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Holiday Journal Writing Project
By Sign with me TOD
This product was created for students to complete during or at the end of holiday break. Students can also complete this packet once they return to school. In this packet, students can answer the given comprehension questions regarding what they did during the break. Students are given opportunities to draw, answer short answer questions, circle pictures, and circle the best answer. Throughout the product, there are also vocabulary lists to help students answer comprehension questions if they are working on it independently. The following holidays are asked about in this product: Christmas, New Year's, Hanukkah, and Kwanzaa.
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Kwanzaa Comprehension Passage and Questions
By Sign with me TOD
This product was created for students when learning about Kwanzaa. Students can read the passage about Kwanzaa included in this packet independently or with support. Students will answer short answer questions and true/false questions pertaining to the passage. Students will label pictures that are presented in the product as well.
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Flat Stanley: Stanley's Christmas Adventure Reading Comprehension Questions
Hanukkah Comprehension Passage and Questions
By Sign with me TOD
This product was created for students when learning about Hanukkah. Students can read the passage about Hanukkah included in this packet independently or with support. Students will answer short answer questions and true/false questions pertaining to the passage. Students will label pictures that are presented in the product as well.
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Holiday (Christmas, Hanukkah, and Kwanzaa) Vocabulary and Sentence Review
Holiday Journal Writing Project
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Hanukkah Comprehension Passage and Questions
Home Alone Movie Comprehension Questions:
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Deaf Education: Winter Reflection Journal - Adapted
By Sign with me TOD
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This product was created for students to complete during or at the end of holiday break. Students can also complete this packet once they return to school. In this packet, students can answer the given comprehension questions regarding what they did during the break. Students are given opportunities to draw, answer short answer questions, circle pictures, and circle the best answer. The following holidays are asked about in this product: Christmas, New Year's, Hanukkah, and Kwanzaa. This product has been adapted from traditional writing/journal assignments where students write without receiving topic ideas, support, etc. Throughout the product, there are also vocabulary lists to help students answer comprehension questions if they are working on it independently.
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How the Grinch Stole Christmas Movie Comprehension Questions
By Sign with me TOD
This product was created for students who earned a movie close. During the movie, students can answer the comprehension questions in this product to ensure they understand what is happening in the movie. Short answer, fill in the blanks, circling pictures, and opinion questions are asked throughout this product. For fill in the blank questions, a key is provided. Throughout the product, there is also a vocabulary list to help students answer comprehension questions if they are working on it independently. Answering comprehension questions motivates students to pay attention to the movie as they are watching it.
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Holiday Journal Writing Project
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Hanukkah Comprehension Passage and Questions
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Holiday Gift Lesson- Social Skills Lesson- BigDogCards-SLP
By BigDogCards-SLP
This is a free social skills lesson focused on gift exchange. My Easy Social Skills Holiday lessons to explore and discuss each area to the best of your student’s ability. Students in your class will gain a basic understanding of each other's likes and dislikes, as well as practicality in helping them learn how to thoughtfully choose gifts that reflect consideration, kindness and practicality. This Social Skills lesson is also perfect for Theory of mind and/ or Social problem solving.
Gingerbread Close Reading | Reading Comprehension | Christmas | Story Elements
By Perfectly Planned Designs
You may be in full swing with your holiday or Christmas celebrations, but do your students need practice to identify the elements of story? This Gingerbread-themed worksheet with an original reading passage titled**, "Gingerbread Adventure** is designed to give your students an opportunity to practice identifying story elements, sequencing, and reading comprehension.
After reading the story, students will first identify the characters, setting, problem (conflict), and lesson (theme). Then they will sequence the events in the story, and finally, they will answer 5 reading comprehension questions. (Answer key for questions are provided.)
These no-prep worksheets are ready to go for you. Just print and proceed! This packet is ideal for teachers who want their students to get additional practice with important skills during the holiday season.
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Christmas Winter Holiday Rudolph's Red Nose
By Beth Hammett
Where did Rudolph get his red nose? How did it come about? When did it happen? Why is it red? Become a reporter and uncover the facts! Students get the opportunity to create facts and/or interview others about Rudolph's red nose. Then, students compile a report using proper dialogue. The 7 page lesson can be used with early learners as well as middle school learners. Packet includes: Directions with optional activities Media/Video Links Working with Dialogue and Facts sheet Rudolph's Red Nose: The Facts (handout for higher level learners) Lined, themed paper for writing Reindeer handout for lower level writers Introduces use of dialogue and quotations for future fact-based assessment writing. Meets Common Core Standards.
