Christmas Math Pages | Teacher Talk 2024

Christmas Math Pages

Double and Triple Digit Addition and Subtraction Practice Pages with a Christmas Theme. These worksheets provide practice in adding and subtracting double-digit numbers without regrouping. Also included finding the pattern, writing the missing numbers, and adding a single column of 3 single digits. These pages can be fun and colorful to practice the skill of adding and subtracting double and triple-digit numbers with a Christmas theme. Set them at a math station for needed practice on a math skill learned and mastered. Assign for independent math practice for double-digit addition and subtraction.

There are 16 total worksheets and 16 answer sheets included.

These practice pages are ideal for the following:

• independent practice
• morning seat work
• math class warm-up
• fast finishers
• Christmas math station
• homework
• extra practice for adding and subtracting double-digit numbers
• quick and easy assessment of double-digit addition & subtraction skill
• these worksheets can easily be assigned for distance learning

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Magic Treehouse - Christmas In Camelot - Book Companion

Christmas In Camelot - Book Companion

Magic Treehouse books are a treasure trove for third graders! These engaging stories build reading stamina, expand vocabulary, and spark curiosity about history, science, and culture. Christmas in Camelot is a particularly rewarding choice for the holiday season. This magical adventure ties in beautifully with themes of kindness, bravery, and imagination—perfect for a festive classroom read-aloud or small group study. Bring the magic of Christmas and the joy of reading to your students this season!

Now 50% off for the first 24 hours.  Discover excellent teaching resources at MrsQuimbyReads on TPT!   With over 400 thoughtfully crafted materials, this store is your go-to for saving time while inspiring the joy of learning in your classroom. These resources, from ELA and math to science, social studies, and classroom management, are designed to captivate your students and make teaching a breeze. Whether integrating subjects, teaching life lessons through children's literature, or organizing your classroom, MrsQuimbyReads has everything you need to create meaningful, joyful learning experiences!  Click on the links to preview and learn more about engaging teacher materials. 

         Happy Christmas, Happy Teaching,

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Christmas Teacher Resources that bring JOY to your Classroom

Christmas Joy in the Classroom  

'Tis the season filled with magic and wonder. Weave a holiday theme with lesson plans that teach reading, writing, and social skills. Make decorations that teach fine motor skills. Read books that teach joy and kindness. Traditions are found in beloved Christmas stories written by masterful writers like Jan Brett. Your lessons become a springboard for meaningful classroom discussions about sharing acts of kindness and creating a sense of community. Your students will make childhood memories that sparkle bright! 

Here are some beloved children's authors who have written Christmas books:

1. Chris Van Allsburg - The Polar Express
2. Jan Brett - The Wild Christmas Reindeer, The Animals' Santa
3. Dr. Seuss - How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
4. Tomie dePaola - The Legend of the Poinsettia
5. Eric Carle - Dream Snow
6. Lori Evert - The Christmas Wish (illustrated by Per Breiehagen)
7. Margaret Wise Brown - Christmas in the Barn
8. Clement C. Moore - The Night Before Christmas
9. Matt Tavares - Dasher
10. Mary Pope Osborne - Christmas in Camelot (from the Magic Tree House series)
11. Karma Wilson and Jane Chapman - Bear Stays Up for Christmas

Bear Stays Up for Christmas - Book Companion

Bear Stays Up for Christmas, by Karma Wilson and Jane Chapman. 

Book Companion to write about your reading.

In this story, the forest animals tell Bear he must stay up for Christmas. Bear is sleepy, but he says he will try. Read this book to discover how Bear finds the best gift for Christmas. This book teaches the life lesson of being kind to your friends

and the gift of giving.

Bear Stays Up for Christmas, 

by Karma Wilson and Jane Chapman. 

In this story, the forest animals tell Bear he must stay up for Christmas. Bear is sleepy, but he says he will try. Read this book to discover how Bear finds the best gift for Christmas. This book teaches the life lesson of being kind to your friends

and the gift of giving.

Focus Skills Include:

• comprehension questions
• writing about Bear
• word work - rhyming words - making new words
• handwriting practice
• story events
• my favorite part
• writing about the surprise
• design a quilt for your friend
  
• write and draw about the story
• teacher pages

Teacher Tip:  Leave this book and these reader response pages for your Substitute Teacher. Engage your students in good books when you cannot be with them, and provide your substitute with an 'easy to follow' plan. 

Grab some engaging resources to brighten your classroom for the holiday season. Make these days Merry & Bright with teaching resources that save you time!

