5th Grade Holidays/Seasonal Independent Work Packet (by date, oldest first)

These Chinese New Year worksheets are great for learning vocabulary, sentence building, and story re-telling. PLUS a free bonus!

**✨**Take a peek at the preview to get a closer look.

WHAT IS INCLUDED?

• 8-page PDF file
• Instructions
• Answer Keys
• 4 unique worksheets to keep students engaged.

HOW IT WORKS

1. Easily print the the worksheets from your computer.

2. Give the students some background on the Chinese New Year (also known as the Lunar New Year). Review the different animals and where the holiday is celebrated.

3. Distribute the worksheets one by one and explain the instructions to the students.

4. Use the free bonus as a coloring activity!

WHO IS IT FOR?

• Elementary School Teachers: You'll love this as a resource for your students to practice learning different vocabulary and sentence building!
• Homeschooling Parents: This is the perfect resource for strengthening sentence building for your kiddo.

FEATURES

• Each page is 8.5" x 11", but you can adjust this in your printer settings.
• Instructions
• Answer Keys

This is a scavenger hunt using task cards that analyzes Halloween traditions or similar holidays that occur around the world.

This resource begins by challenging students with a mission, escape the haunted house that they are trapped in. Check out the preview to see what each task card entails. Students will need to walk around the room reading the task cards. Each task card has a code word on the bottom which is the answer to the question/fill in the blank. The answer will NOT be found on that same task card. For example, the answer to task card #1 is found by reading the passage on task card #6. Students MUST record which task card they found the answer on in their answer sheet under the “FOUND CARDS #” column. That column will be used at the end for the 4 digit lock code. They will follow the clues to find the correct 4 digit code. Once they have completed the scavenger hunt they will receive a half sheet of paper stating that they have successfully escaped the haunted house!

This activity would be a great as a center activity, a group activity, a holiday activity on or near Halloween, etc. Students will be engaged with the learning while having a fun time trying to solve all of the clues!

This engaging Halloween escape room activity combines the thrill of gamified learning with important close reading skills. Students start by reading an informative passage, which they will refer back to while completing four unique challenges. Each challenge emphasizes a different close reading skill:

• Vocabulary Matching
• True/False Statements
• Multiple Choice Questions
• Paragraph Identification

As students complete each task, they collect a one-digit number. Once they have all four digits, they solve the final puzzle to complete the escape room!

Designed to keep students excited and focused, this activity encourages critical thinking and close reading practice in a fun, interactive way. This versatile resource is perfect for independent work, group activities, or engaging early finishers, helping reinforce reading comprehension and critical thinking while embracing the spooky holiday theme.

Key Features:

• Gamified tasks to maintain engagement
• Emphasis on core close reading skills
• Great for collaborative or independent learning
• Fun, Halloween-themed to excite students

Looking for a fun and engaging way to celebrate Halloween with your students? The Halloween Mystery: The Case of the Cursed Candy is the perfect activity for the spooky season! This hands-on, interactive mystery is designed to keep students excited and thinking critically as they solve puzzles and uncover the culprit behind the cursed candy that is turning children into Halloween monsters. Students are introduced to the mystery with a fun backstory and a suspect list of 10 spooky characters like vampires, witches, and trolls. Using five different types of codes and ciphers, students solve math puzzles to eliminate suspects one by one.

Puzzle Types: The activity includes four different types of Halloween-themed puzzles and ciphers that students will need to solve to gather clues. Each puzzle reveals new information, helping students cross off suspects from their list. The puzzles are designed to engage students while promoting problem-solving skills. Examples of puzzles include:

• Codebreaking: Deciphering Halloween-themed codes.
• Word puzzles: Using letters and numbers to unlock clues.

How It Works: This activity is designed to be versatile and adaptable to various classroom settings. It can be completed independently, used as a fast finisher activity, or done as a group project where students collaborate to solve the mystery together. It can also serve as a fun way to celebrate Halloween in the days leading up to the holiday.

