3rd Grade Winter Games (by date, oldest first)

Where is the penguin? This winter 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 grade sight word list.
• Penguin 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 Penguin is a game for centers or whole group instruction where a penguin is hidden behind a snowball. A poem is chanted where the student(s) must say the sight word they think the penguin is behind. Once guessed, the sight word is removed. If the penguin is behind the snowball, then the penguin must be hidden again to play further. If the penguin is not behind the snowball, 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 winter sight word cards make a fun winter literacy center or winter sight word game for students to enjoy while practicing sight words from the third grade word list.

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

Each word is printed on its own snowball 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

This product is in the following bundles:

Third Grade Seasonal Sight Word Cards Bundle

All 220 Sight Word Cards for Winter

All 220 Seasonal Sight Word Cards Mega Bundle

Where is the Object? These seasonal 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.

Products Included:

• Winter: Where's the Penguin?
• Spring: Where's the Ladybug?
• Summer: Where's the Sun?
• Fall: Where's the Acorn?

What is Included:

• Sight word cards for all 220 sight words.
• Penguin 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 ________? is a game for centers or whole group instruction where an object is hidden behind a sight word card. A poem is chanted where the student(s) must say the sight word they think the object is behind. Once guessed, the sight word is removed. If the object is behind the sight word card, then the object must be hidden again to play further. If the object is not behind the sight word card, then the poem is chanted again with a new sight word.

These seasonal sight word cards make a fun season literacy center or seasonal sight word game for students to enjoy while practicing sight words from the preprimer through third grade word list for a total of 220 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

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

Sets Included:

• Spring flower cards
• Summer sun cards
• Fall leaf cards
• Winter snowball cards

Skills Assessed:

• Reading sight words
• Writing sight words

This bundle includes the following products:

Spring

Preprimer Sight Word Cards for Spring

Primer Sight Word Cards for Spring

First Grade Sight Word Cards for Spring

Second Grade Sight Word Cards for Spring

Third Grade Sight Word Cards for Spring

Summer

Preprimer Sight Word Cards for Summer

Primer Sight Word Cards for Summer

First Grade Sight Word Cards for Summer

Second Grade Sight Word Cards for Summer

Third Grade Sight Word Cards for Summer

Fall

Preprimer Sight Word Cards for Autumn

Primer Sight Word Cards for Autumn

First Grade Sight Word Cards for Autumn

Second Grade Sight Word Cards for Autumn

Third Grade Sight Word Cards for Autumn

Winter

Preprimer Sight Word Cards for Winter

Primer Sight Word Cards for Winter

First Grade Sight Word Cards for Winter

Second Grade Sight Word Cards for Winter

Third Grade Sight Word Cards for Winter

Where is the penguin? This winter 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 all 220 sight words.
• Penguin 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 Penguin is a game for centers or whole group instruction where a penguin is hidden behind a snowball. A poem is chanted where the student(s) must say the sight word they think the penguin is behind. Once guessed, the sight word is removed. If the penguin is behind the snowball, then the penguin must be hidden again to play further. If the penguin is not behind the snowball, then the poem is chanted again with a new sight word.

These seasonal sight word cards make a fun season literacy center or seasonal sight word game for students to enjoy while practicing sight words from the third grade word list.

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

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

Sets Included:

• Spring flower cards
• Summer sun cards
• Fall leaf cards
• Winter snowball cards

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

This bundle includes the following products:

Third Grade Sight Word Cards for Winter

Third Grade Sight Word Cards for Spring

Third Grade Sight Word Cards for Summer

Third Grade Sight Word Cards for Autumn

This bundle is included in the following mega bundle:

All 220 Seasonal Sight Word Cards Mega Bundle

Where is the Object? These seasonal 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.

Products Included:

• Winter: Where's the Penguin?
• Spring: Where's the Ladybug?
• Summer: Where's the Sun?
• Fall: Where's the Acorn?

What is Included:

• Sight word cards for the third grade sight word list.
• Penguin 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 ________? is a game for centers or whole group instruction where an object is hidden behind a sight word card. A poem is chanted where the student(s) must say the sight word they think the object is behind. Once guessed, the sight word is removed. If the object is behind the sight word card, then the object must be hidden again to play further. If the object is not behind the sight word card, 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 winter sight word cards make a fun winter literacy center or winter sight word game for students to enjoy while practicing sight words from the preprimer through third grade word list for a total of 220 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

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

Skills Assessed:

• Reading sight words
• Writing sight words

This bundle contains the following products:

Pre Primer Sight Word Cards for Winter

Primer Sight Word Cards for Winter

First Grade Sight Word Cards for Winter

Second Grade Sight Word Cards for Winter

Third Grade Sight Word Cards for Winter

This bundle is included in the following mega bundle:

All 220 Seasonal Sight Word Cards Mega Bundle

Do your students need a brain break during the winter season? Challenge your students with this engaging team building activity by having them decipher some of the most commonly spoken winter phrases shown in a series of picture characters. Some emojis can be combined without the use of words to create a new word or phrase! For example, a snowflake and a man would translate to a "snowman." Use this game as an ice breaker activity, brain break, morning meeting activity, indoor recess, community building activity, holiday party game, end of the day activity and more!

