Holiday Activities – DIY BUNDLE – 10 for $10

Christmas Multiplication Partial Products 2 by 2 digit Digital Google Slides

Practice the partial products strategy for solving multiplication problems. This resource gives students the opportunity to practice their multiplication skills virtually or face-to-face! The product includes 24 double-digit multiplication task cards in both color and black and white. 12 of the task cards require students to solve a double-digit multiplication problem using the box method and the other 12 use the list method. This is a great way to add some holiday fun to your practice!

Includes 2-digit by 2-digit problems.

What’s included?

• 2 Google Slides Digital Activities (Box method and list method)
• 24 Printable Task Cards (colored version and black and white version)
• Recording Sheet
• Keys

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Christmas Multiplication Partial Products 2 by 1 digit Digital Google Slides

Practice the partial products strategy for solving multiplication problems. This resource gives students the opportunity to practice their multiplication skills virtually or face-to-face! The product includes 24 single-digit multiplication task cards in both color and black and white. 12 of the task cards require students to solve a multiplication problem using the box method and the other 12 use the list method. This is a great way to add some holiday fun to your practice!

Includes 2-digit by 1-digit problems.

What’s included?

• 2 Google Slides Digital Activities (Box method and list method)
• 24 Printable Task Cards (colored version and black and white version)
• Recording Sheet
• Keys

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Christmas Division 12 Days of Practice with Remainders Digital Google Slides

Practice basic division math facts each of the 12 days of Christmas! Each day of Christmas contains the corresponding number as a divisor. For example, on the fifth day of Christmas, all of the facts are divided by five. All facts up to 12 x 12 are included.

REMAINDERS: This resource has basic facts, but includes remainders.

What’s included?

• 12 worksheets
• Google Slides Digital Version
• Keys
• Bonus Number Cards (Great for small group or games!)
• Bonus Multiples Strips to help students

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FREE Christmas Estimating Products Round then Multiply Digital Google Slides

These print or digital worksheets give your students the opportunity to practice rounding and estimating products while putting them in the holiday spirit. There are 2 versions:

Version 1: Students round two 2-digit numbers and then multiply

Version 2: Students will solve each 3-digit by 2-digit problem two different ways to help build their understanding of accuracy vs. ease while estimating.

What’s Included

• 2 printable Worksheets (Two options- 3-digit by 2-digit OR 2-digit by 2-digit)
• 2 Digital Versions – Either Google Slides or TpT’s Digital Annotation Tool for Google Classroom
• Key

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Christmas Multiplication 12 Days of Basic Fact Practice Digital Google Slides

Practice basic multiplication math facts each of the 12 days of Christmas! Each day of Christmas contains the corresponding number’s facts. For example, on the fifth day of Christmas, all of the facts are times five. All facts up to 12 x 12 are included.

What’s included?

• 12 worksheets
• Google Slides Digital Version
• Keys
• Bonus Number Cards (Great for small group or games!)

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Christmas Division Color by Number 4 Worksheets Print or Digital

These division color by number worksheets are the perfect way to practice basic facts while having some holiday fun! Each of the four worksheets focuses on division, but the skill levels vary a bit. This is great for differentiation! Check out the preview to read the directions on each sheet and see a small sample of the problems.

You can use this digitally on the Minds in Bloom website or through TpT’s Digital Activity Tool.

What’s included?

• Find the quotient- Easy Version
• Find the quotient- Advanced Version
• Find the remainder Version
• Use division to find the missing factor version
• Keys
• TpT Digital Annotation Tool Version – ONLY FOR GOOGLE CLASSROOM
• Online Digital Coloring version

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How Much Would that Cost? The 12 Days of Christmas Math Google Slides Activity

This fun product asks students to figure out just exactly how much it would cost to purchase gifts in “The 12 Days of Christmas” fashion. Since this fun Christmas activity is fully digital (Google Slides), you won’t have any prep work! The students will just open the file and begin working! There’s a printable recording sheet if you’d like for students to turn in their final work on paper.

TEACHER TIP: There are two pricing options included in this activity: prices with decimals and prices without. This makes it really easy to differentiate for your students!

