Less than $5 6th Grade Winter Activities (by date, oldest first)

This no-prep resource pack has fun, quick, winter-themed activities for middle school kids! Half page printables with winter, Christmas, Kwanzaa, Hanukkah, and Chinese New Year themes are ready with no prep...just print and go. Use as morning work, for early finishers, or just to add a bit of winter fun to your classroom or home! Why should little kids have all the seasonal and holiday fun? Word search, acrostic poems, winter bucket list, mazes, comic strips, finish the drawing, and more!

Included:

• 11 pages of half-page worksheets for 22 activities total
• Black and white versions of all color pages
• Answer keys

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New Year Bucket List worksheet gives upper elementary and middle school students the ability to fill in year long goals in a fun way. They brainstorm four things to eat this year, four places to visit, four people to see, and more. Also included is a coloring sheet featuring the year. The years 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 are included right now and this product will updated with future years. Future years can be downloaded for free after purchase. Buy now and use year after year!

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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

Jack Frost is starting to leave his frosty markings everywhere. This weather and Jack Frost-themed set includes both a Crossword Puzzle and a Word Search Puzzle. First, teach the folklore of Jack Frost and the science of frost – what it is, how it is formed, types of frost, and what farmers do to protect their crops from it. Then, find and circle dozens of related vocabulary words!

Comes with fun, Jack Frost-themed writing paper (lined and unlined versions).

Concepts explored: Jack Frost | weather | frost | autumn | winter | folklore | myth | legend | ice | frost | Scandinavian | farmers | dew | cold | crops | Old Man Winter | writing paper | paper

Wild weather! Teach about what people do to prepare for storms, hurricanes, and wild winter weather! (Safety and emergency preparation). Includes: Crossword Puzzle and Word Search Puzzle (that reinforces vocabulary words used in the Crossword).

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Topics explored: weather | storms | storm | weather preparations | autumn | fall | winter

Winter weather is coming. People and animals have many jobs to do to be ready before winter weather sets in. This set includes:

• Ready for Winter? Two-Page Activity Set – Learn what families, pets, and animals do to adapt to the changes that winter will bring.

• How Do Animals Get Ready for the Cold? Crossword Puzzle – Learn what 14 different animals do to get ready for the cold.

• People & Animals Getting Ready for Winter Word Search Puzzle – Learn dozens of vocabulary words related to people and animals preparing for winter.

• Lined and Unlined Fall-themed Stationery/Writing Paper – Teach how to write correspondence with the lined version, and use the unlined version as general writing paper.

Keywords: autumn | fall | winter | migration | preparation | emergency | animal | behavior | survival | adaptation | hibernation | seasonal changes

Fall is coming to an end. Winter is around the corner and people and animals get ready through a range of activities. This packet explores how families, pets and wild animals adapt to the changes that winter will bring.

This set includes:

• Getting Ready for Winter! Two-Page Activity Set – With themed crossword, maze, match-up, word search and match puzzle.
• Everyone’s Getting Ready for Winter! Word Search Puzzle – 50 words that reinforce the vocabulary used in the Activity Set.
• Things That Fall Puzzle – Explores the concept of gravity through a fun word search and “secret code” fill-in puzzle.
• Reading Log and Certificate Set – Themed set designed to encourage reading accomplishment.

Topics Covered: get ready for winter | winter | fall activities | autumn activities | leaves | gravity | Isaac Newton | math

Fall is here and everyone’s Getting Ready for Winter! This Word Search Puzzle includes 50 vocabulary words that describe the transition from autumn to winter.

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Vocabulary Words Included:

acorns air baking birds blanket boots canning chicken soup coat cold cornstalks daylight December Father Time February football frost frozen harvest hayrides heater hibernation ice Jack Frost January leaves migration mittens Mother Nature pie planting playoffs pumpkins quilt raking salt sanding schools shoveling snow snow blower snow tires sports squirrels storing storm windows sweaters thermos winter wood piles

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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

Use this Christmas ornament writing activity to decorate your classroom tree and to get your AVID (or any content area) students in the holiday spirit! Students will choose 1 of the 8 mandala ornaments to decorate or create their own with the blank version provided. Then they will write about their greatest gift, cut and glue that to their ornament!

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What's Included:

• A PDF Document with 8 Mandala Ornaments for students to choose from
• Ornaments for responding to "My greatest gift is..."
• One blank ornament for students to create their own mandalas

Directions:

• Students will choose a mandala ornament to decorate or use the blank one provided to make their own.
• After decorating their ornaments, students will respond to the prompt, "My greatest gift is..." using the writing-lined ornament.
• Next, students will cut out their mandala and writing ornament and glue the lined writing ornament to the back of their mandala ornament.
• Last, laminate and cut them out, hole punch the top, and add a string! Hang them on your classroom tree.

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AVID Winter Activity - Build a Costa Snowman Digital Resource: This digital lesson and activity is the perfect Winter or Christmas resource for building critical thinking skills in your AVID classroom! Use it as an inquiry icebreaker activity, a supplemental lesson for Costa's Level of Thinking, an inquiry lesson, a Fun Friday activity, or even for your Christmas/Winter party!

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Directions:

• This 18 interactive Google Slides presentation first goes over Costa's level of thinking with details and examples for all 3 levels.
• Then students will follow directions on drawing or creating their own Costa snowman while answering leveled questions on the way!
• After students create their snowmans and answer the Costa questions about them, they will write their own questions based on a winter scene!