Winter Holiday Figurative Language: Santa's Silly Sayings
By Beth Hammett
13 color-coded, figurative language Santa-themed activities that include definitions, examples, and writings. Fun for learning and using figurative language! Includes: Alliteration Hyperbole Idioms Imagery Internal Rhyme Metaphor Onomatopoeia Personification Simile Symbolism Writing Activity Word Search Activity Mix and Match Activity Answer Keys to Activities Use individually, small/whole group, as competitive activities and for Common Core Standards review or assessment of figurative language. Colorful Santa images to spark creativity!
A Christmas Carol "Silent Conversation" Quote Pass Activity
By Language Arts Excellence
Sometimes the best classroom discussions arise when students say nothing at all!
This product features a thoughtful and engaging activity for use during your study of Charles Dickens' beloved classic tale, A Christmas Carol. Centering around 5 different provocative passages from the short novel, this lesson provides your students with a chance to think, reflect, and respond to their peers without ever saying a word. This creative approach is a great way to differentiate instruction among your students and allows even your most quiet students to shine. I am confident that this no-prep lesson will become a must-do activity within your unit on A Christmas Carol!
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- 5 "Silent Conversation" worksheets with 5 different quotes from the story
- Full Lesson plan
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A Christmas Carol Socratic Seminar
By Language Arts Excellence
This resource features lesson plans and materials to conduct a formal set of Socratic Seminars for Charles Dicken's beloved classic, A Christmas Carol. Socratic Seminars (or "Fish Bowl" Conversations as referred to in this resource) are higher order ways of assessing whether your students are able to understand and react to your class texts. These seminars rely on the power of inquiry and allow students to take the lead in their learning and discussion. The only problem? They require a great deal of preparation. Fortunately, this student-tested resource includes everything you need to conduct a structured and formal set of Socratic Seminars in your classroom surrounding A Christmas Carol... and no preparation is required by you at all. It is the perfect administration-approved lesson for one of the days leading up to Christmas vacation.
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Meaning of Christmas Lesson Plan
By Language Arts Excellence
This may be the most meaningful and memorable lesson you teach in December!
This product features an engaging "Christmas Talk" activity that will have your students thinking, writing, collaborating, speaking, and moving around in one class period! In this activity, they must choose between 5 different quotes from famous figures about Christmas and articulate why the quote aligns with their own perspective about the holiday. I use this lesson every year during the week leading up to Christmas vacation to make sure that my students take some time out of their hectic lives to consider what Christmas truly means not to society, not to others, but to them.
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I hope that this lesson is as meaningful and successful in your class as it is in mine!
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A Christmas Carol Socratic Seminar
By Language Arts Excellence
This resource features lesson plans and materials to conduct a formal set of Socratic Seminars for Charles Dicken's beloved classic, A Christmas Carol. Socratic Seminars (or "Fish Bowl" Conversations as referred to in this resource) are higher order ways of assessing whether your students are able to understand and react to your class texts. These seminars rely on the power of inquiry and allow students to take the lead in their learning and discussion. The only problem? They require a great deal of preparation. Fortunately, this student-tested resource includes everything you need to conduct a structured and formal set of Socratic Seminars in your classroom surrounding A Christmas Carol... and no preparation is required by you at all. It is the perfect administration-approved lesson for one of the days leading up to Christmas vacation.
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Meaning of Christmas Lesson Plan
By Language Arts Excellence
This may be the most meaningful and memorable lesson you teach in December!
This product features an engaging "Christmas Talk" activity that will have your students thinking, writing, collaborating, speaking, and moving around in one class period! In this activity, they must choose between 5 different quotes from famous figures about Christmas and articulate why the quote aligns with their own perspective about the holiday. I use this lesson every year during the week leading up to Christmas vacation to make sure that my students take some time out of their hectic lives to consider what Christmas truly means not to society, not to others, but to them.
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The Gift of the Magi Socratic Seminar Materials
By Language Arts Excellence
Socratic Seminars (or "Fish Bowl" Conversations as I like to call them with my students) are fantastic, higher order ways of assessing whether your students are able to understand and react to your class text. These seminars rely on the power of inquiry and allow students to take the lead in their learning and discussion. The only problem? They require a great deal of preparation. Fortunately, I have done the work for you!