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Long Division Hanukkah Dreidel Game & Craft Print or Digital Google Slides

This is the perfect activity to add a little celebration to this holiday season. This Hanukkah math game uses a dreidel and the regular rules of playing, but adds a math aspect to help students practice long division.

You can play the paper-based version or the Google Slides digital version.

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What’s Included?

• Google Slides link
• Direction Sheet
• 36 Long Division cards
• 2 varieties of recording sheets
• Answer Key
• Dreidel Craftivity

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12 Days of Christmas Multiplication Number Search Print or Google Slides

This activity is perfect for those last days leading up to Christmas break! It includes 11 pages of “word search” style activities for basic multiplication sentences from 2×2 through 12×12. These pages can be collected into a packet that students can work on every day for a warm-up, homework, or free time.

A digital Google Slides version of the activity is included! It’s easy to assign in Google Classroom or however you typically assign your Slides activities.

This activity can also be laminated and placed in a work station for independent work or fact practice! Keys are included to help when students get stuck.

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Christmas Math Digital Activity Nutcracker Geometric Figures Sort Google Slides

This no prep Google Slides activity will help your students practice geometry skills while adding a little holiday cheer! They will disassemble a nutcracker made entirely of geometric figures and sort those figures by their geometric names. For a little extra fun, they can reassemble the same figures a different way to create their own nutcracker or holiday figure. This is a no-prep, quick & easy holiday activity!

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Christmas Activities for 4th or 5th grade Math! Mixed Operations Chain Race Game

This game is perfect for the holiday season! It’s a collaborative game, so students work in small groups to solve problems and create a paper chain out of strips that have been correctly answered! The first group to complete their entire chain is the winner.

SKILLS INCLUDED: Addition & Subtraction with decimals, double-digit multiplication, Long division with 1-digit divisors

Once all the chains have been created, you will have a festive decoration for your classroom! Plus, the students will have practiced their math skills!

What’s Included

• Printable Mixed Operation Strips (Addition & Subtraction with decimals, double-digit multiplication, Long division with 1-digit divisors)
• Answer Key
• Direction Guide

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Christmas Math Million Dollar Project GOOGLE SLIDES Digital Activity

Santa needs help this holiday! He is handing over his letters to the students and letting them do the shopping. In this activity, students will do a little online shopping as they choose gifts for their friends and families. The students must spend exactly $1,000,000 and record their spending as they work. This is an engaging activity that gives your students lots of opportunities to round and subtract. This also helps build number sense as students see exactly what a million dollars will actually buy.

This is a quick and easy activity to assign to your entire class or just your fast finishers. Since it is a Google Slides product, you can use this activity along with Google Classroom for a no-prep Christmas activity!

TEACHER TIP: To complete this activity, students will need permission to visit commerce sites to take screenshots of the items they want to purchase.

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Christmas Math Activity - Input Output Task Cards with Self-Checking QR Codes

This fun Christmas math activity is a great way for your 4th or 5th grade students to practice math skills while building some holiday spirit! It includes 12 input-output table task cards that are self-checking with QR codes. There’s also a recording sheet for students to track their work!

Input Output Task cards include addition, subtraction, multiplication, and addition! Check out the preview for a closer look!

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Hanukkah Multiplication Game - Great Activity for the Holidays

This Hanukkah multiplication facts game is called Whoosh! Students draw multiplication candle cards and if they can solve them correctly, they can use them to light the menorah. But be careful, if a Whoosh card is drawn, the students must remove all the candles and start again! This is a great way to practice the hard multiplication facts! The 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, and 12s families are included! Fun Chanukah integration into your math class!

* Color and Black & White Versions Included

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Christmas Gnomes Multiplication Number Puzzle & Gnome Banner & Anchor Chart

These multiplication activities will definitely bring a little fun to your classroom this holiday season! All of these problems are 3 or 4 digit numbers multiplied by a 1-digit number. Great for 3rd or 4th grade!

What’s Included?

