Topic: Holidays

  • Day of the Dead Activity Pack

    Day of the Dead Activity Pack

    Dia de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead, is a Mexican holiday that falls in November each year. It’s a day to remember the dead and welcome their spirits home for a night. It’s not a time to be sad, but instead, a time to remind us that life is a gift. Students will love learning about this special holiday with this fun no prep unit!

    This unit includes reading passages to learn all about Day of the Dead and Mexico with questions and activities for students to color and connect.

    This unit includes many interactive activities and learning opportunities for students including reading passages and activities about:

    ✔ Day of the Dead

    ✔ Symbols of Dia de Los Muertos

    ✔ Day of the Dead Skull Flip Booklet (5-pages)

    ✔ Vocabulary Posters

    ✔ Spotlight on Vocabulary

    ✔ Scan the QR code to watch two short videos on safeshare.tv

    Plus it comes with reading passages and activities to learn all about Mexico:

    ✔ All About Mexico

    ✔ Favorite Mexican Dishes

    ✔ Color the Flag of Mexico

    ✔ Suitcase Organizer

    ✔ Questions about Mexico

    ✔ All About Mexico Fact and Opinion Sort

    There are three main activities:

    Vocabulary:

    Introduce the vocabulary words with the real-life photo posters included. You could post these posters around the classroom and have students travel around to define the words. These posters make a colorful bulletin board display in a snap!

    Reading:

    Next, have students read the passages about Day of the Dead and all about Mexico. In centers, learning stations, or as partner work have students answer the comprehension questions and complete the suitcase organizer.

    Activities:

    There are many activities for students to complete to show what they know:

    ✔ Questions about Mexico

    ✔ Suitcase Organizer

    ✔ All about Mexico Fact and Opinion Sort

    ✔ Spotlight on Vocabulary

    ✔ Plus a 5-page Day of the Dead Skull Flip-up Book

    I usually have them do one page of the flipbook at each center or station. They can use the articles as a reference source to help them complete the pages of the booklet. Lastly, they cut, color, and assemble the booklet. Flipbooks can be glued or stapled inside their interactive notebooks, file folder, or a 12×18 piece of construction paper folded like a book cover.

  • World’s Best Mother, Father, Grandfathers Flip Book {Set of 3}

    World’s Best Mother, Father, Grandfathers Flip Book {Set of 3}

    This FUN Flip Book Bundle is sure to be a big hit with Mom, Dad, Aunt, Grandma, and Grandpa! This bundle is the perfect activity to celebrate three special holidays: Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, and Grandparent’s Day!

    There are 6 different FLIP BOOKS included in this pack:

    ►World’s Best Mother

    ►World’s Best Father

    ►World’s Best Aunt

    ►World’s Best Grandma

    ►World’s Best Grandpa

    ►World’s Best Grandparents

    Create a memorable flip book to celebrate Mom and Dad any time of the year. Grandma and Grandpa will love them too! These print-n-go flip books are a sweet and simple way to celebrate Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, and Grandparent’s Day.

  • Winter Holidays Around the World: Let’s Learn All About Diwali

    Winter Holidays Around the World: Let’s Learn All About Diwali

    Diwali is a special holiday celebrated by millions of people around the world. Diwali is also known as The Festival of Lights. Diwali started in India. Diwali is a time of new beginnings, much like New Year’s celebrations around the world. For four or five days, lamps and candles shine bright throughout cities and villages to stand for the good inside of each person. Your students will love learning about this special holiday!

    This unit includes many interactive activities and learning opportunities for students including reading passages about
    ✔ What is Diwali?
    ✔ Diwali Traditions
    ✔ All About India
    ✔ Questions about India
    ✔ Symbols & Flag
    ✔ Vocabulary Posters
    ✔ Vocabulary Flip Flaps
    ✔ Diwali Tradition Writing prompt
    ✔ Just the Facts Acrostic Charts
    ✔ Diwali Scavenger Hunt Organizer
    ✔ Fact or Fiction Activity
    ✔ Plus a 5-page Flip Book

    There are 3 main activities:
    Vocabulary:
    Introduce the 6 vocabulary words with the real-life photo posters included. You could post these posters around the classroom and have students travel around to define the words. These posters are excellent for a bulletin board display too.

    Reading:
    Next, have students read the passages the history and traditions of Diwali and India. There are questions and scenes for students to color and connect to the information. After reading the passages, have students answer the scavenger hunt organizer. These work well in centers, learning stations, and as partner work.

    Activities:
    There are many activities for students to complete to show what they know:
    ✔ Scavenger Hunt Organizer
    ✔ Questions about India
    ✔ Fact or Fiction Activity
    ✔ Just the Facts about Diwali
    ✔ Plus a Diwali 5-page Flip Book.

    I usually have them do one page of the flip book at each center or station. They can use the articles as a reference source to help them complete the pages of the booklet. Lastly, they cut, color, and assemble the booklet. Flip up books can be glued or stapled inside their interactive notebooks, file folder, or a 12×18 piece of construction paper folded like a book cover.

