Topic: Winter Resources

  • 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.

  • Polar Bears Activity Pack

    Polar Bears Activity Pack

    Your students will love learning all about these COOL creatures! Polar bears are the largest living carnivores on land! These huge powerful bears can grow to be 10 feet tall and weigh more than 1,500 pounds. These massive creatures can really move too! On land, they can run 25 mph. In the water, they can swim at speeds up to 6 mph in water.

    This creative unit includes many interactive activities and learning opportunities for students including:
    ✔ Reading Passages (5)
    ✔ Comprehension Questions
    ✔ Anticipatory Set
    ✔ Meet Knut, a world famous polar bear
    ✔ Life Cycle of a Polar Bear
    ✔ Vocabulary Posters
    ✔ Vocabulary Flip Flaps
    ✔ Plus a 5-page Flip Book
    ✔ Answer Keys

    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 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.

    Reading:
    Next, have students read the informational articles all about Polar Bears with a special look at Knut, a world-famous polar bear. There are several activities for students to complete after reading the articles, such as comprehension questions, fact or fiction activity, organizers, and cloze passage. Also included are the life cycle of a polar bear diagram, fact or fiction activity, and more! You could have students work with a partner or in small groups or as a center/station activity.

    Activities:
    Have students complete the 5-page Polar Bears Flip 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 12×18 piece of construction paper folded like a book cover.

  • Hanukkah Activities for Kids

    Hanukkah Activities for Kids

    Hanukkah is a Jewish holiday that lasts for eight days and nights. Hanukkah also called the “Festival of Lights,” celebrates the victory of ancient Jewish people who took a stand to protect their way of life. Hanukkah is a unique holiday filled with special meaning, rituals, and festive foods to celebrate the triumphs of ancient Jewish heroes. Students will love learning about this special holiday with this fun activity pack.

    This unit includes reading passages, a scavenger hunt organizer, acrostic fact chart, and vocabulary posters with real-life photos to post in the classroom. Using the scavenger hunt organizer and a clipboard students act as detectives to track down the answers to the questions.

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

    ✔ What is Hanukkah?

    ✔ Hanukkah Traditions

    ✔ All About Israel

    ✔ Questions About Israel

    ✔ The Flag of Israel

    ✔ The Star of David

    ✔ A Menorah

    ✔ Vocabulary Posters

    ✔ Vocabulary Flip Flaps

    ✔ Just the Facts Acrostic Chart

    ✔ Hanukkah Scavenger Hunt

    ✔ 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 Hanukkah. 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

    ✔ Star of David

    ✔ Menorah

    ✔ Fact or Fiction Activity

    ✔ Just the Facts about Hanukkah

    ✔ Plus a Hanukkah 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.

    This can be used as an activity to get the kiddos moving around the room. It could also be used as a holiday centers activity. The holiday posters with real-life photos make a beautiful bulletin board display too.

    Scavenger Hunt Steps:

    1. Place the reading passages and holiday photo posters in six spots around the classroom.

    2. Students read the passage about each holiday and travel around the room to answer the questions on the scavenger hunt organizers.

    3. For an extra challenge, copy the holiday acrostic fact charts on the backside of each organizer and have students write one fact beside each letter for that holiday.

    4. Come back together as a class to discuss their answers.

    5. You could also set it up as a learning station or center activity where students read about each holiday, respond to questions on the organizers, and then complete the flip books.

    This is a wonderful way to get students actively involved with the information literally by getting them up and out of their seats. It’s perfect for partners or group work.

    Little prep work to save you time:

    ✔ Print posters and organizers

    ✔ Copy the scavenger hunt organizers and acrostic fact charts (back-to-back)

    ✔ Post posters around the classroom (or at stations/centers)

    ✔ Assign partners or groups

    ✔ Hand out scavenger hunt organizers and clipboards

    ✔ Set timer (about 5-10)

    ✔ Have students rotate to the next spot

    Happy Hanukkah!