What's Included:

30 Emoji picture guessing slides

30 Answer slides (one behind each guessing slide)

How to play:

• Name the Emoji Phrase is a very loosely structured game so setup will be determined by how you want to play.
• Consider splitting the class into teams and providing a buzzer OR creating 2 lines and having the first 2 players of each line compete against each other.
• The team that guesses the phrase first gets the point.
• The team that has the most points at the end of all the slides is the winner.

Click HERE to see our other emoji picture phrase resources!

Click HERE to see our other winter resources!

*Note this product may be used in brick and mortar classes as well as virtual systems like Outschool

This no-prep winter activity is a great way to help students reflect on their winter break! Use this digital resource as an engaging activity the morning students return from winter break, morning meeting game, brain break, icebreaker activity and more! Students will love standing up or sitting down depending on their answer to the themed slides, such as "stand up if you drank hot chocolate."

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What's Included:

• 25 stand up game slides
• Directions slide
• Editable Directions Slide to add your own directions
• Editable Stand Up game slide to create your own stand up statements

Directions:

• Read the statement on the slide.
• Students who relate to the statement will stand.
• Allow time for students to look around and share commonalities.

Sample Slides:

• Stand up if you drank hot chocolate.
• Stand up if you listened to Christmas music.
• Stand up if you got sick.

Click HERE to see our other winter resources!

Click HERE to see our other stand up game resources!

*Note this product may be used in brick and mortar classes as well as virtual systems like Outschool.

Do you need a no prep engaging ice breaker, brain break, team building, Fun Friday, or morning meeting activity for the winter season? Your 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. This is the perfect resource for in-person learning or distance learning!

Some pictures you will see:

marshmallows

sled

penguins

scarf

What's Included:

15 zoomed in mystery pictures

15 answer slides (one behind each guessing slide)

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Find someone who is an engaging no-prep icebreaker activity to do with your students after winter break! Use it as a morning meeting activity or brain break! It will build classroom community while practicing speaking and listening skills.

Students love getting a chance to walk around the room trying to find someone who fits the description in each box. The first person who fills all 16 boxes wins! You can use the pre-formatted one page printable or customize the question with the editable Google Slides file.

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What's included:

• 1 Find Someone Who worksheet with 16 boxes for students to fill in
• Editable Google Slides file (option with and without clipart)

Some examples included:

• Find someone who ate a gingerbread cookie.
• Find someone who made paper snowflakes.
• Find someone who helped bake or cook something.

Click HERE to see our other winter resources!

Click HERE to see our other find someone who resources!

*Note this product may be used in brick and mortar classes as well as virtual systems like Outschool

Do your students need a brain break during the winter season? Do your students love to talk or debate? Use this no-prep ice breaker game to allow your students the opportunity to share and discuss some fun and silly winter traditions. Use this game as an ice breaker activity, brain break, morning meeting activity, community building activity, or discussion starters. You can also use these questions as writing prompts or even debate prompts!

What do you get?

15 winter themed would you rather slides

How to play:

• Display the slides for students.
• Read the two options and students must choose which one they would rather do.
• Students can respond in many different ways: sharing with the whole class, small groups, partners, debating, writing, etc.

Click HERE to see our other winter resources!

Click HERE to see our other would you rather resources!

*Note this product may be used in brick and mortar classes as well as virtual systems like Outschool.

Use this no-prep digital holiday game as an icebreaker, brain break, morning meeting activity or New Year's party game to help your students bring in the new year! This New Year's Emoji Pictionary Game will have your students eagerly using emojis to guess the New Year's phrases they represent. For example, a party hat that is combined with a clock emoji translates to "party time."

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Emoji Pictionary Game Bundle

AVID Team Building Bundle

What's Included:

• 10 Emoji picture guessing slides
• 10 Answer slides (one behind each guessing slide)
• Editable Emoji slide template so you can add your own phrases
• Directions Slide
• Editable Directions Slide

How to play:

• Present the emoji puzzle slide Encourage students to guess the New Year's phrases based on the emoji pictures given
• Consider allowing students to work independently or in groups to compete and see who can identify the most emoji phrases
• Reveal the answers by transitioning to the next slide

More Emoji Phrases

New Year's Resources

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This no-prep Spanish winter activity is the perfect icebreaker game to help students reflect on their winter break! Use this digital resource as an icebreaker the morning students return from winter break, morning meeting activity or brain break! Students will love standing up or sitting down depending on their answer to the themed slides, such as "stand up if you drank hot chocolate."