• 3-digit by 1-digit multiplication anchor chart
• Gnome-themed Multiplication CrossNumber Puzzle (It’s like a crossword puzzle, but with numbers instead of letters.)
• Gnome banner – students can decorate, cut out, and string together for a Gnome for the Holidays Christmas decor!

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Long Division Algorithm Digital GOOGLE Self Checking Holiday No PREP activity

This long division algorithm division Google Slides activity will add a little winter fun to your class this holiday season! Students will review the steps of the long division algorithm completed by the snowman on each slide. They will decide whether the solution is correct or incorrect and will collect the corresponding puzzle piece. Once students have completed each slide, they will arrange the puzzle pieces they collected along the way to see if they can create a wintry scene. If they were correct on each slide, they will be able to create a fun picture using all the puzzle pieces.

This product also includes a long division worksheet that you can use as a quick assessment or grade.

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What's That Toy Worth? Christmas Math Activity - Logic Picture Puzzle Task Cards

This holiday math resource is a super fun way to incorporate a little holiday cheer into your math class! These logic puzzles help students begin thinking algebraically as they use what they know to figure out the things they don’t know. Students will love the challenge of these 12 task cards! With the added fun of Christmas elves and toys, the students will surely be engaged throughout the whole activity.

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Subtraction Snow ball Fight! Fun Holiday Activity - Subtract across zeros

This is a super fun game for students to play during the winter season! In this game, students will have a snowball fight using snowballs made from strips of paper that contain subtraction problems. These subtraction problems require students to subtract decimals from rounded numbers. Subtracting across zeros is one of the hardest skills for students, so why not practice it in a fun and engaging low-prep way?!

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Slime, Snow, and Science Fun! Winter Activities students will love!

This product includes 4 snowy-themed experiments students can do. Looking for an engaging activity that will get students super excited? Look no further!

Make it your teacher gift!

Even if you don’t want to complete the activities in your classroom, the lab sheets are perfect to send home with your students over winter break! Purchase a large bag of fake snow from Amazon and separate it into plastic baggies for your students. You could do the same thing with Borax, which can be purchased for a couple of bucks at any department store. All the other ingredients can be commonly found at home or the grocery store! Package up the snow powder, Borax, and lab sheets as a fun gift students can use during the holidays!

What’s Included:

~ Snow Floam

~ Stretchy Snow

~ Snowy Soap

~ Snow Cloud (plus a Snow Cloud version that requires students to convert measures first)

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Santa's Going on Vacation! Math Story Problems and Christmas Activities

Use these math worksheets to add a little holiday cheer into your lessons. Students will use the chart that shows the mileage between different cities around the world to solve math problems. This product also includes a couple of extension activities. One of the activities asks students to research some of the cities Santa vacationed and discover the popular tourist attractions in the city. The other lets students plan their own vacation. This resource is a low prep Christmas activity that will let your students integrate a little math into the holiday festivities.

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My Christmas Wish List Math Activity Santa's Spreadsheet Holiday Project

This math craftivity is a fun way to integrate math into your holiday plans. It’s a big kid twist on the classic letter to Santa. Students will create their wish list, research prices, and then determine the cost of their desired Christmas gifts. This activity makes a great holiday display for your bulletin board or classroom! Check out the preview for a closer look!

Teacher Tip: To complete this activity, students will need permission to view commerce sites to gather prices for their gifts.

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Christmas Math Fraction Dice Game - Easy Prep Holiday Fun! & fraction worksheet

This easy prep Santa’s beard game is a fun way to add a little holiday cheer to your classroom! Just print the game board, grab some dice and cotton balls, and let your students start practicing! Students roll two dice to create a fraction and then cover their game board with the fraction they rolled. If they don’t see the fraction they rolled, they can also cover an equivalent fraction! Plus, this product includes a basic worksheet that students can complete to show their ability to create equivalent fractions.

What’s Included?

~ Colored Game Board

~ Black and White Game Board

~ Directional Guide

~ Practice Equivalent Fractions Worksheet

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Polar Bear Fractions and Decimals Equivalence - Holiday & Winter Math Activities

Students can practice their math skills while getting all the winter feels! This fraction and decimal equivalence activity is a fun way to assess student understanding. To complete the activity, the students will align equivalent values on different geometric shapes. The aligned pieces work together to create a picture of a polar bear. Students can create a winter scene using their puzzle. There is also a practice worksheet included in this product.

