8th Grade Winter Activities

Dive into the festive spirit and broaden your students' horizons with this unique ELA resource, "Holiday Characters from Around the World." Perfect for middle school educators, this comprehensive package offers an engaging journey into the diverse and rich traditions of holiday celebrations across the globe.

Key Features:

• In-Depth Articles: Discover well-researched, student-friendly articles on nine iconic holiday characters, including Santa Claus, La Befana, Krampus, and more. Each article delves into the origins, traditions, and modern-day significance of these beloved figures.
• Culturally Rich Content: Enhance cultural awareness in your classroom. This resource serves as an excellent tool for exploring global customs, fostering an appreciation for cultural diversity during the holiday season.
• Interactive Learning: Engage students with thought-provoking questions and activities. From creative writing prompts to comparative analysis, these materials are designed to stimulate critical thinking and discussion.
• Versatile Usage: Ideal for reading comprehension, cultural studies, or as a basis for projects and presentations, this resource adapts to various teaching styles and curriculum needs.
• Teacher-Friendly Format: Easy-to-use PDF format, perfect for both in-person and remote learning environments. Print-ready for classroom handouts or viewable on digital platforms. Google slides are ready to assign and go!

How to Use This Resource:

Day 1 Read articles 1 and 2 and use the thought catcher to take notes about the character
Day 2 Read articles 3 and 4 and use the thought catcher to take notes about the character
Day 3 Read articles 5 and 6 and use the thought catcher to take notes about the character
Day 4 Read articles 7, 8, and 9 and use the thought catcher to take notes about the character
Day 5 Complete the reading quiz. Students should choose a character to create their project on 
Day 6 Students begin researching the country of origin for their Slides presentation
Day 7 Students begin section 2 (Character analysis) of the slides presentation
Day 8 Students begin planning their own Holiday character in Section 3
Day 9 Students continue planning their own Holiday character in Section 3
Day 10Presentation day! Have students present their own holiday character to the class. Alternatively, have them bring in a food from the country of their cultural holiday character!

Benefits:

• Enhance Global Awareness: Help students understand and appreciate winter traditions from different cultures.
• Develop Critical Thinking: Encourage analysis and reflection on how holidays are celebrated worldwide.
• Boost Engagement: With colorful and captivating content, keep your students intrigued and eager to learn more.
• Cross-Curricular Integration: Seamlessly integrate these materials into ELA, social studies, and art lessons.

Who Is It For?

• Middle School Teachers
• ELA Educators
• Homeschooling Parents
• Cultural Studies Instructors

Embark on a festive educational journey with "Holiday Characters from Around the World." Bring the magic of global holiday traditions into your classroom today and watch as your students' understanding and curiosity grow!

World History Ultimate Bundle! Yearlong Activities, Worksheets, Lessons, Games & Projects for Your Classroom

Bring world history to life and save time with this ultimate yearlong bundle! This comprehensive collection includes over 125 engaging activities covering major historical periods, from Prehistory, Ancient Civilizations, and the Middle Ages to World War II and the 21st Century. Designed for middle school, high school, and homeschool students, this bundle provides an extensive range of resources to enhance your world history curriculum, making history interactive, fun, and memorable.

What’s Included:

• Reading Comprehension Worksheets: This is a new product line, currently covering key historical periods from Prehistory to Ancient Greece, with more added throughout the year!
• Interactive Reading Lessons: Explore historical events and figures with guided questions and in-depth analysis.
• Worksheets & Notes: Perfect for classwork, homework, and review.
• Projects & Research Assignments: Encourage deep dives into specific historical topics, fostering critical thinking.
• Crossword Puzzles & Word Searches: Fun ways to reinforce vocabulary and key historical concepts.
• Classroom Games: Make history fun with interactive activities that engage all learners.
• Teacher Guides & Answer Keys: Detailed guides, rubrics, and answer keys for easy lesson planning and grading.

This Bundle is Ideal For:

• New teachers building a robust collection of classroom activities.
• Experienced teachers seeking fresh, creative resources.
• Homeschool families wanting structured, engaging lessons.

