$5 - $10 2nd Grade Holidays/Seasonal Handouts

Christmas writing template | Letter to Santa Template

Bring the magic of the holiday season into your classroom with this Letter to Santa Template resource, designed to make letter-writing fun, educational, and memorable for students in grades 2-3! This resource combines creativity with structured learning, helping your students develop writing skills while thoughtfully expressing their holiday wishes and ideas.

• 17 Letter to Santa Templates: Multiple designs to cater to different student levels and preferences, making the activity engaging for all.
• Letter Planning Template: A structured tool to guide students in brainstorming and organizing their thoughts before drafting their letters.
• 10 Envelope Templates: Includes templates for creating foldable, personalized envelopes to add an extra layer of excitement to the activity.
• Bulletin Board Idea: A creative suggestion to set up a "Letters to Santa" bulletin board where envelopes can be opened to reveal students' heartfelt letters, creating a visually stunning and interactive display.

Have you tried my monthly tear art crafts and ready for more? Looking for a fun, no-prep fall or back to school themed center or craft all in one place?

Look no further, I have bundled my September, October and November kindergarten tear art monthly packs into a great fall bundle. Use this tear art bundle to work on fine motor skills with a fall twist! Students use their hands to tear pieces of paper and glue on to the picture for fun autumn crafts! Perfect for a reading station or center, craft time or to use with a thematic fall unit.

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

A total of 19 easy to use sheets plus a BONUS Back to School sheet for your young learners! This bundle includes:

September Tear Art Crafts

October Tear Art Crafts

November Tear Art Crafts

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The best way to teach vocabulary to kids is by playing educational games.

In this bundle you will get:

• Moon Phases Word Search Puzzle Activity Worksheet Fun Back To School Ressource
• Moon Landing Day Word Search Puzzle Worksheet - Activity Games For Kids
• Days of The Week Word Search Puzzle Worksheet
• Months of The Year Word Search Puzzle Worksheet
• BIG Summer Vacation Fun Word Search Worksheet - End of School Year Activity
• Classroom Objects Word Search - Back To School Students Activities Worksheets
• 118 Beach Related Words Word Search Puzzles - End of School Activity Worksheets
• 10 Summer Vocabulary Word Search Puzzles Worksheets Activity - 100 Word to Find
• Halloween October Word Search Vocabulary Activity Worksheets
• Fourth (4th) of July Word Search Puzzle Activity Worksheet | 63 Word to Find
• Spanish Days of The Week Word Search Puzzle Worksheet
• Italian Days of The Week Word Search Puzzle Worksheet
• French Days of The Week Word Search Puzzle Worksheet

Also, I'm open to suggestions about other word searches to add to this set.

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Veteran’s Day Bundle

This three packet activity bundle has more than 50+ handouts to help students define, understand, and discuss the importance of Veteran’s Day.

Packet 1: Veteran’s Day Thank You Cards (English and Spanish)

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Pages: 23

Instill gratitude for our Armed Services with these 20 Veteran's Day Thank You Cards. Write a note of thanks, color images, fold, and give to make a veteran smile!

Includes a mix of English and Spanish gratitude phrases, black and white images to color, and one blank card for students to create their own Veteran's Day message. Highlights each branch of the Armed Services: Army, Marines, and Navy. Includes female and male armed services members.

Use as across curriculum government/history/social studies and ELA lesson, to practice fact-based letter/note writing skills, develop social skills, learn more about U.S. history, practice vocabulary, and meet local veterans in your community. Contact your local Veteran's of Foreign Wars (VFW) for a list of veterans in your area.

Packet 2: 30 Veteran’s Day Activities

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Pages: 32

30 activities to celebrate Veteran's Day! Coloring, lists, poems, writings, and more...for using critical thinking skills to learn about a national holiday.