  • All About Snow & Life Cycle of a Snowflake

    All About Snow & Life Cycle of a Snowflake

    Winter is the time for SNOW! Students will love learning all about snow with this fun resource. With reading passages and activities all about snow, snowflakes, and the life cycle of a snowflake, your students are sure to become experts!

    There are 3 main activities:
    Reading:
    Read the passages about All About Snow and complete the questions that follow. Read about the Water Cycle and Life Cycle of a Snowflakes and then complete the diagram and flip book.

    Hands-on Activities:
    ✔ Fun in the Snow Activity
    ✔ Compare/Contrast Hidden Word Sort (compares water to snow)
    ✔ A 5-page Snowflakes Flip Book

    Vocabulary Activities:
    Print out the vocabulary posters in color or black and white. Post them on a bulletin board or around the classroom. Make copies of the Spotlight on Vocabulary. Have students write the definition or to write a sentence using the word.

    There are two different versions included:
    ✔ One has an empty box for students to draw their own illustrations related to the word.
    ✔ One has an image for them to color and visualize.

  • Veterans Day Activities and Write a Thank You Letter to a Soldier

    Veterans Day Activities and Write a Thank You Letter to a Soldier

    Happy Veterans Day! Celebrate this important holiday in the classroom with articles and activities all about Veterans Day, the U.S. Military, and Symbols of the United States.

    What’s inside:
    ✔ All About Veterans Day
    ✔ The Five Branches of the U.S. Armed Forces
    ✔ Symbols of the United States
    ✔ Veterans Day Organizer
    ✔ Symbols of the United States Activity
    ✔ The United States Flag
    ✔ Friendly Letter Templates
    ✔ Thank You Letter Templates
    ✔ Spotlight on Vocabulary
    ✔ Vocabulary Posters

    There are activities and organizers for students to show what they know. This pack can be set up as an activity for centers to celebrate this important holiday.

    This pack includes templates and information about writing a friendly letter to thank a Veteran. This is a great extension activity to honor U.S. Veterans all around the world.

    This pack includes six vocabulary posters with real-life photographs for students to connect to the information. There are several vocabulary activities included too. These colorful posters make an awesome bulletin board in a snap!

    There are three main activities in this pack:
    Vocabulary:
    Introduce the six vocabulary words with the real-life photo posters included. You could post these posters around the classroom and have students travel around to define the words in their flip-flaps that fit nicely inside their science notebooks. There is a Spotlight on Vocabulary. These colorful posters make an awesome bulletin board display too!

    Reading:
    Next, have students read the informational articles all about spiders, the life cycle of a spider and more. Read the case studies where they will learn about Black Widows, Wolf Spiders, and Tarantulas. There are organizers for each type of spider to reinforce learning.

    Activities:
    ✔ Comparing All Three Spiders (Cut-n-Sort Activity with Hidden Words)
    ✔ Black Widows Fact Wheel
    ✔ Wolf Spider Fact Wheel
    ✔ Tarantulas Fact Wheel
    ✔ Labels the Parts of a Spider
    ✔ All about Spiders Fact or Opinion
    ✔ Life Cycle of a Spider Diagram
    ✔ PLUS a 5-page Spiders Flip Booklet

  • Valentine’s Day Activities Fun Pack

    Valentine’s Day Activities Fun Pack

    Happy Valentine’s Day! This pack has reading passages and activities to celebrate Valentine’s Day in the classroom. Students will love reading about the circulatory system, our heart, Valentine’s Day traditions, and three cool animals that mate for life.

    In this pack there are reading passages and activities about:
    ✔ The Circulatory System
    ✔ Our Heart Pumps it Out!
    ✔ THREE Animals who Mate for Life: beavers, barn owls, & wolves
    ✔ Traditions of Valentine’s Day Organizer
    ✔ Be My Valentine Accordion Heart Cards & Envelopes
    ✔ Valentine’s Bookmarks
    ✔ A to Z of All the Things I Love
    ✔ Valentine Acrostic Poem
    ✔ Two Valentine Mazes
    ✔ Valentine Cards (32) with envelopes
    ✔ Window Box Organizers with comprehension questions for each animal

  • The Runaway Pumpkin Literacy and Activity Pack for Halloween Activities

    The Runaway Pumpkin Literacy and Activity Pack for Halloween Activities

    The Runaway Pumpkin is one of my favorite Halloween books to read to the class. During Halloween week, I read a new Halloween themed book each day. For that week during centers, we do fun literacy activities related to each book. What a fun way to celebrate and learn about Halloween!

    The Runaway Pumpkin is a delightful book that describes the journey of a runaway giant pumpkin as it bumps and thumps its way through the Baxter farm, only to end up as a family feast that night.

