STEMIST HEADQUARTERS

Your students can follow the steps provided to help Santa motivate his reindeer to get moving on Christmas Eve! In addition to working in teams to think of ideas and create models, the students can write up their plan using figurative language (similes and metaphors) to make their explanations clear and descriptive. This can be completed individually or in groups or eliminated completely for younger students. The free resource, Flying Reindeer powerpoint presentation, can be used in conjuncti

Students use the chart to search for, try out, and locate words whose value is exactly one dollar! Teacher directions for use and strategies students may use are provided along with the chart for students. Students will use their math skills to practice adding while searching for and trying to find their dollar words. Strategies for determining dollar words will come naturally as students begin to identify words!

This powerpoint leads students through a STEM activity requiring them to help Santa get his reindeer flying on Christmas Eve! You can purchase the worksheets to accompany this lesson or let students do it in a less structured way on paper!