December Lessons
Lessons related to the holiday season!
Special Gifts with Special Requirements
Your special friends sure have some unique gift needs!
Holiday Writing: Packing Crates
An old photograph. A holiday scene. Pick one object in the picture and write from its point of view.
Looking Closely at Holiday Photos
Let’s write from multiple perspectives using an old timey holiday photo!
Remixing A Holiday Poem
Let’s take a classic Christmas poem and remix it to work with another holiday!
Parts of Speech Party – Gift
How many different ways can we use the word “gift” in a single paragraph? Let’s find out in this Parts of Speech Party!
Holiday Emoji Story ⛷️
Five emoji. One story. Where will your imagination take you?
Holiday Emoji Story 🍪
Five emoji. One story. Where will your imagination take you?
Holiday Emoji Story ☃️
Five emoji. One story. Where will your imagination take you?
Holiday Emoji Story 🎅
Five emoji. One story. Where will your imagination take you?
Words Within Words: ORNAMENT
How many words can you find within ORNAMENT?
Words Within Words: WREATH
How many words can you find within WREATH?
Words Within Words: CRANBERRY
How many words can you find within “cranberry”?
Words Within Words: MENORAH
How many words can you find within MENORAH?
Holiday vs Holiday (from a Mascot’s Perspective)
Want something to do during the holiday season that is both fun and involves thinking? Get students writing about what a snowman would think about Halloween or what a ghost would think about Thanksgiving.
Investigating Christmas Trees
Start with facts about Christmas trees. Group them. Label them. Can you boil it all down to one big idea?
Words Within Words: NUTCRACKER
How many words can you find within NUTCRACKER?