Click on these holiday resources today:

The Wild Christmas Reindeer by Jan Brett - Book Companion

Trouble with Trolls by Jan Brett - Book Companion

Christmas Math Pages - Double & Triple Digit Addition and Subtraction

Legend of the Poinsettia - retold by Tomie dePaolo - Book Companion

Are you looking for educational and fun teacher materials for the Christmas season? Just read and browse below to find some that are tried and true. Children learn with smiling faces. Teacher Idea: Leave some of these pages for your substitute teacher.   

Trouble with Trolls - Book Companion   

Reader Response pages for the book Trouble with Trolls by Jan Brett. Teach story elements and character traits, new vocabulary, and word study. 33 pages to use with this picture book. These pages can easily be assigned for independent seatwork, small reading groups, or entire class. This book is truly an engaging Christmas book to read aloud.

Teaching Work Ethic with Santa’s Elves

 

Santa's Elves - Work Ethic

Teach Work Ethic with Santa’s Elves

Academic practice pages that teach the importance of a good work ethic with Santa's elves theme. These 17 pages give practice and review for literacy.  They all have an elf theme.  Fun and educational!

Focus skills include:

• keywords to understand the meaning of a good work ethic
• writing sentences for each keyword
• answering questions (short answer)
• writing prompts about work ethic at school
• Santa's elves as role models
• designing ornaments
• 4-square graphic organizer for the importance of work ethic
• elf job application

Teacher Resources for November

Magic Treehouse - Bk. No. 27-
Thanksgiving On Thursday

Magic Treehouse - Bk#27 - 

Thanksgiving On Thursday

This teaching resource includes pages for reading comprehension, practicing reading strategies, word work, and illustration after reading Magic Treehouse, Thanksgiving On Thursday by Mary Pope Osborne. Chapter-by-chapter - comprehension checks allow students to revisit the book to remember story events and details. Use these pages to enhance the reading experience — they have everything you need to create an excellent literature experience and diversify instruction.

This book companion is to be used with the book,

Magic Treehouse, Bk #27 Thanksgiving On Thursday by Mary Pope Osborne.

Focus skills are:

• story map
• beginning-middle-end
• answer story questions
• short answer
• multiple choice
• make a prediction
• learning new words
• word search
• characters in the story
• write and color
• story events
• story setting
• life lesson taught in the story
• Pilgrim, Native American, Squanto research
• graphic organizers
• Venn diagram
• answer key included

Teacher Ideas:

• Download this resource for your reading groups in November. It contains everything you need for reading instruction and to enjoy the days before Thanksgiving break.
• Leave this excellent book with pages from this book companion for your substitute teacher. 
• Assign the reading and matching reader response pages, chapter by chapter, and share in your literature circle.
• Involve your class in research and class discussions about the Pilgrims, the Wampanoag, Squanto, Priscilla, and the times they lived in. 

For 3rd graders developing reading skills, easy chapter books are a great way to build fluency, comprehension, and a love for reading. Magic Treehouse books are an engaging and standalone series for this age group.

"Magic Tree House" series by Mary Pope Osborne

• Summary: Jack and Annie travel through time and space on exciting adventures.
• Why it’s good: It combines fantasy with historical facts, which enhances comprehension and sparks curiosity about history.

This teaching resource is ideal with small reading groups, independent seatwork, or independent work assignments.

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Teacher Materials for Halloween | Halloween Clip Art | Halloween Writing

Halloween Clip Art - Set #1

Halloween clip art images can motivate student writing in primary grades by making the writing process more engaging and fun. Visuals help spark creativity and inspire ideas, giving students a starting point for their stories. 

Colorful, playful images capture students' attention to begin the writing process. Halloween clip art can also support vocabulary development by providing visual cues and context, helping young writers express their thoughts more clearly. This combination of creativity and visual support fosters enthusiasm and confidence in early writing skills.

 

Halloween-ClipArt-Set #2-KidCostumes

Halloween-themed clip art can add fun and creativity to your worksheets and teaching resources. Incorporate cute and spooky images like pumpkins, ghosts, and witches to engage students in math problems, writing prompts, and reading comprehension exercises. These clip art images help make learning festive and enjoyable, enhancing counting, vocabulary, and storytelling lessons while keeping students excited and motivated during the Halloween season. It's a simple way to bring seasonal charm to educational materials!

Halloween Clip Art Set #3 - Pumpkins

Genre Posters for Your Classroom

Genre Posters for the Classroom

Are you looking for a bright and colorful bulletin board that teaches?