    This unit includes several literacy activities related to the story that highlight:

    ✔ Character Traits (Granny and Little Lil)

    ✔ The Setting

    ✔ The Plot

    ✔ The Plot Thickens (sequencing activity)

    ✔ Problem, Solution, and Theme

    ✔ Find all the Action Verbs

    ✔ Pumpkin Adjectives

    ✔ Comprehension Questions

    ✔ Spotlight on Vocabulary

    ✔ Runaway Pumpkin Scavenger Hunt

    ✔ Pumpkin Poem compare and contrast

    ✔ Write your own Personal Narrative Runaway Pumpkin Story

    ✔ Writing Rubric

    ✔ Life Cycle of a Pumpkin Activity

    ✔ Quiz and Answer Key

    These activities work well for reading groups, centers, or as extended activities after reading the book.

  • I am Thankful Pack: An Attitude for Gratitude

    I am Thankful Pack: An Attitude for Gratitude

    Practicing gratitude is a wonderful way to celebrate Thanksgiving in the classroom. This pack includes several interactive activities all related to Thanksgiving, being thankful, and focusing on positive character traits.

    This packet includes many interactive activities such as:
    ✔ Writing Activities
    ✔ Ways I am Thankful
    ✔ An Attitude of Gratitude Organizers (3 versions)
    ✔ Favorite Thanksgiving Foods
    ✔ Thanksgiving Mystery Flaps
    ✔ This is Me!
    ✔ Focus on Positive Character Traits Activities
    ✔ Vocabulary Posters
    ✔ Vocabulary Flip Flaps

    There are several activities included in this pack:
    Vocabulary:
    Introduce the 6 vocabulary words with the real-life photo posters included. You could post these posters around the classroom and have students travel around to match up and define the words in their flip flaps or use as a center activity. These posters are excellent for a bulletin board display too.

    Interactive Activities:
    Lots of hands-on activities are in this pack: *Thanksgiving Writing Activities
    ✔ I am Thankful For…
    ✔ My Favorite Thanksgiving Foods
    ✔ A Gratitude Attitude Organizers (3 versions)
    ✔ Holiday Insights Questions
    ✔ Positive Thinking Questions
    ✔ Thanksgiving Mystery Flaps
    ✔ This is Me! Focusing on Positive Character Traits

    When to use:
    ✔ Thanksgiving Lessons
    ✔ Stations/Centers
    ✔ Morning Work
    ✔ Writer’s Workshop
    ✔ For fast-finishers
    ✔ After reading a book that displays positive character traits such as gratefulness or generous.
    Included are several different ”thankful” activities for you to use depending on the age of your students and time allotted for these activities.

    There are also vocabulary posters and flip flaps that focus on positive character traits. After learning about these positive traits have students complete the “This is Me!” describing three of their positive character traits. This is a great character-building activity to get students thinking about themselves and reflect on their own traits.

    Happy Thanksgiving!

    There are 3 main activities in this creative resource:

    Thanksgiving Vocabulary:
    Introduce the 6 vocabulary words with the real-life photo posters included. You could post these posters around the classroom and have students travel around to match up and define the words in their flip flaps or use as a center activity. These posters are excellent for a bulletin board display too.

    Informational articles
    Next, have students read the informational articles and character studies where they will meet Squanto, Governor Carver (1st Governor of New Plymouth), John a pilgrim boy, Elizabeth, a pilgrim girl, and Tom Turkey. There’s also a mini-booklet about the first Thanksgiving. You could have students work with a partner or in small groups or even as a center/station activity.

    Thanksgiving Activities:
    Have students complete the Thanksgiving Mystery Flaps and the 6 page Thanksgiving Flip Up Booklet. I usually have them do one page at each center or station. They can use the articles as a reference source to help them complete the pages of the booklet. Lastly, they cut, color, and assemble the booklet. Flip up books can be glued or stapled inside their interactive notebooks, file folder, or a 12 x 18 piece of construction paper folded like a book cover.

    Happy Thanksgiving!

  • The Life Story of President Abraham Lincoln PowerPoint

    The Life Story of President Abraham Lincoln PowerPoint

    Abraham Lincoln – Students will love learning all about the 16th President of the United States with this 35 slide presentation!

    Abraham Lincoln will always be remembered as one of the greatest presidents of all time. He kept the United States together during the Civil War and brought an end to slavery.

    This Abraham Lincoln 35 slide PowerPoint presentation has colorful and creative graphics to keep students actively engaged. It’s geared for 1st grade, 2nd grade, and 3rd-grade students to learn all about Abraham Lincoln’s life including:

    ✔ Young Abraham Lincoln
    ✔ Honest Abe
    ✔ Abraham Lincoln Becomes President
    ✔ Abraham Lincoln’s Role in the Civil War
    ✔ A Great Leader
    ✔ Vocabulary
    ✔ 5 Question Quiz
    ✔ Answer Key
    ✔ For Elementary Grades – First grade, Second grade, Third grade
    ✔ Core Knowledge and Common Core Aligned