Includes:

Democracy is...
Freedom is...
Liberty means...
The eagle is representative of...
Veteran's Day Speech
Map for listing no. of veterans/naming veterans
10 Ways to Thank a Veteran
Make your own dog-tags
Many faces of soldiers
Many roles of soldiers
What Veteran's Day means to me...
Thank you to a Veteran
My Message to a Veteran
Decorate the tombstone of a fallen soldier
Veteran Acrostic Poem
A Veteran's Poem
My favorite branch of armed services
My Pledge for Peace
Veteran's Day Maze
Veteran's Day Word Search
Women's roles in the Armed Services
How many words can you make from "veteran"
What will you do on Veteran's Day?
From a soldier's point of view: What Veteran's Day means...
The War Wall--fill in to make and display your own war wall

30 activities to help students acknowledge, appreciate, celebrate, and honor veterans and what the special day means.

Packet 3: Get Fit Action Story: A Veteran’s Day Celebration

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Pages: 15

What is Veterans Day? When does it fall each year? What kinds of celebrations honor our veterans? Students get an introduction and definition of Veterans Day, plus why it is different than Memorial Day. Then, get ready to join the parade! Play ball, watch fireworks, and thank a veteran for serving!

Get Fit Action Stories combine reading, sight words, listening, speaking, directions, and physical education into one assignment. It's a fun, physical learning adventure!

Action Words included:
1. salute
2. clap
3. Miss America wave
4. struts
5. moves a scepter up and down
6. twirl
7. toss
8. catch
9. plays a violin
10. toots a horn
11. beats a drum
12. pedal
13. flip hamburgers
14. toss salads
15. swing bats
16. hit homeruns
17. yells, “Ewwwww” then “Awwwww”
18. “Thank you!”
19. salute
20. “Happy Veterans Day!”

This three packet activity bundle with over 50+ handouts will encourage discussions, increase understanding, and reinforce meaning of Veteran’s Day.

This Valentine's day craft activity bundle includes 4 February holiday printables that are ready to go, easy and require no prep

Great for:

1. bulletin boards
2. classroom displays
3. hallway decorations for valentines day and the 100th day of school
4. Valentine's Day writing activities
5. Valentine's Day letter writing

100th Day of School Craft

• When I'm 100 years old writing prompt and paper
• Matching graphic organizer included
• Engaging writing prompt for the 100th Day of School celebration
• Printable templates for easy organization and implementation
• Graphic organizer to reinforce organization and share ideas
• Ideal for classroom celebrations of the 100th day of school

Valentine's Day Self Love and what I love about my school

• Inspiring craft activity to promote self-love
• Encourages students to reflect what they love about their school
• Printable templates for easy distribution
• Students write on hearts and and focus on the positive aspects of themselves and their school

Writing Paper

• Adorable writing paper design including hearts, and spacing great for 1st, 2nd and 3rd graders.
• Perfect for notes to classmates, creative writing prompts, and journal writing, or letters to parents and teachers
• Enhances student engagement and encourages expression

Valentine's Day Mailbox Decorations for 2nd Graders

• Printable mailbox decorations for Valentine's Day class celebrations
• Designed specifically for kindergarten, 1st grade,2nd-grade, or third grade classrooms
• Students love decorating and personalizing their mailboxes
• print and go, no prep, easy implementation

February Planning and fun crafts taken care of!

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These no prep nonfiction and fiction reading passages with comprehension questions and main idea and key detail graphic organizers are perfect for your second grade, third grade, fourth grade, and fifth grade students! These reading comprehension worksheets will bring a love of learning back to your reading block. Your students will be engaged while learning!

Do your students DREAD having to read nonfiction texts? Do they moan and groan when it's time to read informational text because they find the topics boring or tiresome? These engaging, nonfiction passages about the animals of the Amazon rainforest, Chinese New Year, Presidents' Day and Arctic Animals will have your readers begging for more!