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What's Included:

• 25 stand up game slides
• Directions slide
• Editable Directions Slide to add your own directions
• Editable text boxes in Google Slides so you can change the statements on each individual slide to fit the needs of your own class

Directions:

• Read the statement on the slide.
• Students who relate to the statement will stand.
• Allow time for students to look around and share commonalities.

Sample Slides:

• Stand up if you drank hot chocolate.
• Stand up if you listened to Christmas music.
• Stand up if you got sick.

Need more Spanish resources? Click the links below:

Spanish After Winter Break Find Someone Who Game

Spanish Winter Would You Rather Game

*Note this product may be used in brick an mortar classes as well as virtual systems like Outschool.

Do your students need a brain break during winter season? Do you need a no-prep activity to do with your students that will get them moving, having fun, and building your classroom community all at once? Look no further! To complete the scavenger hunt, students will move around their classrooms or homes to find items that match the description. Students can take turns sharing their special item them found in person , show their item on their camera during virtual learning, and so much more! Use this scavenger hunt as an ice breaker activity, brain break, morning meeting, community building activity, holiday party game, holiday party game and so much more!

What's included?

20 winter scavenger hunt slides

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This no-prep engaging Spanish-speaking activity is the perfect icebreaker game to welcome your students after winter break! Use it as a morning meeting activity, brain break or an engaging Spanish winter activity! Your students can practice their speaking and listening skills in Spanish while also building classroom community!

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What's included:

• 1 Find Someone Who worksheet with 16 boxes for students to fill in (one with the title in Spanish and one with the title in English)
• Editable text boxes in Google Slides so you can change the phrases to fit the needs of your own class

How to use:

• Students will walk around the room and try to find classmates that fit into various after winter break themed categories, such as "find someone who ate a gingerbread cookie."
• The first person who fills in all 16 boxes first wins!

Some examples included:

• Find someone who ate a gingerbread cookie.
• Find someone who made paper snowflakes.
• Find someone who helped bake or cook something.

Need more Spanish resources? Click the links below:

Spanish After Winter Break Stand Up Game

Spanish Winter Would You Rather Game

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Get ready for an after winter break reset with this no-prep four corners game! Use this digital four corner game for an icebreaker, brain break activity, morning meeting activity or classroom winter activity in your first grade, second grade, third grade and fourth grade classes. This is the perfect game to get those after winter break chatters out! Students will read the statement and choose a corner that best relates to them!

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Directions:

• Step 1: Place A, B, C, D labels on each corner of the room.
• Step 2: Show a slide and read the statement out loud.
• Step 3: Students pick their corner based on their answer.
• Step 4: Let's chat about everyone's choices, then zoom to the next slide!

What's Included:

• Directions Slide
• 5 Four Corner Statements with Multiple Choice Answers
• A, B, C, D Printable Classroom Labels

Need more after winter break resources? Click the links below:

After Winter Break Find Someone Who Game

After Winter Break Stand Up Game

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Use this no-prep Spanish Winter Would You Rather Game as an icebreaker, brain break, morning meeting activity, winter Spanish activity or for discussion starters. You can also use this digital resource as writing prompts or even debate prompts. This is a great resource to build vocabulary about winter-related activities and allow students the opportunity to share and discuss some fun and silly winter traditions!

⭐Save 25% with our Spanish Winter Activity Bundle!⭐

⭐Save 20% with our Spanish After Winter Break Bundle!⭐

What's Included:

• 15 would you rather slides
• Directions slide
• Editable text boxes in Google Slides so you can change the statements on each individual slide to fit the needs of your own class

Would You Rather Question Examples:

• Would you rather go snow tubing OR have a snowball fight?
• Would you rather ski to school OR snowmobile to school?
• Would you rather wear antlers to school for a week OR walk barefoot in the snow for 2 hours?

Need more Spanish resources? Click the links below:

Spanish After Winter Break Stand Up Game

Spanish After Winter Break Find Someone Who Game

*Note this product may be used in brick and mortar classes as well as virtual systems like Outschool.

This Winter This or That game is a great way to have fun with your students during the winter months. Students will have the opportunity to share and discuss their preferences for winter traditions and activities with these fun This or That slides. Each slide includes hand signals to represent each choice. Use this game as an ice breaker activity, brain break, morning meeting, community building activity, debates, indoor recess game, holiday party game and so much more!

What's included:

• 10 different "This or That" slides with a WINTER theme
• 1 directions page

How to play:

• Project the slides and read the two this or that options.
• Students will show their choice by holding up a thumb or 2 fingers for the corresponding option.
• Another fun way is to have students move to the left or the right of the room to show their preferences.

Click HERE to see our other winter resources!

Click HERE to see our other this or that resources!

*Note this product may be used in brick and mortar classes as well as virtual systems like Outschool.