What's Included:

• Essential questions slide
• 7 Costa's Level of Thinking teach slides
• 7 direction slides with step-by-step directions on how to create a Costa snowman and leveled questions for students to answer about their snowmen
• 1 slide with a winter scene where students will write their own leveled questions!

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Bottle Flip is a partner team-building card game and it's the perfect icebreaker for your AVID students (or for students in any content area) who are returning to school after winter break! This activity allows students to talk and share their experiences in a fun and interactive way. Students will take turns trying to gain points by flipping a bottle upright! When they miss, they have to answer a question and lose a chance at points.

Whether you're a teacher looking to add a fun and interactive activity to your classroom curriculum, or a team leader looking to build team dynamics and improve communication skills, the AVID team-building card game is the perfect choice!

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How to Play Bottle Flip

• Place students into random partners and give each set of partners a water bottle to flip
• Print discussion cards for each group
• Have students get out paper for scoring
• The oldest student flips first
• If they flip the bottle and it lands upright, the flipper gets 2 points, and then its their partners turn to flip
• If they flip the bottle and it does not land upright, they have to draw and answer a random question
• If the flipper answers the question, they get one point. If the student does not answer or says “I don’t know,” the OTHER student gets the point and they get to take their turn
• play for 10 minutes and switch partners!

What's Included

• Directions page
• 50 "after winter break" question cards
• blank cards to write your own words

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After Winter Break Write the Room: Use this writing activity in your AVID classroom, ELA, or any content area. Allow students to reflect on their winter break with this engaging printable write-the-room activity! This activity features 11 unique labels you can display around your room, each representing a letter to spell out "Winter Break." These labels come with thought-provoking prompts that encourage students to reflect on their winter break experiences! The recording sheet allows students to organize and document responses. Make the transition back from winter break a memorable one!

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Directions:
Students will complete the winter break prompts around the room and record their responses on the provided recording sheet.

What's Included:

• 11 classroom labels each representing a letter to spell out "Winter Break" with prompts that encourage students to reflect on their experiences during the break.
• A recording sheet with a chart where students write their responses next to the corresponding letter.

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Use this Spanish Christmas ornament writing activity to decorate your classroom tree and to get your Spanish students in the holiday spirit! Students will choose 1 of the 8 mandala ornaments to decorate or create their own with the blank version provided. Then they will practice their Spanish writing skills while writing about their greatest gift and responding to the prompt, "Mi mejor regalo es." Afterward, they can cut and glue that to their ornament and hang them on your class Christmas tree or bulletin board!

What's Included:

• A PDF Document with 8 Mandala Ornaments for students to choose from
• Ornaments for responding to "Mi mejor regalo es..."
• One blank ornament for students to create their own mandalas

Directions:

• Students will choose a mandala ornament to decorate or use the blank one provided to make their own.
• After decorating their ornaments, students will respond to the prompt, "Mi mejor regalo es..." using the writing-lined ornament.
• Next, students will cut out their mandala and writing ornament and glue the lined writing ornament to the back of their mandala ornament.
• Last, laminate and cut them out, hole punch the top, and add a string! Hang them on your classroom tree or bulletin board display.

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New Year's Write the Room: Celebrate the New Year with this engaging printable write-the-room activity! Use this writing activity in your AVID classroom, ELA, or any content area. This activity features 8 unique labels you can display around your room, each representing a letter to spell out "New Year." These labels come with thought-provoking prompts that encourage students to reflect on their goals and aspirations for the upcoming year. The recording sheet allows students to organize and document responses. Make the transition into the New Year a memorable one!

Directions:
Students will complete the New Year’s prompts around the room and record their responses on the provided recording sheet.

What's Included:

• 8 classroom labels each representing a letter to spell out "New Year" with prompts that encourage students to reflect on their goals and aspirations for the upcoming year.
• A recording sheet with a chart where students write their responses next to the corresponding letter.

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This digital resource game is the perfect activity to help students build community and help welcome students back to school! Use this activity for an icebreaker, community building activity, brain break activity or Fun Friday activity. Stand Up If is the perfect virtual or in person icebreaker game that will help get those after winter break chatters out! Students will stand if the statement pertains to something they did over the winter break.

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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 tried a Tik Tok trend.

Stand up if you got Starbucks.

Stand up if you set a goal for the new year.

What's Included:

25 "stand up if" google slides

Directions slide

Blank Directions Slide to add your own info

Blank Stand Up If slide to create your own

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Find someone who is an engaging no-prep icebreaker activity to do with your students after winter break! Its a no-prep team building activity that will build classroom community and help your students get their back to school chatters out.

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

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 had a December birthday.
• Find someone who stayed up until the New Year .
• Find someone who helped bake or cook something.

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This no-prep After Winter Break Find Someone Who Spanish Worksheet Activity is the perfect icebreaker game to welcome your students after winter break! Your students can practice their speaking and listening skills in Spanish while talking about things they did over break with their classmates. Students will walk around the room and try to find classmates that fit into various themed categories, such as "find someone who had a December birthday."

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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 stayed up until the New Year."
• The first person who fills in all 16 boxes first wins!

Some examples included:

• Find someone who had a December birthday.
• Find someone who stayed up until the New Year.
• Find someone who helped bake or cook something.

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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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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

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Do your students need a brain break activity during the winter season? Do your students love to talk or debate? Use this no-prep ice breaker digital icebreaker 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, 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
• 1 directions slide
• 1 directions slide template for you to add your own wording
• would you rather template for you to add your own would you rather prompts

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.

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