Stay tuned for even more resources added throughout the year as the reading comprehension series continues to expand. Check out the previews to see how these activities can enrich your classroom today!

25 unique seasonal cards to make and give for the Christmas/holiday season. Non-Religious and religious cards to meet a variety of demands.

Includes:

Merry Christmas

Seasons Greetings!

Happy Holidays

Just believe...

Begin Anew...

Thank you

You've been nice!

A Christmas Message

Christmas is for Giving

Have a cruisin' holiday

Remembering Loved Ones

and much more...

Inspirational messages will encourage students to promote compassion, giving, and kindness during the holiday season.

Make your holiday gift exchange more exciting with this Printable Secret Santa Questionnaire! Perfect for co-workers, school staff, PTO/PTA events, neighborhood parties, church communities, and holiday festivals, this fun and interactive form makes gift-giving simple and meaningful. Participants can easily list their favorite things, preferences, and gift ideas, helping everyone pick the perfect gift!

This versatile Christmas printable is ideal for creating an organized and enjoyable Secret Santa experience at office holiday parties, school gatherings, or community events. Whether you're planning a work gift exchange, a team-building activity, or a festive winter celebration, this questionnaire adds a personal touch to the holiday season.

Features:

• Instant PDF Download
• Includes sections for hobbies, favorite items, and preferences
• Fun "This or That" and "Yes/No" sections to get to know each participant
• Space for food allergies or restrictions

Uses:

• Office holiday parties
• Secret Santa gift exchanges
• Employee wishlists
• Teacher appreciation gifts
• Community or church events
• School staff holiday presents

Add joy and ease to your Christmas celebrations with this ready-to-use Secret Santa form! It's perfect for kids, teens, adults, and seniors alike, making it great for family gatherings or office team building.

" Cute Jungle Chicken Jigsaw Coloring Puzzles" is an engaging and creative activity pack designed for young learners. This unique resource combines the fun of jigsaw puzzles with the creativity of coloring pages. Children will delight in solving the jigsaw puzzles to reveal adorable images of Chickens setting. After completing the puzzles, they can express their artistic skills by coloring the pictures in vibrant hues.

WHAT YOU WILL RECEIVE

• 30 Pages

• ( PDF + PNG )

• Large 8.5'' x 11'' designs that can easily be printed on regular sized paper

• High-resolution images

• Unlimited prints

• Great for kids, boys and girls

JUST DOWNLOAD, PRINT AND GET STARTED

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• You can print as many copies as you want.

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Are you looking for a fun and highly engaging game for your Spanish students? Play vocab bingo! All you need is one bingo sheet per student and items to mark their board (such as pieces of paper or beans). You call out terms from the Call List included with the game and your students race to be the first to get a bingo. The Call List includes all terms from the bingo boards in English. The Call List includes all terms from the bingo boards in Spanish.

This special winter-themed Bingo game includes:

• 30 terms for describing winter activities and related terms
• 40 different game boards with Spanish terms only (both color and black-and-white versions are included for a total of 80 boards)
• 40 different game boards with pictures only (color version only is included with two boards per page for a total of 40 boards on 20 total pages)
• two Call Lists
• Teacher Tips
• Table of Contents

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These Christmas ornament coloring pages are super easy to use. No prep, just print & go! These coloring sheets are ideal for holiday fun, early finishers, filler activities, indoor recess and class parties etc during the Christmas / Winter season.

You will receive a PDF document with 10 ornament designs to color in. The designs range from mandala styles and zentangle details to simple and elegant line art. The coloring pages you receive will be free of watermarks.

Please note that these coloring pages are for your own use only and cannot be resold or shared. These are my original creations and I retain the copyrights to all images.

These NO PREP writing prompts for are perfect for Winter Writing! Use these for independent writing time, creative and story journal writing, writer's workshop, writing centers, small group instruction, homework, and morning work. This set includes 6 different prompts that you can share either as a task card/writing prompt card or on lined paper. Perfect for 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th Grades.

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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, community building 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 tried a Tik Tok trend."

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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 tried a Tik Tok trend.
• Stand up if you got Starbucks.
• Stand up if you set a goal for the new year.

