Less than $5 3rd Grade Christmas, Chanukah, & Kwanzaa Activities (by date, oldest first)

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This is a NO PREP, print and go resource.

This download includes:

• 18 Hanukkah scavenger hunt fact cards

Level 1 – Write in the answer

- 2 answer sheets with 9 questions each

Level 2 – Cut & paste

- 2 answer sheets with 9 questions each

• Follow up worksheet with 10 questions
• Total of 5 worksheets and 46 questions
• Teacher guide
• Teacher answer key

With this interactive scavenger hunt students will learn fun and interesting Hanukkah related facts like: Did you know Hanukkah is also known as the festival of lights? Or Did you know there is 16 different ways to spell Hanukkah? The scavenger hunt includes 18 fact cards and asks students to read the cards closely for information to fill in the answer sheets. Fact cards are numbered and provide all the information needed for students.

This scavenger hunt will still work broken into shorter segments for multiple lessons or a shorter activity.

This scavenger hunt also works well as a scoot game!

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Where is the present? This Christmas sight word game is great for students who are practicing sight word recognition and beginning reading skills. This game can be used in a pocket chart or on a table top for an early education classroom.

What is Included:

• Sight word cards for the third sight word list.
• Present cards for hiding

The cards are available in two formats, 6 to a page and 4 to a page to accommodate different sized pocket charts.

Ways to Use:

• small group game
• whole class game
• circle time game
• student led literacy center
• one on one instruction to target specific sight words for struggling students

How to Play:

Where's the Present is a game for centers or whole group instruction where a present is hidden behind a Christmas tree. A poem is chanted where the student(s) must say the sight word they think the present is behind. Once guessed, the sight word is removed. If the present is behind the Christmas tree, then the present must be hidden again to play further. If the present is not behind the Christmas tree, then the poem is chanted again with a new sight word.

This product contains all 41 third grade sight words:

about, better, bring, carry, clean, cut, done, draw, drink, eight, fall, far, full, got, grow, hold, hot, hurt, if, keep, kind, laugh, light, long, much, myself, never, only, own, pick, seven, shall, show, six, small, start, ten, today, together, try, warm

These Christmas sight word cards make a fun Christmas literacy center or Christmas sight word game for students to enjoy while practicing sight words from this set of third grade sight words.

These sight word cards have a variety of uses in the classroom from games, to instructional tools, to center props.

Ways to Use

• Flash Cards
• Memory Game
• Sand or Salt Tray Cards
• Writing Center Reference Cards
• Place in Alphabetical Order
• Write the room cards

Each word is printed on its own Christmas tree card for students to use to practice reading, writing and spelling each sight word.

Skills Assessed:

• Reading sight words
• Writing sight words

This product contains all 41 third grade sight words:

about, better, bring, carry, clean, cut, done, draw, drink, eight, fall, far, full, got, grow, hold, hot, hurt, if, keep, kind, laugh, light, long, much, myself, never, only, own, pick, seven, shall, show, six, small, start, ten, today, together, try, warm

Sort between word families with this Christmas tree themed sorting center. Print the trees and ornaments on card stock. Laminate the pieces for durability. Students will sort the ornaments onto the correct tree. There is a page included for students to record their sorting. This product is available in color and in black and white. The following word families are available in this packet: -ide -ight -ike -ind -ime -ine -ite -ive To see a free sample, please check out the following link: Word Family Sorting Christmas Freebie This product is available in the following bundles: Word Family Sorting Christmas Long Vowels Bundle Word Family Sorting Christmas Vowel Bundle

Sort between word families with this Christmas tree themed sorting center. Print the trees and ornaments on card stock. Laminate the pieces for durability. Students will sort the ornaments onto the correct tree. There is a page included for students to record their sorting. This product is available in color and in black and white. The following word families are available in this packet: -ew -ool -oom -oon -oot -ue -une -ute To see a free sample, please check out the following link: Word Family Sorting Christmas Freebie This product is available in the following bundles: Word Family Sorting Christmas Long Vowels Bundle Word Family Sorting Christmas Vowel Bundle

Sort between word families with this Christmas tree themed sorting center. Print the trees and ornaments on card stock. Laminate the pieces for durability. Students will sort the ornaments onto the correct tree. There is a page included for students to record their sorting. This product is available in color and in black and white. The following word families are available in this packet: -ade -ail -ain -ave -ay To see a free sample, please check out the following link: Word Family Sorting Christmas Freebie This product is available in the following bundles: Word Family Sorting Christmas Long A Bundle Word Family Sorting Christmas Long Vowels Bundle Word Family Sorting Christmas Vowel Bundle

