$5 - $10 5th Grade Christmas, Chanukah, & Kwanzaa Graphic Organizers (by date, oldest first)

Engaging activities for literature:

"A Christmas Carol" Vocabulary: Students will find the given words within the novel "A Christmas Carol" and record the sentence in which the word can be found. I had the students complete these sheets after reading the section of the book.

Creative activity: Students participate in an activity where they will write and illustrate their stories of Christmas past, present, and yet to come, in a way that is similar to what happens to Scrooge in the novel.

Students loved sharing their stories and hearing the hopes their classmates have for their futures.

As a culminating activity: Students read or watch A Christmas Carol and How the Grinch Stole Christmas, my students read A Christmas Carol and watched How the Grinch Stole Christmas, for an engaging activities before the holiday. They will practice comparing and contrasting in three different ways, including an exciting snowball fight.

What's included:

• Worksheets for each of the five staves of "A Christmas Carol".
• Teacher directions.
• Past, present, and yet to come templates.
• A Christmas Carol and How the Grinch Stole Christmas worksheets for notes
• Topics include: character, setting, theme, conflict, language, plot, and resolution.
• Answer keys for the students.
• A Christmas Carol and How the Grinch Stole Christmas cards for creating paper snowballs.

How is this bundle useful:

• Print and go worksheets are easy for teachers.
• Seasonal work which helps practice essential language skills.
• Answer key provided.
• Directions included.
• Students enjoy an indoor snowball fight.
• The nature of the activity causes random topics for discussion each round.
• Easy prep for teacher.
• Festive display for the holiday.
• Students use creativity to illustrate.
• Great writing practice.
• Page numbers guide students to finding the words within the text on vocabulary worksheets.

Bring holiday excitement to your students' persuasive writing skills with this Christmas activity!

With a graphic organizer, anchor chart, and exciting writing assignment, your students will have everything they need to convince Santa to hire them as his very own elf! Say goodbye to boring lesson plans and hello to festive fun in the classroom. Don't miss out on this opportunity to bring holiday cheer into your teaching and watch your students' creativity soar. Get your hands on this must-have Christmas activity today!

This Activity Includes:

1. Persuasive Writing Anchor Chart – OREO Persuasive Paragraph Writing (Christmas Cookie Theme)

2. Oreo Graphic Organizer/Interactive Notebook Flipable / Foldable pieces. This single page can be used inmultiple ways- for instruction with an interactive notebook, or as a graphic organizer to match the anchor chart. Great for all year!

3. Graphic Organizer to help students organize a 5 -7 sentence persuasive paragraph. This organizer can be the first building block in writing more complicated, detailed persuasive pieces of writing. Great for all year!

4. Graphic Organizer for a 5 paragraph persuasive writing piece for more advanced writers. This is great for classroom differentiation. Both organizers look similar, but one offers more challenge to proficient writers.

5. Elf Job Application- Begin writing persuasive sentences with strong, descriptive language.

6. Personal Interest Inventory to help students recognize their talents and areas of strength to add information and to their persuasive writing.

7. Elf Letter of Interest (2 versions)– Use the graphic organizers above to write a letter to Santa that will convince him to hire you as an elf! Two versions for differentiation.

8. Persuasive writing sentence starters- Sentence starter ideas for all elements of OREO writing. This piece is good for year-round use.

9. Editing Check List

10. Elf Writing Rubric (2 versions)- one ready-to-print version plus an editable version so you can change the emphasis of the writing.

11. 3 different Help Wanted style posters for bulletin board display.

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Enjoy this Christmas Activity from Kile's Classroom and be sure to check out the other holiday activities!

• Science of Reading Small Group Comprehension & Vocabulary Lesson Christmas
• Complete Following Directions Bundle for All Seasons.
• Christmas Party Planning- Decimal Math Fun.

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Be sure to check out the other holiday activities!

Complete Following Directions Bundle for All Seasons.

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