Need more Spanish resources? Click the links below:

Spanish After Winter Break Find Someone Who Game

Spanish Winter Would You Rather Game

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Use these entertaining Groundhog Day worksheets to celebrate Groundhog Day with elementary school students. The target audience for these groundhog day printables includes kids in the first, second, third, and fourth grades. Discover the meaning of Groundhog Day, respond to questions about it, contrast and compare spring and winter, study shadows, and enjoy some enjoyable writing prompts and activity sheets, such as a word search. All you need to do is print these pages, and you’re good to go! Some answers are provided !!

These groundhog day worksheets are perfect for parents, teachers, and homeschoolers alike. They require no preparation and are suitable for students in grades 1, 2, 3, and 4. Kids will gain knowledge about the various aspects of Groundhog Day by engaging in entertaining Groundhog Day activities. For kids, there are a ton of entertaining groundhog day printables available to make learning enjoyable in February.

The activities on these worksheets include:

• Groundhog Day Reading Page
• Questions about Groundhogs predicting weather, and the February 2nd tradition
• The legend of Groundhog Day and your thoughts
• Accuracy of Groundhog Day predictions and famous groundhogs
• How many words can you make from the letters found in Groundhog Day
• What is a groundhog, where do they live and what do they eat?
• Shadows
• Venn graph on spring and winter
• Groundhog Day predictions
• Story writing
• Color and write a story
• Word Search

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This coordinate system graphic art mystery picture would be ideal for students that are just beginning with graphing coordinates or students that need a little extra practice. It is also a great fun activity and engaging worksheets for Grade 4-11 for Christmas, or any time of the year. Prep free! Differentiated! Independent!

The picture has two different graphing options to easily provide differentiation in your classroom.

- One picture to be graphed in first quadrant with positive whole numbers only only

- One picture to be graphed in all four quadrants with positive and negative whole numbers

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Play French scattergories when you need quick, no prep activities to play with your class while they practice their French winter / l'hiver and January vocabulary, oral, and written skills. These categories games includes many activities with a French winter vocabulary theme which work well as ice-breakers.

This is a really fun activity to play with your students as they practice and build their January themed vocabulary. Students of all ages can play this vocabulary game. Perfect for core and French immersion curriculums.

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⭐ January Scattergories Game

Players attempt to create answers for each of the four categories on their game. This should be a fast moving game and there are only spaces for six words per category. The MAXIMUM they can write is six words so they have to choose them wisely. Students can be creative and flexible with their answers, but other players can challenge them!

12 games are included with 48 different categories! For younger students you can allow more time for them to think and write, while older students will love the challenge of the timer.

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You need this Ultimate Christmas Bundle to get through the chaos of the month of December. It's chockful of games, writing & drawing activities, including Would You Rather that will keep elementary and middle school students busy when they finish their work! Perfect for use throughout the month of December to help celebrate the Christmas holiday!

I made these creative activities because I needed independent work that I could use in my classroom that I knew students would actually LIKE doing!

What's Included:

December Early Finishers Packet This monthly packet features like puzzles, games, and SEL-centered drawing and coloring activities. They'll love the fun games they can play with a partner quietly, or anything from the selection of 20 fun pages of independent, challenging puzzles and creative activities this packet offers!

Would You Rather Christmas Edition This class game is a fun way to get your students excited to be in school, create relationships, and get students talking and connected! Questions are fall-themed and related to Christmas. All you need to do is project the questions on the board to get the fun started, no other prep is needed!

Found Your iPhone - Santa/Grinch Edition With this character cell phone analysis activity, students will make inferences using what they know about either Santa or the Grinch. The engaging design of this cell phone activity will ask students to "snoop" through a phone they found, peep their text messages, playlists and even check their most recent location history. This literary analysis activity can be used during the holidays for a fun activity that's in keeping with the holiday spirit.

Christmas Greeting Cards Help your students celebrate Christmas by being creative as well as mindful with these cards they can color! Perfect for teens and secondary students who may not have the time or patience to make a card. Choose from 5 design options for the cover of the card. Cards print double-sided. This card is cute and a fun way for students to share the Christmas spirit.