Sort between word families with this Christmas tree themed sorting center. Print the trees and ornaments on card stock. Laminate the pieces for durability. Students will sort the ornaments onto the correct tree. There is a page included for students to record their sorting. This product is available in color and in black and white. The following word families are available in this packet: -oat -oke -old -ole -one -ope -ote -ow To see a free sample, please check out the following link: Word Family Sorting Christmas Freebie This product is available in the following bundles: Word Family Sorting Christmas Short Vowel Bundle Word Family Sorting Christmas Vowel Bundle

Sort between word families with this Christmas tree themed sorting center. Print the trees and ornaments on card stock. Laminate the pieces for durability. Students will sort the ornaments onto the correct tree. There is a page included for students to record their sorting. This product is available in color and in black and white. The following word families are available in this packet: -age -ake -ale -ame -ape -ate To see a free sample, please check out the following link: Word Family Sorting Christmas Freebie This product is available in the following bundles: Word Family Sorting Christmas Long A Bundle Word Family Sorting Christmas Long Vowels Bundle Word Family Sorting Christmas Vowel Bundle

Sort between word families with this Christmas tree themed sorting center. Print the trees and ornaments on card stock. Laminate the pieces for durability. Students will sort the ornaments onto the correct tree. There is a page included for students to record their sorting. This product is available in color and in black and white. The following word families are available in this packet: -each -eal -eam -ean -eat -eck -eep -eet To see a free sample, please check out the following link: Word Family Sorting Christmas Freebie This product is available in the following bundles: Word Family Sorting Christmas Long Vowels Bundle Word Family Sorting Christmas Vowel Bundle

Practice putting together addition and subtraction fact families with these present themed Christmas puzzles. Each puzzle has the fact family numbers inside the bow and each corner of the present shows one of the math facts that belong to that family. Students will assemble the puzzle and record the fact families on their recording sheet. This product includes 35 different fact families for addition and subtraction. Each fact family puzzle is available in color and in black and white. A recording sheet is available for students to write their fact families as they complete their puzzles.

Sort between word families with this Christmas tree themed sorting center. Print the trees and ornaments on card stock. Laminate the pieces for durability. Students will sort the ornaments onto the correct tree. There is a page included for students to record their sorting. This product is available in color and in black and white. The following word families are available in this packet: -ade -age -ail -ain -ake -ale -ame -ape -ate -ave -ay To see a free sample, please check out the following link: Word Family Sorting Christmas Freebie The following products are in this bundle: Christmas Ornament Long A Word Family Sort (AGE/AKE/ALE/AME/APE/ATE) Christmas Ornament Long A Word Family Sort (ADE/AIL/AIM/AVE/AY) This product is available in the following bundles: Word Family Sorting Christmas Long Vowels Bundle Word Family Sorting Christmas Vowel Bundle

This resource is a ready to go activity booklet. Pages could be used either as a booklet or separate the pages to create quick and easy Christmas stations. This resource is still growing and will be completed by December 1st. Includes: * Symmetry drawings * Write a Christmas story * SENSE-ational Christmas * Christmas traditions * Christmas Acrostic * Christmas letters (Dear Santa, Dear Mom & Dad, Dear Mom and Dear Dad) * Decorate your own ornament * Decorate your own tree Please don't forget to take a look at the other items I have available in my store! Follow me to get the most up to date information and heads up on upcoming sales. All new items are listed at 50% off during the first 24 hours. Another great reason to follow my store. Thank for taking the time to stop by and purchase this resource.

December Days are here. The days are chock-full of special events and holidays. Communities are full of helping hands. Students will enjoy learning about many holiday traditions and how neighbors are helping neighbors in this December-themed Two-Page Activity Set with complementary puzzles. This vocabulary-rich set includes :

• Days of Caring and Sharing Two-Page Activity Set (Holidays, Charities and Gift-Giving) – with 5 mini crosswords, "show you care" word search, and holiday secret message puzzle
• Word Search Puzzle – reinforces key vocabulary used in the Activity Set
• Crossword Puzzle – Holiday Giving and Charity

Topics Explored: December | Hanukkah | Chanukah | Kwanzaa | Christmas | New Year | New Year's Eve | holidays | charity | giving | collection | donation | community | tradition | customs | holiday customs

Holiday caring and sharing during December. See what our neighbors, friends, and family do during the holidays to help others in need and to spread joy with this crossword puzzle!