Catch their attention with these bright and colorful posters to teach genre in children's literature. You can refer to these posters in the ELA classroom. Identifying genres in reading class may improve reading achievement and be a springboard for many meaningful classroom discussions. Each poster is titled with a specific genre, a definition of the genre, and examples 

from the wide world of children's literature.

Each poster measures 8.5" x 11"  ...introduce

the genre one at a time and create a colorful 

bulletin board that teaches.  There are 17 posters, each depicting a specific genre.

Your students will remember the genre 

when you post the different kinds in your classroom.  Bold lettering and fun clip art. 

Teaching third graders about literary genres offers several key benefits:

1. Enhances Comprehension

Understanding genres helps students anticipate a text's structure, themes, and elements. For example, knowing they're reading a mystery will prompt them to look for clues and try to solve the puzzle, encouraging more profound engagement with the material.

2. Develops Critical Thinking

Identifying genres helps students analyze and categorize books based on their characteristics. This practice promotes critical thinking as they learn to compare and contrast different types of stories, recognizing the unique features that define each genre.

3. Encourages Exploration

Exposure to various genres broadens students' reading experiences. It encourages them to explore books outside their comfort zone and fosters a love for diverse types of literature, from fantasy and fiction to biographies and informational texts.

4. Supports Writing Skills

Understanding the structure and features of different genres helps students improve their writing. They can mimic genre-specific styles, whether the suspense of a mystery or the imaginative setting of a fantasy story, enhancing their creative and narrative writing abilities.

5. Improves Vocabulary and Language Skills

Different genres introduce varied vocabulary, sentence structures, and language patterns. For instance, poetry emphasizes rhythm and word choice, while informational texts focus on technical vocabulary, improving students' overall language development.

6. Boosts Reading Motivation

By introducing a range of genres, students are more likely to find types of books that resonate with them. This can increase their interest in reading and motivate them to read for pleasure, strengthening their literacy skills.

7. Builds Cultural and Emotional Awareness

Different genres often explore a variety of themes, perspectives, and cultures. Students gain a broader understanding of the world by reading across genres, helping them develop empathy and emotional intelligence.

Incorporating genre studies in third grade helps students become more well-rounded readers and sets a solid foundation for future literacy development.

Halloween Resources Waiting for Your Students to Read, Interact and Enjoy!

Are You Ready for Some Halloween 

reading, writing, and fun!

Halloween Printables

Halloween Safety Tips

These printable cards are an easy way to teach children safety tips for Halloween. Go over the tips at school or at home, and hand out the cards one by one.

Frankencrayon- Book Companion

Learning color names and writing about reading! For beginning readers and writers. Read this excellent book, Frankencrayon , by Michael Hall, and then write about the book. Even make a scribble monster! It's motivating! It's educational, and it's fun! Literacy lesson #1: read good books; read, think, write, listen, share!

My Teacher On Halloween

5 Writing Prompts about what "My Teacher Will Be On Halloween".   This is a fun 

and high-interest writing assignment.

Children love to think about what the teacher might be on Halloween... and teachers love to see what they write! Write and Draw! My Teacher On Halloween!

Double-Digit Addition & Subtraction

Double-digit Addition and Subtraction Practice Pages with a Halloween Theme. These worksheets provide practice in adding and subtracting double-digit numbers without regrouping. They can be fun and colorful, and they can be used to practice the skill of adding and subtracting double-digit numbers with a Halloween theme. Also, practice adding 3 single digits to a column. Set them at a math station for needed practice on a math skill learned and mastered. Assign for independent math practice for double-digit addition and subtraction.  

There are 12 total worksheets and 12 answer sheets included.

Creepy Carrots

This book entertains the reader and the listeners with Jasper's adventures at Crackenhopper Field.   Read about creepy carrots and learn how Jasper solves his problem. It's fun fiction! And leads to an ending that makes the reader think. Read this book aloud and choose these reader response pages to write about the book.

Also included is a Creepy Carrot craftivity.     Make these creepy carrots and create a colorful bulletin board.

Focus Skills are:

• interactive reading booklet
• story elements
• illustration
• drawing creepy carrots
• How many carrots are enough?
• describing the main character
• character traits
• fill-in-blank activity
• 4-square to write about story elements
• illustrating story events
• create your own creepy carrot with templates and directions
• 34 pages to respond to the book
• reading conference questions
• teacher directions

Engage your students this Halloween by reading, thinking, writing, and drawing 

around the theme of Halloween. Interactive Reading Booklet

17 Halloween Writing prompts! Word Study and Poetry! Seven Label the Pictures- 

Cut and Paste Seven labeling pages where early writers will label the pictures. These pages are cut and pasted, and children read the words, reread them, and then cut them out and paste them in the correct box 

to show the word's meaning.