Letter to Santa Help your students celebrate Christmas by writing a letter to Santa! Choose from 2 different design options - black and white and color. These letters are a fun way for students to express their creativity this Christmas.

Christmas Coloring Pages Help your students celebrate Christmas by being creative as well as mindful with these coloring pages! Choose from 3 different design options. These pages are a cute and fun way for students to express their creativity this Christmas.

Gingerbread Reading Comprehension You may be in full swing with your holiday or Christmas celebrations, but do your students need practice to identify the elements of a 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.

Secret Santa Questionnaire and Tracker These student gift questionnaires and trackers will make it a smooth process! Students will list three wishes on the form and write their names. Collect the slips, fold and have students select their Secret Santa. Use the handy tracker to match up the student they are gifting so there is no confusion. These print-and-go forms are a fun and easy way for students to participate in a gift exchange this Christmas without the stress!

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In this product, students will learn the English vocabulary word for the 37 different winter vocabulary flashcards presented. The picture card for each flashcard can be printed out on cardstock, laminated, and cut for students to match, practice and learn the English word for each winter vocabulary word presented. Students can play a matching game, guess the name for each winter vocabulary word, or draw a picture when presented with each winter picture and/or word just to name a few.

Celebrate the Winter Solstice with these engaging reading comprehension passages designed for upper elementary and middle school students. This resource includes 10 informative passages, each followed by five thought-provoking questions. Ideal for reinforcing reading skills, fostering discussions about cultural traditions, and exploring the significance of the Winter Solstice.

This is an engaging digital breakout room that is NO PREP! Students will enjoy this digital breakout website that has them solve four logic puzzles to find all the necessary keys to unlock the locks which is forcing a giant snow machine to cause blizzards all over the world. Students will use the Google Form that's embedded in the website to fill in their guesses for the passwords. They will get an immediate response on whether their guess was correct, (which will allow them to go to the next rooms submission), or tell them to try again. This website is great for struggling readers as well because an AI avatar is able to read all directions/information aloud to the student if needed.

Celebrate the start of the year with the short story The Clock of Second Chances. This resource combines reading comprehension, vocabulary development, and creative writing activities. Perfect for sub plans, lesson planning, guided reading and building comprehension and vocabulary skills!

What’s Included

**The Short Story:**A heartwarming tale of Leo, a young man given the chance to repair a broken friendship through the magic of a mysterious grandfather clock that rewinds time on New Year’s Eve.

**Vocabulary Awareness Activity: **A pre-reading vocabulary chart featuring key terms such as "peculiar," "reconciliation," and "sincere." Students assess their familiarity with each word, define them in their own words, and enhance their understanding of the story’s language.

**Comprehension Questions (with Answer Key): **Questions designed to encourage deep thinking and analysis, including:

• Symbolism and Theme Analysis
• Character Motivation and Growth
• Setting and Atmosphere
• Ethical Reflection and Personal Connection
• Creative Writing Prompts

**Answer Key for Teachers: **Detailed answers to all comprehension questions, facilitating discussions and streamlining grading.

Learning Objectives:

• Build and enhance vocabulary knowledge.
• Analyze characters, themes, and literary devices.
• Foster creative writing and reflective thinking.

Usage:

• Ideal for whole-class instruction, small groups, or independent reading assignments.
• Perfect for middle school ELA or upper elementary enrichment activities.
• Printable and classroom-ready for ease of use.

Start the New Year with a story that inspires, teaches, and engages!

Embark on a festive crafting adventure with these fun Christmas Pyramid 3D Box Templates. Ideal for winter and Christmas activities, these engaging printables provide a captivating way for students to enhance cutting and pasting skills. Use these templates to spark imagination in the classroom. Craft 3D boxes, add festive embellishments like pom-poms, sequins and glitter. Teachers, elevate the holiday spirit by turning these into gift boxes for your students. Fill them with treats and surprises, creating cute presents to share before the winter break. Parents and caretakers will cherish receiving handmade Christmas gifts from their children. This pack includes 10 templates in 2 versions — one with a detailed background for older students to color intricately and another without a background for younger students. The designs include Santa, reindeer, Christmas bauble, snowman, Christmas tree, gingerbread man, Christmas stocking, elf, jumper and snowflakes.