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Concepts Explored: December | holidays | charity | giving | collection | donation | community

A fun and educational Persuasive Writing Activity to incorporate during the holidays. Santa is now hiring for a sidekick to help him with ideas for the North Pole to run smoothly. This activity incorporates many learning skills including: Writing mechanics, persuasive writing, making a writing plan, parts of a friendly letter, and creativity. Not only will students use their writing skills to persuade Santa, but they will also design and decorate Santa's sleigh to impress him with their creativity skills. The Christmas Persuasive Writing Activity includes: (2) Now Hiring Advertisement Posters to hang around the school, hallway, or classroom. Posters in color and black/white. (1) Job Application (1) Persuasive Writing Plan (2) Decorative Writing Papers -one with smaller lines for older students, and one with larger lines for younger students. (1) Santa's Sleigh Template All handouts are printer friendly. I hope your students love this as much as mine do every year! Check out my Snowman Soup Labels Check out my best seller Common Core Writing Interactive Notebook Please rate and comment. Thank You!

Get students excited about narrative writing with these no-prep creative writing story starter prompts for December or the Christmas season! These Christmas writing prompts are perfect for easy writing activities, writing centers, writer's workshop, early finisher activities, daily journaling, morning meeting activities and more!

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What's included:

• 15 finish the story writing prompts
• editable finish the story template
• directions
• editable directions slide

Directions:

• Students read the beginning of a Christmas story starter.
• Then they use their imaginations and writing skills to finish the story!
• Once students respond to the prompt they can practice public speaking skills by presenting their stories to the class or to small groups.

Sample Writing Prompt:

It was midnight on Christmas Eve and everyone was in bed asleep. Everyone, but me. All of the sudden I heard a LOUD...

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Use this no-prep digital holiday game as an icebreaker, brain break, morning meeting activity or Christmas party game during the month of December. This Christmas Emoji Pictionary Game will have your students eagerly using emojis to guess the Christmas phrases they represent. For example, a rain emoji that is combined with a deer emoji translates to "reindeer."

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What's Included:

• 30 Emoji picture guessing slides
• 30 Answer slides (one behind each guessing slide)
• Editable Emoji slide template for you to customize phrases for your own class
• Directions Slide
• Editable Directions Slide

How to play:

• Display the emoji puzzle slide to your students.
• Students will guess the Christmas phrases or words based on the emoji pictures provided.
• Consider letting students work individually or in teams to see who can guess the most emoji phrases!
• Reveal the answer by advancing to the next slide.

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Use this no-prep digital holiday game as an icebreaker, brain break, morning meeting activity or Christmas party game during the month of December. Students will make predictions and guess the mystery zoomed in picture! Students can discuss clues to come up with an answer, share their observations with the class, and agree or disagree with their classmates' predictions! The mystery picture will be revealed on the following slide.

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What's Included:

• 15 zoomed in mystery pictures
• 15 answer slides (one behind each guessing slide)
• directions slide
• editable template to customize your own zoomed in images

Directions:

• Students will look at the zoomed-in portion of a larger image. The first slide of each picture is at maximum zoom.
• Students will try to guess what the picture is based on the tiny glimpse.
• The following slide reveals the mystery picture.

Some zoomed in pictures you will see:

• reindeer
• Christmas cookies
• stockings
• snowflakes

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Do your students need a brain break during the weeks leading up to Christmas? Do your students love to debate? Use this no-prep ice breaker game to allow your students the opportunity to share and discuss some fun and silly Christmas traditions. Use this game as an ice breaker activity, brain break, morning meeting, community building activity, debates, and so much more!

What do you get?

15 would you rather December/Christmas themed question slides

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Use this no-prep Christmas icebreaker game as a holiday brain break, morning meeting activity or Christmas party game during the month of December! It will build classroom community while practicing speaking and listening skills! Students will walk around the room and try to find classmates that fit into various Christmas themed categories, such as "find someone who likes gingerbread cookies."

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What's included:

• 1 Find Someone Who worksheet with 16 boxes for students to fill in
• Editable version with clipart included
• Editable version without clipart

Directions:

• Students will walk around the room and find different classmates who fits the description in each box.
• Once they find a classmate who fits the description they will have them write their name in the box.
• Students will keep finding classmates until all 16 boxes are full.

Some examples included:

• Find someone who likes to gingerbread cookies.
• Find someone who has presents under their tree.
• Find someone who likes watching Christmas movies.

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