Featured December Freebies
December Resources
Sharing the Joy of Giving
Teach the joy of giving by having your class adopt a family for the holidays. Download a free teacher’s guide to help you get started on this holiday project!
Boxes of Appreciation
Boxes of Appreciation is a holiday classroom kindness project in which students create and customize small gift boxes to present to their secret box buddies.
December Activities Your Kids Will Love!
Seasonal lessons are perfect for the weeks leading up to the winter holidays. Those days can be chaotic, so it’s important to plan lessons that are both meaningful and fun. Kids are more likely to stay on task when they are actively engaged in learning, and that’s definitely true in December!
30 Free or Inexpensive Gift Ideas for Students
What are some ideas for free or inexpensive gifts that teachers can give their students before the holidays? Find out in this Advice from Real Teachers post!
Christmas Paper Chain Connections
This holiday literacy activity is a fun way to teach kids how to make connections while reading!
Gifts for Santa’s Scientists
Gifts for Santa’s Scientists is an engaging research lesson that works like a charm for keeping students on task during the busy week right before the holidays.
Give the Gift of TpT and Make it Festive!
When you give TpT gift cards, you’re giving teachers the gift of time to enjoy life! These free editable gift cards will make your gifts even more special!
Christmas Daily Math Puzzlers
Holiday Word Challenge
Boxes of Hope and Inspiration
Winter Mug Exchange Letter
Parent Request for Holiday Materials
December Resources Pinterest Board
December Activities for Upper Elementary
These holiday activities will make December an exciting and productive time for your upper elementary classroom! In this packet you’ll find several pages of teacher directions followed by more than 2 dozen pages of printables and answer keys. Links to Google Slides versions of most of these activities are included in a separate document in the product file. You’ll also find two editable letters you can send to parents to request materials for the activities.
Featured Activities in this Resource
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Winter Mug Exchange
Holidays Around the World
Christmas Puzzlers
Dreidel Game + Dreidel Pattern
Christmas/Winter Stories
Christmas Word Challenge
Sugar Cone Christmas Trees
You can preview all the directions and printables when you view this item in my TpT store!
Interested in More Seasonal Activities?
Penguin Fractions
As usual, what started out to be a simple activity quickly exploded into a whole collection of resources! I’ve now created lessons, task cards, games, and activities based on the Penguin Fraction theme. To learn more about them, view my free Clickable Guide to Penguin Fractions.
Read The Blog Post
Fractions can be a tough concept at any grade, so I’m always looking for fun ways to teach them. A few months ago I decided to create a hands-on sorting activity with a penguin theme…
Penguin Fractions Mega Bundle
The Penguin Fractions series is a collection of engaging whole-group lessons, cooperative learning activities, task cards, and math center games to teach fraction concepts.Â
Reviews From Teachers
Icy Road Investigation
Icy Road Science Investigation is a hands-on science activity that uses simple materials to help your students understand why roads are treated with a mixture of sand and salt during the winter.Â
Resource Description
The Icy Road Investigation product includes two pages of teacher directions with key points to discuss and a 3-page lab report for students to complete. A Google Slides version of the lab report is included. Preview every page on TpT!
Read The Blog Post
If you’ve ever driven on icy roads, you’ll know just how treacherous they can be. How do road crews make the roads safer for travel? You may have seen them spraying a solution on the roads prior to a big storm, but what exactly is in that mixture and how does it help?