  • Groundhog Day Activity Pack with Passages, Activities, and Flip Book

    Groundhog Day Activity Pack with Passages, Activities, and Flip Book

    Learning about Groundhog Day has never been so much fun! This activity pack is full of kid-friendly articles, vocabulary, flip book, and several interactive activities to keep your students highly engaged.

    Groundhog Day is a yearly tradition held on February 2nd where a groundhog, named Punxsutawney Phil, predicts how long winter will last. Celebrate this special holiday with this creative and interactive pack!

    This unit includes many interactive activities and learning opportunities for students including:
    ✔ Reading Passages about Groundhogs and Groundhog Day
    ✔ Comprehension Questions
    ✔ Groundhog Day Organizer
    ✔ What do you Predict?
    ✔ Where do Groundhogs Live?
    ✔ What Happened Today?
    ✔ Spotlight on Vocabulary
    ✔ Vocabulary Posters
    ✔ Vocabulary Flip Flaps
    ✔ Plus a 5 Page Groundhog Day Flip-Up Booklet

    There are 3 main activities in this Groundhog Day Activity Pack:

    Vocabulary:
    Introduce the 5 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

    Reading:
    Next, have students read the informational articles about groundhogs and Groundhog Day with questions and scenes for students to connect and color. Students then complete the Groundhog Day Organizer. You could have students work with a partner or in small groups. It could also be used as a center or learning station activity.

    Groundhog Day Activities:
    Have students complete the Groundhog Day Flip-Up booklet and/or build it page by page. I usually have them do one page at each center or learning 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. They could also decorate the outside of the folder with a colorful groundhog image.

    Happy Groundhog Day!

  • All About Wolves Unit

    All About Wolves Unit

    Students will love learning all about wolves with this hands-on activity pack! In this unit, there are reading passages, comprehension questions, fun activities, vocabulary posters, and a flip book!

    This unit includes reading passages about:

    ⭐ The Way of the Wolf

    ⭐ The Wolf Life Cycle

    There are lots of hands-on activities to complement this unit including:

    ✔ Comprehension questions

    ✔ Organizers

    ✔ Life Cycle Diagram

    ✔ All About Wolves–cut-n-sort activity

    ✔ Flip Booklet

    ✔ Vocabulary Photo Posters

    ✔ Spotlight on Vocabulary

    There are three main activities in this unit:

    Reading:

    Read the passages all about wolves and answer the questions on the organizers.

    Hands-on Activities:

    ✔ All About Wolves

    Students read the statements to determine which of the statements are facts or opinions. Then they cut and paste the facts on the activity page.

    ✔ The Gray Wolf Flip Book:

    Answer the questions on each page of the flip book. Then cut, color, and assemble the booklet. Flip books are an excellent center activity for students to show what they know.

    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 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.

  • Let’s Learn About Kwanzaa Unit

    Let’s Learn About Kwanzaa Unit

    Kwanzaa uses ideas from an ancient African Swahili seven-day-long harvest celebration. Kwanzaa is a holiday to remember African-American culture, community, and heritage. Kwanzaa is celebrated from December 26th to January 1st. Today, some people join Kwanzaa and Christmas together to celebrate their heritage as well as their religion. 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 Kwanzaa?
    ⭐ Kwanzaa Traditions
    ⭐ All About the United States
    ⭐ America, the Beautiful
    ⭐ Questions about the United States of America
    ⭐ Symbols & Flag
    ⭐ Vocabulary Posters
    ⭐ Vocabulary Flip Flaps
    ⭐ Kwanzaa Tradition Writing Prompt
    ⭐ Just the Facts Acrostic Charts
    ⭐ Kwanzaa 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 Kwanzaa and all about the United States. Since Kwanzaa first started in the United States, students will enjoy learning about America. 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 the United States
    ⭐ Fact or Fiction Activity
    ⭐ Just the Facts about Kwanzaa
    ⭐ Plus a 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.