Why Teachers Will Love It:

• Engaging and Thematic: The Halloween theme adds excitement, while the structured puzzles ensure students are learning while having fun.
• Critical Thinking: Students will develop problem-solving skills as they decode ciphers, solve puzzles, and analyze clues.
• Flexible: The activity can be adjusted for different group sizes and skill levels, making it perfect for various classroom environments.

Perfect for Halloween: Whether you're looking for an educational yet festive way to celebrate Halloween or simply want a fun activity to break up the routine, The Case of the Cursed Candy is a fantastic choice. With its rich backstory, colorful characters, and challenging puzzles, your students will be thrilled to take on the role of detective and solve the Halloween mystery. Best of all, they'll be learning important skills along the way, all while keeping the Halloween spirit alive! Get your class ready for a spooky adventure, and help get the children get turned back into humans before the clock strikes midnight and they are stuck as Halloween monsters forever!

Looking for a fun and engaging way to celebrate Halloween with your students? The Halloween Mystery: The Case of the Missing Candy Cauldron is the perfect activity for the spooky season! This hands-on, interactive mystery is designed to keep students excited and thinking critically as they solve puzzles and uncover the culprit behind the stolen candy cauldron at the annual Monster Halloween Bash.

Background Story: Every year, the monsters—Frankenstein, Dracula, werewolves, ghosts, zombies, and witches—gather for the Annual Halloween Monster Bash, a highly anticipated event where they enjoy spooky fun, games, and candy. This year, however, something went terribly wrong. As the monsters were dancing and enjoying the festivities, the cauldron filled with candy mysteriously disappeared! The cauldron is the heart of the Monster Bash, and without it, the party can't go on. Someone had stolen the candy, and it was up to the students to find out which monster was responsible before Halloween was ruined!

Suspect List: Students will be introduced to six classic Halloween monsters who attended the party, and any one of them could be the candy thief. The suspects include:

1. Limping Larry (the zombie)
2. Wags Wolfington (the werewolf)
3. Broomhilda (the witch)
4. Frank E. Stein (Frankenstein’s monster)
5. Baron Von Bat (the vampire)
6. Spook E. Doo (the ghost)

Each monster has a unique personality, motive, and evidence that students will use to narrow down the suspects as they solve puzzles. Could it have been Frank E. Stein, who wanted to share the candy with his monster friends? Or maybe Baron Von Bat, who just wanted to show off by stealing the cauldron?
Puzzle Types:The activity includes four different types of Halloween-themed puzzles and ciphers that students will need to solve to gather clues. Each puzzle reveals new information, helping students cross off suspects from their list. The puzzles are designed to engage students while promoting problem-solving skills. Examples of puzzles include:

• Codebreaking: Deciphering Halloween-themed codes.
• Word puzzles: Using letters and numbers to unlock clues.

How It Works: This activity is designed to be versatile and adaptable to various classroom settings. It can be completed independently, used as a fast finisher activity, or done as a group project where students collaborate to solve the mystery together. It can also serve as a fun way to celebrate Halloween in the days leading up to the holiday.

Why Teachers Will Love It:

• Engaging and Thematic: The Halloween theme adds excitement, while the structured puzzles ensure students are learning while having fun.
• Critical Thinking: Students will develop problem-solving skills as they decode ciphers, solve puzzles, and analyze clues.
• Flexible: The activity can be adjusted for different group sizes and skill levels, making it perfect for various classroom environments.

Perfect for Halloween: Whether you're looking for an educational yet festive way to celebrate Halloween or simply want a fun activity to break up the routine, The Case of the Missing Candy Cauldron is a fantastic choice. With its rich backstory, colorful characters, and challenging puzzles, your students will be thrilled to take on the role of detective and solve the Halloween mystery. Best of all, they'll be learning important skills along the way, all while keeping the Halloween spirit alive! Get your class ready for a spooky adventure, and help them save the Monster Halloween Bash by finding the culprit who stole the candy cauldron!