• seventeen Halloween Writing Prompts
• writing prompts with word boxes
• writing prompts with sentence starters
• writing prompts with title
• writing prompts with 'give reasons why.'
• 4 Halloween Poems - read for fluency, read at school, read at home
• Read and Follow the Directions page

Interactive Reading Booklet - "The Halloween Parade"

Easy to download and assemble - 2 booklets on a page - print 2 sides

Teacher directions included - this is so easy !!

Students write in the booklet to complete the sentences and also color the pictures. This booklet has easy, repetitive text for beginning readers, and students love reading it—more than once!

This resource also includes the vocabulary needed for your booklets. Words your students need for interactive booklets can be displayed in your classroom or literacy center. Also included are some blank vocabulary cards if you need to write in some additional words for your Halloween word bank.  

Grab this Halloween resource for Writing Prompts 

and more   HERE

Spookley, the Square Pumpkin, 

by Joe Troiano.

Spookley feels sad, lonely, and square in this story, and those other pumpkins are teasing him! But only for a short time, as you will read, to find out what makes being square a unique feature and helps solve a big problem. This book entertains the reader and listeners with rhyme and rhythm. It is the perfect book to teach and review the different shapes and teach awareness of differences and how we might want to avoid judging a pumpkin by its shape.

It's fun fiction! And leads to a gratifying ending. Read this book aloud and choose these reader response pages as a springboard for essential class discussions about being unique and caring about others. Also included is a Spookley craftivity and word cards for your pocket chart.  Grab this book companion for Spookley, HERE

Understand the life cycle of a pumpkin. Easily foldable booklet so that students see each stage of growth.

Stages include:

1. seeds

2. sprout

3. growing sprout

4. vines and flowers

5. green pumpkin

6. giant, fat pumpkin in the pumpkin patch

Also included are three pages for reference on the 'life cycle of a pumpkin': one black-and-white for students to color, one in color if you wish to display it, and the third one is a graphic organizer that the students can fill in to show that they remember the stages of a pumpkin's life cycle.

The booklet is a fun foldable that students love. After completing it, it guides them through retelling the stages.  Grab this teaching resource Life Cycle of A Pumpkin

All About Pumpkins ... Read. Write. Do. Learn. These pages about pumpkins will engage primary readers in literacy skills, thinking, and learning about pumpkins.

Improve literacy skills and reading achievement with reading passages and writing prompts within a unit of studying pumpkins.

Add these pages to a science corner or literacy station with books and literature about pumpkins. These reading passages and writing prompts can be used for independent practice, small-group instruction, and whole-class unit studies about pumpkins. 

 All About Pumpkins

There are 50 pages:

• reading passages
• comprehension checks
• writing prompts
• drawing and illustrating
• facts about pumpkins
• KWL chart
• Poetry Booklet about Pumpkins
• word study
• label the jack-o’-lantern
• writing sentences
• learning new words
• vocabulary for display
• ABC order
• rhyming words
• math – skip counting- puzzles
• count by 10’s
• count by 5’s
• count by 2’s
• combinations of 10
• tally marks
• Life Cycle of A Pumpkin [anchor chart, cut and paste]
• collecting data about the class pumpkin
• Float or Sink?

Halloween Handouts! Writing Halloween Sentences and Solving Riddles with Multiplication. These handouts are easily assigned for distance learning.

These pages teach and provide some Halloween fun:

• students learn about the 4 kinds of sentences
• students show what they have learned by writing 'Halloween' sentences
• students solve multiplication facts to solve a riddle about Halloween

In this story, the witch and her cat happily fly through the sky on a broomstick when the wind picks up and blows away the witch's hat. Some animals help her and want to ride on the broom. A minor disaster comes, and all the animals come to the rescue. The story is in rhyme, bouncing merrily along, full of fun.

Read this book aloud to your child and choose these reader response pages to enhance the reading experience. 

This book companion is to be used with 

Room on the Broom by Julia Donaldson.

Focus Skills:

• comprehension questions
• characters in the story
• story events
• word study
• vocabulary cards for your pocket chart
• write and draw
• word work - phonics - rhyming words
• sight words
• diversified instruction

There are 30 pages in this teaching resource to respond to this book. You certainly would not have to do all of them, but you could if you wish. This book companion quickly diversifies instruction.  Yes, I want Room on the Broom book companion.