Key Features:

• 10 black and white templates with two versions (20 Templates in total),
• Versatile designs for various skill levels,
• Mindful coloring in tasks with detailed backgrounds.

Experience the magic of Christmas crafting. Download these templates now for a child-friendly, easy to use craft that captures the spirit of the season.

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Get ready to have the most fun you'll have teaching with NINE holiday-themed escape rooms that will keep your students active and engaged on Halloween, Veterans Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Diwali, New Year's, Valentine's Day, St. Patrick's Day, and Easter!

There is no wonder why escape rooms are so popular; they are highly engaging and encourage people to work together and think creatively in order to solve different puzzles... all while trying to beat the clock! This meticulously-crafted resource features all of the materials you need to conduct nine full-length holiday-themed escape rooms for Halloween, Veterans Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Diwali, New Year's, Valentine's Day, St. Patrick's Day, and Easter. Planning an escape room may seem like quite the daunting task, but this product provides everything from the basics and set-up instructions to signs and answer keys so that yours run smoothly from start to finish. The activities involves movement, energy, creative thinking and most of all, collaboration. All tasks are Language Arts skills-based so that with these fun holiday lessons, learning is not sacrificed. Your students will be having so much fun that they won’t even realize the higher order thinking skills they are applying in the playing of these games!

Each Escape Room Includes:

- Escape Room Basics

- Detailed Day-Of Instructions

- Escape Room Print Checklist

- Student Teams Chart

- Welcome Sign for Your Door

- Materials for 5 Tasks: task signs to be folded upright, task instructions (2 per page for easy printing), and necessary information to be kept at stations

- Student Answer Booklet

- Teacher Answer Keys

- Escape Room Reflection for homework or in-class writing activity

Halloween ESCAPE ROOM: Your room has been transformed into a haunted house of horrors and your students can only escape by solving 5 challenging Language Arts skills-based tasks about Halloween!

• In the first task, students must correct commonly misspelled words in a non-fiction article about Devil's Night. Once complete, they must unscramble circled boxes to reveal the first code.
• In the second task, students must identify the figurative language devices used in fun Halloween sentences. Shaded boxes in the correct answers form the second code.
• In the third task, students will read 8 fun facts about Halloween and must identify the parts of speech of underlined words within the passages. When matched correctly, shaded boxes will reveal the third code.
• In the fourth task, students must perform a close reading of Robert Grave's famously chilling poem, A Child's Nightmare. The letters of the multiple choice questions about the poem will form the fourth code.... Cat! Cat! Cat!
• In the final task, students must complete a fallen phrase that reveals a spooky poem. Once they bring that to you, they may escape the haunted house of horrors.

Veterans Day Stations Activity: Your students are stuck in your classroom and cannot leave until they solve 4 ELA-based tasks about veterans and Veterans Day! - newly added!

• In the first task, students will read 8 fun facts about Veterans Day and must identify the parts of speech of underlined words within the passages.
• In the second task, students must perform a close reading of The Star-Spangled Banner and match passages to the poetic devices they represent (example: onomatopoeia, allusion, alliteration...).
• In the third task, students will read 8 inspirational quotes about veterans and must determine the incorrectly-spelled word in each quote.
• In the fourth task, students will assemble a jig saw puzzle that, when assembled correctly, reveals a quote about Veterans Day.

Thanksgiving ESCAPE ROOM: Your students are stuck in your classroom and cannot leave for Thanksgiving break until they solve 5 challenging Language Arts skills-based tasks about Thanksgiving!

• In the first task, students will read 8 fun facts about Thanksgiving and must identify the parts of speech of underlined words within the passages. When matched correctly, shaded boxes will reveal the first code.
• In the second task, students must solve a series of word mazes. Letters they collect along the way will form their second code.
• In the third task, students must identify the figurative language devices used in fun Thanksgiving sentences. Shaded boxes in the correct answers form the third code.
• In the fourth task, students must perform a close reading of Landing of the Pilgrims by Felicia Dorothea Hemans, a perfect poem to study on Thanksgiving. Letters of the multiple choice question answers following the poem reveal their fourth code.
• In the final task, students must solve an encrypted Thanksgiving message using the codes and clues from the first four tasks. Once they decipher the quote about Thanksgiving and bring it to you, they are free to escape to Thanksgiving break!