This is a Valentine's Day themed math mystery that is best for grades 4 & 5. The geometry topics focus on types of angles, (acute, right, obtuse or straight angle), types of lines (parallel, perpendicular or intersecting), symmetry, finding the measure of an unknown angle and classifying angles by side measure (equilateral, isosceles or scalene). This product aligns with the 4th grade Engage NY Module 4 or Eureka math. While this product product specifically aligns with grade 4 standards, it would be a great review for 5th grade students nearing state test time; it would be a fun, engaging review that could be done as a whole group or independently. As for 4th grade students, this product would be great for a whole group review, independent fast finisher work, review prior to the end of module test or center work.

Students will read the scenario in the beginning to find out what the problem is, read over the suspect list and solve five clues to narrow down the suspect to find the suspect that committed the crime. My students love it when they're allowed to mark their own guess prior to completing this!

This resource includes 10 St. Patrick's Day themed writing prompts that would be best suited toward upper elementary or earlier middle schoolers. Each writing prompt features an engaging writing prompt, St. Patrick's Day themed cute background and front/back page of lines to allow students that have more to say a significant amount of space to do so. These writing prompts would be great for morning work, centers, fast finishers, independent writing tasks, etc.

The writing prompt questions include:

• Do you think that four leaf clovers actually bring a person good luck? Why or why not?
• Leprechauns are known for being mischievous and playing tricks. If you were a leprechaun, what tricks would you play on people?
• Which holiday is better, St. Patrick’s Day or Easter? Why?
• Where do you think that leprechauns get all that gold from?
• Where is the best place for a leprechaun to hide a pold of gold? Why?
• If you were a leprechaun, where would you hide your pot of gold so that no one finds it?
• Who would be more fun to hang out with, leprechauns or Santa’s elves? Why?
• Design a trap to catch a leprechaun. Describe it in detail and draw a picture of it.
• Using the chart of abilities below, which three do you think are the most important for a leprechaun to be? Why?
• Using the name chart below, find your leprechaun name. Then, write a story about your life as a leprechaun.

This is a Valentine's Day themed math mystery that is best for grades 3-5 This product reviews 2/3 digit addition and subtraction; both with and without regrouping. This product would be great for a whole group activity to leave for a substitute, an activity before a school break instead of starting a new topic, independent fast finisher work, or center work.

Students will read the scenario in the beginning to find out what the problem is, read over the suspect list and solve five clues to narrow down the suspect to find the suspect that committed the crime. My students love it when they're allowed to mark their own guess prior to completing this!

This product is a differentiated math mystery that is aligned with the 4th-grade Engage NY/Eureka math curriculum and focuses on prime/composite numbers, factors, multiples, long division and multi digit multiplication. It includes a scenario explaining what the problem is- Mrs. Claus is missing. The product has a suspect list of 10 people (students should recognize many of the characters from movies and books!), and 5 clues that narrow down the suspect list to just one person. Each clue has a worksheet A & B and an answer key for all worksheets. Worksheet A for each clue aligns with the standards but at a lower level for students who struggle with this skill. Worksheet B is a more challenging version for higher-level students to offer enrichment. Worksheets A & B look the same; they have the same appearance clues and the letters are in the same spot on the equations. This allows students to work on the same assignment but at their instructional level to allow for more confidence and success. Or, mix and match between the worksheets to use which one best suits the needs of your class to use as whole group instruction. Review math skills in a fun and engaging way this holiday season!

This is a no prep Valentine's Day themed activity book. It includes a cute cover page and eleven pages of mazes, word unscrambles, coloring pages, sudoku, areas to draw, a writing prompt, word search and an I Spy counting.

This product includes 5 different pages of 2-digit division equations both with and without remainders that each feature their own Christmas themed joke for students to solve. The correct answers will tell students what letter equates what quotient. Afterward, students plug in the letters to the clue to find the answer to the joke. These are great for morning work, centers, homework or a fun review of skills during the Christmas season! An answer key for each page is included.

