Description
🎅 Christmas Reading, Writing & STEAM Bundle – 3rd Grade
Make your December classroom merry and meaningful with this fun, engaging, and educational Christmas Reading, Writing, and STEAM Bundle! Perfect for busy 3rd grade teachers, this bundle blends literacy, creativity, and hands-on problem-solving for a joyful month of learning. Each activity is low-prep, high-engagement, and designed to strengthen essential ELA and STEM skills—all wrapped in Christmas cheer!
🎄 What’s Included:
-Christmas Reading Comprehension Passages & RACE Writing Practice – 3rd Grade
Students practice reading comprehension and evidence-based writing with four original Christmas passages (fiction, narrative, informational, and opinion). Each includes a R.A.C.E. question, sample response with one piece of text evidence, and a kid-friendly R.A.C.E. checklist.
✅ Builds reading comprehension and writing confidence
✅ Teaches how to restate, answer, cite, and explain
-Build-an-Elf Craft & Writing Activity
A creative and no-prep ELA craftivity where students design their own elf and write an imaginative or descriptive story about it.
✅ Includes elf templates, writing prompts, and checklists
✅ Integrates art and writing for hands-on learning
✅ Perfect for narrative or descriptive writing practice
-Christmas STEAM Challenges | 4 Engineering Design Projects
Four festive engineering challenges get students designing, building, and testing while learning key science and engineering concepts.
✅ Includes: Oh Christmas Tree, Snowball Catapult, Cabin in the Storm, and Santa’s Toy Shop
✅ Uses simple classroom materials
✅ Fosters collaboration, critical thinking, and creativity
📚 Skills Covered:
- Reading comprehension & text evidence (RACE)
- Narrative and descriptive writing
- Critical thinking & problem-solving
- Collaboration & creativity
- Real-world application of the Engineering Design Process
🎯 Standards Alignment:
- ELA: RL.3.1, RI.3.1, W.3.3, W.3.4
- Science/Engineering: NGSS 3-5-ETS1 Engineering Design
How to Use This Bundle:
🎄 Create a full week of Christmas-themed cross-curricular learning.
🎁 Use literacy activities in centers or whole-class lessons.
🧝 Add the elf craft for art integration or a writing celebration.
🧠 Host a holiday STEAM Day or Winter Makerspace event.
❄️ Perfect for December sub plans, morning work, or early finisher fun!
✅ Perfect For:
⭐ 3rd Grade ELA, Science, and STEAM teachers
⭐ Engaging, standards-based Christmas lessons
⭐ Low-prep, high-engagement December activities
⭐ Keeping students learning and motivated before break!
🧠 The Pedagogy: Why It Works
This bundle combines explicit literacy instruction with hands-on, creative learning to make December productive and joyful. Students practice reading and writing with meaningful structure, express themselves through art, and think like engineers while solving real-world problems. The mix of structure and creativity ensures every learner is engaged, challenged, and having fun!
🎄 Make December learning unforgettable!
Bring excitement and academic rigor to your classroom with this Christmas Reading, Writing, and STEAM Bundle—the perfect way to keep your 3rd graders learning, creating, and celebrating all season long!
Click “Add to Cart” now and give your students a joyful, educational holiday experience!
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3rd Grade-CHRISTMAS BUNDLE: Reading, Writing, Craft, and STEAM/Engineering
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Description
🎅 Christmas Reading, Writing & STEAM Bundle – 3rd Grade
Make your December classroom merry and meaningful with this fun, engaging, and educational Christmas Reading, Writing, and STEAM Bundle! Perfect for busy 3rd grade teachers, this bundle blends literacy, creativity, and hands-on problem-solving for a joyful month of learning. Each activity is low-prep, high-engagement, and designed to strengthen essential ELA and STEM skills—all wrapped in Christmas cheer!
🎄 What’s Included:
-Christmas Reading Comprehension Passages & RACE Writing Practice – 3rd Grade
Students practice reading comprehension and evidence-based writing with four original Christmas passages (fiction, narrative, informational, and opinion). Each includes a R.A.C.E. question, sample response with one piece of text evidence, and a kid-friendly R.A.C.E. checklist.
✅ Builds reading comprehension and writing confidence
✅ Teaches how to restate, answer, cite, and explain
-Build-an-Elf Craft & Writing Activity
A creative and no-prep ELA craftivity where students design their own elf and write an imaginative or descriptive story about it.
✅ Includes elf templates, writing prompts, and checklists
✅ Integrates art and writing for hands-on learning
✅ Perfect for narrative or descriptive writing practice
-Christmas STEAM Challenges | 4 Engineering Design Projects
Four festive engineering challenges get students designing, building, and testing while learning key science and engineering concepts.
✅ Includes: Oh Christmas Tree, Snowball Catapult, Cabin in the Storm, and Santa’s Toy Shop
✅ Uses simple classroom materials
✅ Fosters collaboration, critical thinking, and creativity
📚 Skills Covered:
- Reading comprehension & text evidence (RACE)
- Narrative and descriptive writing
- Critical thinking & problem-solving
- Collaboration & creativity
- Real-world application of the Engineering Design Process
🎯 Standards Alignment:
- ELA: RL.3.1, RI.3.1, W.3.3, W.3.4
- Science/Engineering: NGSS 3-5-ETS1 Engineering Design
How to Use This Bundle:
🎄 Create a full week of Christmas-themed cross-curricular learning.
🎁 Use literacy activities in centers or whole-class lessons.
🧝 Add the elf craft for art integration or a writing celebration.
🧠 Host a holiday STEAM Day or Winter Makerspace event.
❄️ Perfect for December sub plans, morning work, or early finisher fun!
✅ Perfect For:
⭐ 3rd Grade ELA, Science, and STEAM teachers
⭐ Engaging, standards-based Christmas lessons
⭐ Low-prep, high-engagement December activities
⭐ Keeping students learning and motivated before break!
🧠 The Pedagogy: Why It Works
This bundle combines explicit literacy instruction with hands-on, creative learning to make December productive and joyful. Students practice reading and writing with meaningful structure, express themselves through art, and think like engineers while solving real-world problems. The mix of structure and creativity ensures every learner is engaged, challenged, and having fun!
🎄 Make December learning unforgettable!
Bring excitement and academic rigor to your classroom with this Christmas Reading, Writing, and STEAM Bundle—the perfect way to keep your 3rd graders learning, creating, and celebrating all season long!
Click “Add to Cart” now and give your students a joyful, educational holiday experience!
You may also like:
Christmas 4th Grade Reading Comprehension Passages with RACE
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