Christmas Resources for Primary Grades

 Create some merry and bright Christmas math stations

Addition Facts Practice  - Set up a Christmas Math Station 

with Little Elf Cover Up

Little Elf Cover Up

a simple and fun game to place in a math station. Roll the dice. Add the numbers. Find the elf. Cover the number. You can laminate these pages or place them in a protective covering so the children can use them over and over.

Included are:

7 elf cards with numbers in color

7 elf cards with numbers b&w

directions for teacher.  You will need dice and pompoms. 

Christmas Math Center

    

Counting and Number Sense 

Set up a 'Christmas' Math center with these write and spin pages. Learn to count and write numbers. Pages focus on learning and writing the numbers from 0-9, counting and recognizing numbers.     

spin and write {spin and count, then write}

How many? Count and write the number

Color the elf and Christmas Tree by number …

Handwriting Practice of Numbers 0-9 – use any time

Reindeer Cover Up - Multiplication

Reindeer Cover-Up is a simple and fun game to place in a math station at Christmas time. Practice multiplication facts to the 6x table. Roll the dice. Multiply the numbers. Find the reindeer. Cover the number.

Laminate these pages or place them in a protective covering so the children can use them over and over.

Included are:

• 7 reindeer cards with numbers in color

• 7 reindeer cards with numbers b&w

• directions for teacher

• you will need dice and pom poms or counters

And one more! Of course, writing a wish list: 

Write a Christmas Wish List

Writing a Christmas wish list is fun and an authentic writing experience for children. With this list you also get to see what books that hope to get and read for the holidays. This writing assignment can easily be assigned for distance learning and school-at-home.

Teaching Resources for November Classrooms and Distance Learning

November Book Challenge

November Reading Challenge inspires your students to read more books in the month of November. November Reading Log will keep record of how many books read. There are 2 challenges for readers; one for beginning readers and another for more experienced readers. Students feel a sense of accomplishment and enjoy good books for the entire month of November and longer!

Perfect for distance learning assignments!

In November - Book Companion

    In November by Cynthia Rylant...

Read. Write. Do. Learn. These reader response pages will engage primary readers in literacy skills after reading this wonderful picture book about November. 

16 pages for reader response and writing prompts that give the opportunity to write about this book and the author’s message. These pages can easily be assigned for distance learning and school-at-home.

Arthur's Thanksgiving -
Book Companion

Everything you need for your readers to respond to this book, Arthur's Thanksgiving by Marc Brown. Everyone loves Arthur! and he is the director of his class' school play about Thanksgiving; and he runs into a problem or two. These reader response pages will enhance the reading experience. You might read the book aloud to the entire class, use in a small reading group, or assign to an independent reader. Also included are Thanksgiving bookmarks for your students.

Pete the Cat

Pete the Cat, 

The First Thanksgiving 

by Kimberly and James Dean. In this story, Pete the Cat is feeling a bit nervous as he is going to be in his school play about the First Thanksgiving. This book entertains the reader and the listeners with true facts about the First Thanksgiving depicted by a lovable fictional character, Pete, the Cat. The perfect book to teach about the voyage of the Mayflower, the hardships of the Pilgrims and how we have decided to celebrate each year their success to the new world. Teach fact and fiction; as you will discover the many facts about the early Pilgrims but will also recognize wonderful fictional characters.  Read this book aloud and choose these reader response pages to enhance the reading experience. There are many pages to choose from and you can easily diversify instruction by choosing those pages that best accommodate your students. Also included is a Pete, the cat, craftivity to make for Thanksgiving. These pages can easily be assigned for distance learning or school-at-home.