This product is a math mystery that is aligned with the 5th-grade Engage NY/Eureka math curriculum. This focuses on reviewing important skills learned at the beginning of the school year which include long division, metric conversions, 4x2 and 3x2 multiplication, addition/subtraction of decimals to the thousandth place, and multiplication/division of base 10 exponents. This product provides the students with a brief scenario introducing the fact that someone has stolen Santa's sleigh, a suspect list, five clues which will each narrow the suspect list down until only one is left and an answer key.

This product is a mystery picture using a coordinate plane grid that when completed, creates a turkey. This product includes the coordinates for the students that will guide them in making the mystery picture, an answer key that illustrates which coordinate groups create which feature of the turkey, and an example of what the completed product should look like when finished. This product does NOT include coordinate grid paper. That can be found for free on sites such as https://madisonpaper.com/coordinate-graph-paper/. The grid paper needs to be larger, roughly from -10 to 10 on the X axis, and 13 to -17 on the Y axis.

This product includes three different worksheets that focus on 4-digit by 1-digit multiplication. Two worksheets are basic find the product of the equation and write the answer worksheets. The third is a color-by-number activity. The students will determine the product and circle the correct product from the two choices listed which then tells the students which color is needed. The equation number then matches a number on the color-by-number page. Answer keys for all worksheets are included.

If you’re looking for a fun review to have your students practice their multiplication skills without beginning a new topic or just a fun review then look no further! This resource focuses on a review of multi-digit multiplication. It includes a page of 2-digit by 1-digit multiplication, 3-digit by 1-digit, 4-digit by 1-digit, 2-digit by 2-digit, and lastly, a page focusing on a review of all of these skills. It begins by explaining the mystery which is that someone stole Santa’s sleigh. It includes a suspect list, five clues, and an answer key in this quest to find the culprit. Each clue narrows down the suspect list until only one character is left; that person is the thief! Characters will recognize these fun characters from movies, books, etc.

This product has six 3-digit long division equations both with and without a remainder. When answered correctly, the equation will tell students which color a specific number is supposed to be. The equation number correlates to the number on the color-by-number sheet. Review in a fun and engaging way this holiday season!

This product includes six decimal division equations. The correct answers will tell the students what color to use to correctly color the Christmas penguin coloring page. The equation number matches the number on the coloring page. Review math skills in a fun and engaging way this holiday season!

Review math concepts in a fun and engaging way this Christmas season! This product includes 6 long division equations both with and without remainders. The correct answers will tell the students what color to use to correctly color in the sleigh coloring page. The equation number matches the number on the coloring page.

This product is a mystery picture using a coordinate plane grid that when completed, creates a Christmas ornament. This product includes the coordinates for the students that will guide them in making the mystery picture, an answer key that illustrates which coordinate groups create which feature of the ornament, and an example of what the completed product should look like when finished. This product does NOT include coordinate grid paper. That can be found for free on sites such as https://madisonpaper.com/coordinate-graph-paper/. The grid paper needs to be larger, roughly from -12 to 12 on the X axis, and 15 to -16 on the Y axis.

This product is a differentiated math mystery that is aligned with the 4th-grade Engage NY/Eureka math curriculum. It includes a scenario explaining what the problem is- an angry mayor has canceled Christmas for the town after being hit with a snowball during his speech at the annual Christmas lighting. The product has a suspect list of 10 people, and 5 clues that narrow down the suspect list to just one person. Each clue has a worksheet A & B and an answer key for all worksheets. Worksheet A for each clue aligns with the standards but at a lower level for students who struggle with this skill. Worksheet B is a more challenging version for higher-level students to offer enrichment. Worksheets A & B look the same; they have the same appearance clues and the letters are in the same spot on the equations. This allows students to work on the same assignment but at their instructional level to allow for more confidence and success. Or, mix and match between the worksheets to use which one best suits the needs of your class to use as whole group instruction. Review math skills in a fun and engaging way this holiday season!