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With This Resource You'll Get:
★ Engaging nonfiction passages
★ Different formats for students response
★ Main idea and key details graphic organizer
★ Text dependent questions
★ Some multiple choice answers
★ Short answer written response
★ Standards-based tasks

How You Can Use This Resource:
✎ whole group
✎ small group
✎ partner work
✎ independent work
✎ homework
✎ literacy centers
✎ animal research
✎ animal research reports

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Make learning about pumpkins fun this fall season with this hands-on cross-curricular resource. This “All About Pumpkins” resource includes materials to help you integrate learning about pumpkins into science, literacy, and math in your primary classroom. Perfect for first and second-grade students with many low-prep printables and engaging activities for student learning.

What's included:

• 17 printable activities available in full-page activity worksheets
• 5 different fall-focused writing activities
• Small group collaborative activities
• STEM-focused learning
• Individual choice worksheets
• Science observation project (pumpkin sprout journal writing)
• Full-sized vocabulary posters to teach the pumpkin life cycle.
• Directions for a pumpkin pie treat and baking pumpkin seeds.
• Students survey classmates about pumpkin pie and chart the results.
• Unique story passage about the history of jack-o-lanterns with comprehension questions.
• Math-related worksheets to use when dissecting pumpkin seeds and counting to find a total number.
• Seed predictor worksheet for students to guess how many seeds before digging into the pumpkin.

You will have so much fun with your students while working through this engaging fall activity resource. Expand your students' academic knowledge while learning everything you need to know about pumpkins with smiles and giggles along the way.

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This guided descriptive essay asks students to describe a nutcracker. There are three separate options to use based on the level and ability of your students.

Option 1: A full five-paragraph essay with three body paragraphs and an introduction and conclusion are required. This includes a planning page, a student requirement page, and a rubric.

Option 2: A fill-in-the-blank essay is used for young writers learning to spell and write. Includes planning page, student requirement page, and nutcracker to color according to description.

Option 3: A Full five-paragraph essay with 3 body paragraphs, an introduction, and a conclusion is required. This includes a planning page, a student requirement page, and a rubric. A little less is required for this level.

What is Included: 15 Pages

· Goals and Instructional Pages for Teachers

· Younger Student Options Explanations

· Student Requirements Handout

· Rubric

· Planning Page

· Fill in the Blank Essay

· Fill in the Blank Planning Page

· Color and Decorate Nutcracker

· Younger Essay Requirements

· Younger Essay Rubric

· Younger Essay Planning Page

· Writing Page

Pair this with the Nutcracked novel study, the Nutcracker and The Mouse King picture book study, or other Nutcracker Christmas School Activities. A complete 20-Day Christmas School Unit is available as a bundle through my website or TeachShare storefront.

Valentine Coloring Sheets with Bonus Envelopes

Make Valentine’s Day extra fun and creative with this set of Valentine coloring sheets, complete with 2 bonus envelope designs! These festive coloring pages are perfect for students to decorate, personalize, and share with friends and family.

What’s Included:
18 Valentine-themed coloring pages featuring hearts, cute animals, and cheerful designs.
2 envelope templates to color and assemble, perfect for gifting cards or small notes.

Valentine Letter Template & Valentine Card Template

Make Valentine’s Day extra special with this creative and customizable Valentine Letter Template |Valentine Card Template! Perfect for classrooms, homeschool settings, or even at home, this resource allows students to express their creativity while crafting heartfelt messages for friends, family, or classmates.

What’s Included:
13 un and easy-to-color Valentine Card Template designs for personalized creations.

Valentine Dot to Dot Activity: Fun and Festive Classroom Engagement

Looking for a creative and low-prep way to celebrate Valentine’s Day in your classroom? This Valentine Dot to Dot is perfect for engaging students while practicing fine motor skills, number sequencing, and creativity. Designed for all ages, this resource combines a dot to dot worksheet with optional coloring or dot marker fun, making it a versatile and exciting addition to your Valentine’s Day plans!

What’s Included:
❤️ 4- Valentine-themed dot to dot worksheet revealing a surprise image.
❤️ 4 - coloring or dot marker option to bring the artwork to life.
❤️ Festive, student-friendly designs that fit perfectly into any classroom setting.