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Digital Christmas Tangrams (Geometric Figure Pictures) GOOGLE SLIDES

This no-prep activity is great for your Google Classroom or distance learning. In this activity, students will use geometric figures to create holiday-themed pictures. The students can also personalize their creations by using the fill tool to make their figures whatever colors they want.

This is a quick and easy activity to add a little holiday fun into your classroom this Christmas season!

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Giant Double Digit Multiplication Color by Number Christmas Puzzle Group Project

This color-by-number puzzle makes a wonderful wall display for your classroom this holiday season! To complete the activity, students solve double-digit multiplication problems and color the spaces according to the key. Each student will complete one part of the giant puzzle, and when all of the parts have been completed, they come together to create a large wall display!

Some pages have more problems than others, making a great way to differentiate for students! Check out the preview for a better look!

What’s Included:

~ 12 page puzzle (Group students to work together)

~ Answer Key

~ Directional guide with optional game directions

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Christmas Symmetry Project - Collaborative Class Bulletin Board or Decoration

This fun project is a Christmas tree symmetry page that is completed independently and then comes together to create a large class poster! Each student completes the picture on their page by reflecting the picture across a line of symmetry. Then after the students cut out their individual parts, all of the parts fit together to create a giant class tree! This makes the perfect activity for decorating your classroom for the holiday party! Plus, it combines math and holiday fun! Win! Win!

This project includes 20 different pages plus blank pages too!

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Christmas Tree Fraction Activity plus Measure the Ribbon practice worksheet

This fraction activity is a great way to add some holiday cheer to your math lessons! To complete the activity, the students will cut whole strips into fractional parts that will be used to create a Christmas tree picture. Students will gain an understanding of how increased denominators produce more accurate measurement readings. Before completing their pictures, the students must write the fractional part on each strip. They will use the given fraction strips model to measure each cut.

*An additional worksheet to help students measure fractional parts is included.

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Christmas Scratch Offs - A fun gift for your students from you!

Looking for a gift you can give your students? These fun scratch-offs are the perfect gift! The students will love receiving a special card and getting to choose which square they’ll scratch off! A surprise gift for every student!

This comes on a PowerPoint file. The text on the scratch offs is editable! You can change the prizes to reflect what’s good for your classroom or you can print them as is!

To make the cards into scratch offs, you can purchase scratch-off stickers from Amazon or you can create your own scratch off paint. It’s fun and easy! A link to the perfect size stickers is included in the product as well as directions for making your own scratch off paint.

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Christmas Favorites Science Activity - Use a Microscope to REALLY see Christmas!

In this super fun Christmas activity, students will look at holiday favorites through a microscope. Just gather the simple materials and a microscope and let students practice using lab equipment in a fun way!

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Holiday Express Task Cards for practicing Elapsed Time - Christmas math center

This themed activity helps students get into the Christmas spirit while practicing elapsed time! Students will look at the train ticket to find when the train arrives, departs, or how long the ride will be. Incorporate this fun activity into your Christmas celebration! Ring some bells, drink some cocoa, and do some math all at the same time!

What’s Included?

~ 12 Express Ticket Task Cards (missing start, end, or elapsed time)

~ Recording Sheet

~ Answer Key

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Abominable Snowman - Fun Math Holiday Activities - Craft and Number Search

This is a great activity because it showcases the abominable snowman! Automatic fun factor! Students can complete a mixed operations math sheet and find the answers in a number search puzzle! This gives it a self-checking component! When students are finished, they can create their own abominable snowman! The craft uses only 1 sheet of paper per student. To make it a little more special, students can add cotton balls to their finished product!

The students will be motivated to finish their math work so they can create their own Abominable Snowman! Plus, their finished products will make super cute decorations or even ornaments to send home.

The math problems include addition, subtraction, double digit multiplication, and long division problems.

This product is easy prep and loads of fun for students to play!

