Looking for December and the holiday season activities to engage students this month? This easy-to-use, all-in-one print and go activity pack is designed to keep your students engaged and working hard all month long as they practice important standards and celebrate the month!

These activities are perfect to include ALL students this December, no matter what holiday they celebrate!

This set includes differentiated math tasks and practice games, a procedural writing unit, December Holidays No Prep Pack, and close reading activities all about the North Pole!

This set includes BOTH printable and digital versions.

CONTENTS December Holidays:

✓ Link and directions to use the digital version in Google Classroom™

✓Reading

• 6 Nonfiction Reading Passages and Activities
• Merry Christmas (“W” Questions)
• Happy Hanukkah (Reader Response Questions/Latke Sequence Order)
• Happy Kwanzaa (Reader Response Questions)
• St. Lucia Day (Important Information Web)
• Are Reindeer Real? (Main Idea and Supporting Details, Reindeer Fact and Opinion)
• Holiday Venn Diagram & Tradition Reflection
• Student Note-Taking Sheet
• Student Presentation Directions (Optional Activity)

✓Grammar and More

• Inference Gifts (2 Activities)
• Holiday Word Sort-Nouns, Verbs, Adjectives
• Abstract Nouns
• Holiday Alliteration
• Holiday Word Search and Answer Key
• December Holiday 3-2-1 Reflection

✓Writing Activities

• Bright Holiday Wishes-Writing Activity
• Holiday Haikus-Poetry Activity
• Holiday Celebration-Invitation Friendly Letter
• You Light Up my Day-Class Writing Activity for Community Building
• Opinion Writing Prompt & Graphic Organizer
• Explanatory Writing Prompt & Graphic Organizer
• Narrative Writing Prompt & Graphic Organizer

✓Math Activities

• Time for the Holidays-Elapsed Time Game
• Hanukkah Elapsed Time Word Problems
• Kwanzaa Subtraction Gifts

CONTENTS of How To Wrap a Present Procedural Writing:

✓Link for Google Slide use and digital directions

ANCHOR CHARTS:

✓What is Procedural/How To Writing?

✓What are Procedural/How To Key Words?

✓What are Sequential Key Words?

✓What are Other Helpful Words?

✓Procedural/How To Writing Organization

✓Who is Your Audience?

✓What Are Procedural/How To Writing Tips?

✓Modeled Procedural/How To Writing Essay and Discussion Questions

✓Student Project Task Directions

✓Brainstorming and Planning Graphic Organizers

✓Sketching Page

✓Prompt Page (Wrap a Present and Holiday Activities)

✓Student Editing and Revising Checklist

✓Additional Resources for Open-Ended Winter Activities writing

✓Teacher Rubric

✓Teacher Suggestions

CONTENTS of Differentiated Gingerbread Performance Task

✓Directions and Link to share with students using Google Classroom™

• Project Introduction
• What is a Profit?
• Project Task Directions
• Student Work Organizers
• End of Project Student Reflection Sheet

✓Three Leveled Differentiated Task Each Level Includes:

• Task Directions
• Work Space
• Sales Menu
• Purchase Order
• Situational Cards
• Challenge Extension
• Answer Key
• Teacher Suggestions

CONTENTS of North Pole Close Reading

✓ Link and directions to use the digital version in Google Classroom™

✓Close Reading Anchor Charts in two sizes

✓Close Reading Graphic Organizer

✓3 articles with reader response text-dependent questions (The North Pole, Life on the North Pole, Reindeer)

✓Visualizing the North Pole

✓Life at the Pole

✓Reindeer Life Cycle

✓Answer Keys

✓Bonus Activities Include:

-Comparing North Pole to other Cold Environment

-Packing for the Pole Expedition

-Going Beyond the Reading Critical Thinking Reflection

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