Christmas ESCAPE ROOM: Your students are stuck in your classroom and cannot leave for Christmas vacation until they solve 5 challenging Language Arts skills-based tasks about Christmas!

• In the first task, students must identify the figurative language devices used in popular Christmas songs. Shaded boxes in the correct answers form the first code.
• In the second task, students must order the plot events of Clement Clarke Moore's famous poem, 'Twas the Night Before Christmas, on Freytag's Pyramid. Once solved, corresponding letters reveal the second code.
• In the third task, students will read 8 fun facts about Christmas and must identify the parts of speech of underlined words within the passages. When matched correctly, shaded boxes will reveal the third code.
• In the fourth task, students must correct commonly confused words (like except and accept) in passages about how Christmas is celebrated around the world. Once complete, they must unscramble shaded boxes to reveal the fourth code.
• In the final task, students must solve an encrypted Christmas message using the codes and clues from the first four tasks. Then they must figure out the final line that completes the message. Once they sing that you, they can escape to Christmas vacation!

Hanukkah Kwanzaa Christmas Diwali ESCAPE ROOM: Your students are stuck in your classroom and cannot leave for vacation until they solve 5 challenging Language Arts skills-based tasks about Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Diwali, and Christmas around the world.

• In the first task, students must read fun facts about Diwali, each demonstrating 1 of 6 comma rules. Students must match the fact with the comma rule. The code is revealed when cards are matched correctly.
• In the second task, students must perform a close reading of Hanukkah Lights by Philip M. Raskin (1880-1944) and answer multiple choice questions about the selection that when correct, reveal the code.
• In the third task, students will read 8 fun facts about how Christmas is celebrated in different countries around the world and must identify the parts of speech of underlined words within the passages. When matched correctly, shaded boxes will reveal the third code.
• In the fourth task, students must correct commonly misspelled words a passage about the origins of Kwanzaa. Once complete, they must unscramble shaded boxes to reveal the fourth code.
• In the final task, students must use all that they have learned about Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Diwali, and Christmas and fill out a crossword puzzle. Once complete, they must unscramble the circled letters to reveal their final code to escape!

New Year's ESCAPE ROOM: Your students must face their first major challenge of the new year and are stuck in your classroom until they solve 5 challenging Language Arts skills-based tasks about New Year's!

• In the first task, students will read 8 fun facts about how people celebrate New Year's around the world. In each passage, one word is spelled incorrectly. Students must identify the incorrectly spelled word and write the word with the correct spelling in their answer sheet. Shaded boxes within the answers reveal the first code.
• In the second task, students will read 8 New Year's resolutions from their favorite celebrities and sports stars. They must identify the parts of speech of underlined words within each quote. When parts of speech cards are matched correctly with the resolutions, shaded boxes reveal their second code.
• In the third task, students must solve a word maze. Letters collected along the way, once unscrambled, reveal their third code.
• In the fourth task, students must perform a close reading of Burning the Old Year by Naomi Shihab Nye, a perfect poem to study on the New Year. Letters of the multiple choice question answers following the poem reveal their fourth code.
• In the final task, students must assemble a jig saw puzzle that forms a quote about New Year's. Once the puzzle is assembled and students bring the quote to you, they may escape the room and start the new year off on a strong note!

Valentine's Day ESCAPE ROOM: Your students are stuck in your classroom on Valentine's Day and cannot leave until they solve 5 challenging Language Arts skills-based tasks about the holiday of love!