This packet includes everything you need to conduct a structured and formal set of Socratic Seminars in your classroom surrounding the classic short story, The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry - NO PREPARATION NEEDED!
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• Assignment Directions with step-by-step instructions on how to conduct fishbowls in your classroom
• 5 Discussion Questions for each “Fish Bowl”
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• Conversation Builder Prompts
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• Rubric
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The Gift of the Magi Anticipation Guide & Lesson Plan
By Language Arts Excellence
This resource features an anticipation guide for O. Henry's ironic tale of love and sacrifice, "The Gift of the Magi", and a meticulously-explained lesson plan that I believe is the absolute best way to approach a new story. Using a non-intimidating method called "Numbered Heads", this activity will get your students thinking, writing, conversing, and reporting about themes you will be encountering during your study of "The Gift of the Magi" and your overall short story unit. I am confident that your students will enjoy this thoughtful, engaging activity and beg you to begin reading the classic story this holidayseason.
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- 2 Page Anticipation Guide with 7 Debate Statements
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Christmas Song Figurative Language PowerPoint Presentation
By Language Arts Excellence
Celebrate the holidays in ELA with this whimsical powerpoint presentation covering the figurative language devices in Christmas songs! This fun and colorful 32-slide presentation is the perfect resource for the holiday season. Each slide features lines from popular Christmas songs for students to practice identifying figurative language devices. Your students will love seeing how many of their favorite Christmas songs are brimming with figurative language! Presentation covers: - Metaphor - Simile - Hyperbole - Oxymoron - Idiom - Personification - Onomatopoeia - Allusion - Alliteration Powerpoint also includes directions, a colorful student answer sheet, and answer key for teachers. _____________________________________________________________________ You can also save 20% by purchasing this product in a bundle along with the best-selling Christmas Song Figurative Language Task Cards! Christmas Song Figurative Language {{BUNDLE}} _____________________________________________________________________ More engaging holiday products by Language Arts Excellence: ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas Figurative Language Lesson Plan The Grinch Figurative Language Lesson Plan "Christmas Talk" Lesson Plan The Gift of the Magi & The Necklace Compare/Contrast Essay Letter to a Member of the Military We Didn’t Start the Fire Activity The Little Match Girl Sensory Details Lesson Plan Figurative Language in Christmas Songs - 32 Task Cards
The Little Match Girl Sensory Details Lesson Plan
By Language Arts Excellence
This product features 3 engaging, differentiated activities that focus on the rich sensory details of Hans Christian Andersen's devastatingly beautiful fairytale, "The Little Match Girl." The activities span before, during, and after reading the story with the intent to not only identify the sensory details, but to analyze their importance and how they add to the reader's experience with the tale and the little match girl herself. The activities support multiple learning styles so that all students walk away from the story with an appreciation for this heartbreaking tale and empathy for those less fortunate during the holiday season.
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- Sensory Detail Analysis Open Response (After Reading)
- Answer Key
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Recalling a Christmas Memory Writing Project
By Meggen Loew
Recalling a Christmas Memory Project
Students will be able to use brain mapping worksheets to recall and answer the questions who, what, when where and why in reference to a Christmas memory. The project is a four-paragraph writing project.
Materials Included:
· Goals and Teacher Instructions
· Student Introduction Page
· Student Planning Page
· Grading Rubric
· Optional Writing Page
Rockin around the Christmas Tree REMIX - BUCKET DRUMMING!
By Jason Litt
Right in time for your Christmas instrumentalists, we present to you Brenda Lee's hit Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree re-imagined as a HIP HOP TRAP MIX for BUCKET DRUMMING!
There are three all-color coded slides along with the form identifiers listed next to each phrase. Discuss form with the students and teach them (by rote) the rhythms on the powerpoint with the corresponding repeats (most are grouped 2 or 4 times). Then, apply it to drums!
All regular notation is to be played on the buckets (or drums, or ground, however you wish), and the X notation (with a down stem) are played as stick clicks above their head (or you could apply it to a tambourine or other auxiliary instrument)
The mp3 track is included in this one, so no need to YouTube it. Have fun with this and let us know how it goes!
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All images/photos/clip art in this resource were created by me.
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