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12's Family Multiplication practice 12 Days of Christmas multiplication game

This low-prep Christmas math activity makes for a fun math station! Just print the game board and add some plastic cups to the station or center. You can even add a timer for some competitive motivation.

This game is perfect for helping students practice their 12s multiplication family while getting into the Christmas spirit!

This product is easy prep and loads of fun for students to play!

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Christmas I Heart Coloring Bundle 3D Stars and Boxes

Perfect for Christmas or any holiday. Or use for 3-D Shapes in math class. Your students will love coloring and assembling these stars and boxes!

Included in this bundle:
Christmas Ornaments: 3-D Stars for Students to Color!
Boxes for Students to Color – Great for Christmas or any Small Gift

Boxes for Students to Color - Great for Christmas or any Small Gift

These five I Heart Coloring boxes would work perfectly for a small gift or as storage for small objects. They are fun to color and easy to put together. So cute!

When assembled, each box is about 2.5 inches tall. You could print on larger paper for a bigger box.

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Other Great Resources:
• Close Reading Passages with Text-Dependent Questions 
• Paragraph of the Week for Grades 3-6
• Brain Breaks

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Copyright/Terms of use:

These posters were hand-drawn and copyrighted by Rachel Lynette. They are for personal and single classroom use only. You may not alter, redistribute, sell, or put these posters on the internet. Thank you for respecting the copyright.

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Happy Teaching,

Rachel Lynette

Christmas Ornaments: 3-D Stars for Students to Color!

These 3-D Star Ornaments are a great Christmas craft for older kids or even adults! Students color the stars, cut them out and assemble. These would make terrific Christmas gifts, classroom decorations, or just make them for fun! There are eight different stars to color. Four stars are needed to make the 3-D ornament, so students can mix and match the stars however they wish! With so many combinations and choices when coloring, each star will look unique.

Easy to follow, step-by-step instructions with pictures are included.

When assembled, the stars are 5 inches tall.

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In this product
– 8 different stars to color (printed 2 per page)
– Step-by-step instructions for assembling
– Suggestions and tips

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Other Great Resources
• Close Reading Passages with Text-Dependent Questions 
• Paragraph of the Week for Grades 3-6
• Brain Breaks

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Copyright/Terms of use:
These posters were hand-drawn and copyrighted by Rachel Lynette. They are for personal and single classroom use only. You may not alter, redistribute, sell, or put these posters on the internet. Thank you for respecting the copyright.

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Happy Teaching,

Rachel Lynette

Holiday Themed ELA and Reading Skills Review Mini-Pack - Morning Work

Take your morning work to the next level with I ♥ Literacy! In addition to skills practice, your students will also be thinking critically and creatively. This No Prep Mini-Pack features 10 holiday-themed student pages:

-Halloween

-Thanksgiving

-Christmas

-Hanukkah

-New Year’s

-Martin Luther King Jr. Day

-Valentine’s Day

-President’s Day

-St. Patrick’s Day

-Earth Day

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While each page is different, they do have some elements in common. Each page features:

~6 standards-based ELA/Reading activities, each in its own space. Activities are numbered for easy reference.

~An open-ended bonus activity, marked by a star, at the bottom of the page to be completed on the backside. Perfect for early finishers, as homework, or extra credit.

~A short reading passage with one or two text-dependent questions. Most of the passages are informational text (written by a published author of over 100 nonfiction books for children), but a few are fictional – just to shake things up. The questions are more closely aligned to close reading than simple comprehension.

~A theme-based joke or fun fact (joke answers can be found upside down in the bottom right-hand corner).

~A list of the skills addressed at the bottom (indicated by a picture of a nail – which stands for “nailed it!”)

Answer Keys are also provided

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There are a total of 8 I ♥ Literacy Mini-Packs. Save money by purchasing ALL 50 I ♥ LITERACY PAGES at once.

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You may also be interested in:

• I ♥ Reading (Reading Response Printables)
• I ♥ Paragraph Writing (Paragraph of the Week)
• Text Time Passages with Text-Dependent Questions
• Close Reading Tool Kit
• Brain Breaks

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Copyright information:

Purchasing this product grants permission for use by one teacher in his or her own classroom.