• In the first task, students will read 8 fun facts about Valentine's Day and must identify the incorrectly used homophone in each passage. They must write the correct homophone in their student answer booklet. Shaded boxes within the answers reveal their first code.
• In the second task, students will read 8 quotes about love from famous figures and must identify the parts of speech of underlined words within the quotes. When matched correctly, shaded boxes will reveal the second code.
• In the third task, students will perform a close reading of Shakespeare's famous Sonnet 18, Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer's Day. Then, they will answer multiple choice questions about the poem. Letters of the correct answers will reveal their third code.
• In the fourth task, students must identify the figurative language devices used in popular love songs. Shaded boxes in the correct answers form the fourth code.
• In the final task, students will be quizzed on what they learned throughout the first four tasks and enter their answers to Valentine's Day trivia questions in a fun crossword puzzle. Circled boxes within the puzzle will reveal their final code.

St. Patrick's Day ESCAPE ROOM: Your students are stuck in your classroom on St. Patrick's Day and cannot leave until they solve 5 challenging Language Arts skills-based tasks that will teach them about St. Patrick's Day, St. Patrick himself, and Irish culture!

• In the first task, students will read 8 fun facts about St. Patrick's Day and must identify the incorrectly spelled word in each passage. They must write the correctly spelled word in their student answer booklet. Shaded boxes within the answers reveal their first code.
• In the second task, students will read 8 facts about St. Patrick and must identify the parts of speech of underlined words within the passages. When matched correctly, shaded boxes will reveal the second code.
• In the third task, students will perform a close reading of one of Ireland's most beloved poems, Raglan Road, by Patrick Kavanagh. Then, they will answer multiple choice questions about the poem. Letters of the correct answers reveal their third code.
• In the fourth task, students must solve a word maze. Letters collected along the way form the fourth code.
• In the final task, students will be quizzed on what they learned throughout the first four tasks and enter their answers to St. Paddy's Day trivia questions in a fun crossword puzzle. Circled boxes within the puzzle will reveal their final code. Students must act out this word in order to escape.

Easter ESCAPE ROOM: Your students are stuck in your classroom and cannot leave until they complete 5 tasks about Easter.

• Easter Fun Facts: In the first task, students must read fun facts about Easter, each demonstrating 1 of 6 comma rules. Students must match the fact with the comma rule. The code is revealed when cards are matched correctly.
• Easter 'Round the World: In the third task, students will read about how Easter is celebrated around the world. Many traditions may surprise you! In each passage is a commonly misspelled word. Shaded boxes in the corrected words on their answer sheet will reveal the code.
• Word Maze: In the third task, students solve a word maze about Easter.
• Easter Hymn: In the fourth task, students will perform a close reading of the poem, Easter Hymn, by A. E. Housman (1859-1936). A. E. Housman was one of the most widely-read poets of his time and a self-proclaimed atheist which students must keep in mind as they read. Then, they will answer multiple choice questions about the poem that when correct, reveals the code.
• Jig Saw Quote: In the final task, students must assemble a jig saw puzzle that forms a humorous quote about Easter. Once the puzzle is assembled and students identify the figurative language the quote exemplifies, they may escape the room!

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This bundle includes Fall Activities for Older Kids, Winter Activities for Older Kids, and Spring Activities for Older Kids at a 20% discount! These resource packs have fun, quick activities for middle school kids. Use these half page printables as morning work, for early finishers, or just to add a bit of seasonal fun to your classroom or home! Recipe math, acrostic poems, fall/winter/spring bucket list, mazes, comic strips, finish the drawing and more! Ready with no prep...just print and go.

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Fall Activities for Older Kids

• Themes included: fall/autumn, Halloween, Thanksgiving
• 11 pages of half-page worksheets for 22 pages total
• Black and white versions of all color pages
• Answer Key

Winter Activities for Older Kids

• Themes included: winter, Christmas, Kwanzaa, Hanukkah, Chinese New Year
• 11 pages of half-page worksheets for 22 activities total
• Black and white versions of all color pages
• Answer key

Spring Activities for Older Kids

• Themes included: spring, St. Patrick's Day, Easter, Mardi Gras
• 11 pages of half-page worksheets for 22 activities total
• Black and white versions of all color pages
• Answer key

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Looking for other middle school resources?

Middle School Vocabulary Worksheet {plain and themed versions}

Pumpkin Patch Field Trip Unit - Middle/High School

Holiday Toy Trends Mini Research Unit

Christmas Around the World - Who is/What is Cards

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