experiences! The recording sheet allows students to organize and document responses. Make the transition back from winter break a memorable one!

Winter Bundle

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Directions:
Students will complete the winter break prompts around the room and record their responses on the provided recording sheet.

What's Included:

• 11 classroom labels each representing a letter to spell out "Winter Break" with prompts that encourage students to reflect on their experiences during the break.
• A recording sheet with a chart where students write their responses next to the corresponding letter.

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Writing Resources

Start the school year with communication and team building with these AVID Back to School Icebreaker - Circle Discussion Prompts! This resource comes with 52 cards with prompts which are great for public speaking practice, small group team building, morning meetings, brain breaks, Fun Friday, and more! Allow students to get to know their classmates and help get them comfortable with talking in front of their peers. You can also use the editable template to create your own OR to have students come up with their own prompts!

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What's Included:

• A Google Slides resource with 52 get-to-know-you icebreaker prompt cards for small groups (color or black and white options available)
• Editable cards template to make your own prompts OR to have students come up with their own prompts

Directions:

• Access the Google Slide prompts.

• Go to the last slide to add your own prompts.

• Click "File" then "Download" and then "PDF" to download the prompts as a PDF document.

• Print and laminate a set of cards for each of your classes.

• Label a Ziploc for each class and place a set of cards in each bag.

• Organize students into small groups of 3-4.

• Draw 3-4 cards.

• Ask one question and let each member of the group share their responses with the other members.

• Continue asking the questions that were drawn and letting students respond in their small groups.

• Discard the questions already asked so you don't repeat any.

• On the following day have students join new groups of 3-4 members.

• Repeat the process by drawing 3-4 cards and allowing members to respond.

• Continue each day until all cards have been drawn and multiple groups have formed.

*Note: this resource is available for online teachers to purchase without the need for extra licenses (including virtual systems like Outschool)

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Back to School | Think Fast Game | Printable Activity | Freebie: Students and even staff will love this no-prep Back to School Think Fast game! Use it as an icebreaker after summer break for a brain break, morning meeting, fun Friday activity, or as a team building activity.

✨AVID Back to School Bundle✨

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What's Included

Back to School Think Fast Game: 1 PDF Printable

Directions

• A timer will be set for 1 minute total.

• Each answer is one point. Most points wins!

• Examples: 3 activities done over summer break, 3 book titles, 3 items found in a classroom

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Start the school year with engaging collaboration and team building with this AVID back to school icebreaker! This resource is the perfect partner activity for public speaking practice! Students will meet with either an A or B partner OR find a partner with a matching color circle using their cards. They will then use the interview questions provided in the card to interview their partner and present them to the class!

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What's Included:

• 8 Variations of cards with either an A or B and 1 of 4 different colored circles
• Each card comes with 3 interviewing partner questions

Entrance Card Directions:

• Pass out one of the cards to each student (note the letter A or B and small color circles on the front of each card)
• The following is written on each card:

- 3 things you want to share about yourself

- 2 words to describe you

- 1 favorite thing

• Instruct students to find a partner (a person who has the same letter or color circle on the back of their card).
• Have students answer the questions with their partner.
• Each student should write their partner's responses on a seperate piece of paper.
• Have each set of partners introduce each other to the class using the entrance cards.
• Do the activity again the same day or a different day but have students find a new partner using either the letter or colored circles (whichever was not used first)

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This Halloween Think Fast Game is a fun and engaging activity designed to encourage quick thinking and creativity among students. Perfect for classroom Halloween parties or as a time-filler, this game will have students racing to name items in categories like costumes, candy, spooky sounds, and more. Suitable for a range of grade levels, it can be a great addition to your Halloween lesson plans or party-planning resources!

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✨ELA Fall Bundle✨

What's Included

Halloween Think Fast Game: 1 PDF Printable

Directions

• A timer will be set for 1 minute total.

• Each answer is one point. Most points wins!

• Examples: 3 things you find in a haunted house, 3 things a witch might have, 3 classic Halloween monsters

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Help your AVID or ELA students build reading comprehension and practice using text evidence with these editable discussion cards and talking chips for The Landlady by Roald Dahl! This activity is sure to get your middle school students in the Halloween spirit. This resource can be used during the Halloween season, but can also be used at any other time during the year! Students will read the provided story, The Landlady through the Google doc, then they will sit in small groups and take turns pulling a discussion card.

Great for: using text evidence, collaboration and team building, public speaking practice,

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DIRECTIONS:

• Access your forced copy of the Google Doc with the story, The Landlady on the second slide.

• Go to the last slide to add your own discussion prompts.

• Click "File" then "Download" and then "PDF" to download the prompts as a PDF document.

• Print, cut, and laminate a set of cards for each of your groups of 4-5 students.

• Print, cut, and laminate talking chips.

• Put students into groups of 4-5.

• Decide how many talking chips each student gets (this encourages participation during the dialogue and teaches students how to use social cues when deciding when to share, instead of raising a hand).

• One student draws a card from the top. That student asks the question and dialogue begins in the group. Students should have the short story handy so they can use evidence in their responses.

• When dialogue dies down, students continue taking turns drawing a card, asking questions. and having discussions.

• Students should discard the questions already asked so they don't repeat any.

WHAT's INCLUDED:

• Google Doc with the story, "The Landlady"
• Google slide with printable talking chips
• 24 Discussion Prompts in color and black & white
• Editable Discussion Prompt Cards in color and black & white

Check out other AVID Resources HERE!

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New Year's Write the Room: Celebrate the New Year with this engaging printable write-the-room activity! Use this writing activity in your AVID classroom, ELA, or any content area. This activity features 8 unique labels you can display around your room, each representing a letter to spell out "New Year." These labels come with thought-provoking prompts that encourage students to reflect on their goals and aspirations for the upcoming year. The recording sheet allows students to organize and document responses. Make the transition into the New Year a memorable one!

Directions:
Students will complete the New Year’s prompts around the room and record their responses on the provided recording sheet.

What's Included:

• 8 classroom labels each representing a letter to spell out "New Year" with prompts that encourage students to reflect on their goals and aspirations for the upcoming year.
• A recording sheet with a chart where students write their responses next to the corresponding letter.

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