Happy Teaching!

Rachel Lynette

Math Word Problem Task Cards for Christmas, Hanukkah, and Kwanzaa! FREE

This set of FREE Winter Holiday Math Word Problem Task Cards includes ten cards for Christmas, five for Hanukkah, and five for Kwanzaa. The cards are focused on cultural traditions and so will work fine in a public school setting. Most of the cards require two or more steps to solve. All four operations are used and the cards include money, elapsed time, and measurement.

Printing and Cutting:
These cards were made to be printed in color, but will print out fine in gray scale too. They should print out with even margins around the cards; however, because every printer is different, it is possible that you may need to adjust your printer settings. Selecting “actual size” or adjusting the size percentage should do the trick. Cut the cards apart using the dotted guidelines (discarding the bottom strip). Laminate if possible. Another option is to print on cardstock.

Several Common Core Standards that deal with basic computation are addressed in these cards, but the product is most aligned with this standard:

CCSS.Math.Content.4.OA.A.3 Solve multistep word problems posed with whole numbers and having whole-number answers using the four operations, including problems in which remainders must be interpreted. Represent these problems using equations with a letter standing for the unknown quantity. Assess the reasonableness of answers using mental computation and estimation strategies including rounding.

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Winter ELA Task Cards

Winter ELA Task Cards: 32 Multiple Choice Sentence Cards

Here are 32 winter-themed, multiple choice task cards that cover a variety of English Language Arts skills and standards. Each skill is presented within the context of a sentence and shows up 3-5 times throughout the set. The following skills are addressed:

• Parts of speech
• Prefixes and suffixes
• Punctuation
• Capitalization
• Complete sentences
• Vocabulary (homophones, synonyms, context clues, multiple meaning words, shades of meaning.)

Although all of the responses are multiple choice, the cards use several different formats and are organized randomly to help students gain fluency switching among different skills and formats. This will not only help them to master the skills but also give them practice in reading and following directions. As far as the Common Core Standards are concerned, you will find that there are cards that meet many of the L1, L2, L4, and L5 standards. However, since this set covers so many areas and does not focus on any one standard, I did not feel it was appropriate to list them all. Many of these standards are covered in depth in other task card sets that you can find in my Teachers Pay Teachers Store.

An answer sheet for students to record their answers is included along with an answer key for self-checking. There is also a Challenge Card that can be used in conjunction with any other card to extend the activity. These task cards are perfect for test prep and will work well at literacy centers, stations, for partner work, or with the whole class using a game like Scoot and Quiz, Quiz, Trade.

The majority of these cards focus on winter weather and activities. A few mention winter holidays such as Christmas, Hanukkah, and Valentine’s Day, but the focus is on the season, not the specific holidays.

These cards will look best in color, but will also print out fine in grayscale. Simply print and cut along the guidelines. Laminate and use them again and again. Alternatively, you could print on cardstock. It works well to keep them in a baggie. Another option is to hole-punch a corner of each card and put them all on a ring.

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Purchasing this product grants permission for use by one teacher in his or her own classroom.

Happy Teaching!

Rachel Lynette

Tic-Tac-Toe Journal Prompts - Holiday and Seasonal, 117 Prompts!

Here are 117 holiday and seasonal journal prompts arranged in 13 grids of nine prompts each to make a Tic-Tac-Toe format. These are meant to be used at specific times of the year. Students choose three of the nine prompts to write about at the start of the week. If your students journal five days each week, you could use the Tic-Tac-Toe prompts for Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays and have them write about whatever they choose on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

Because they choose three prompts in a row, students must make choices, weighing one prompt against another. A student may very well find that in order to choose the prompt he most wants, he must also complete an prompt that he will find more challenging. However, that more challenging prompt is likely to be met with less resistance than if there was no choice and no more motivating prompt to go with it.

This download includes the following Tic-Tac-Toe grids.

1. First Week
2. Halloween
3. Thanksgiving
4. Hanukkah
5. Christmas
6. New Year
7. Valentine’s Day
8. St. Patrick’s Day
9. Easter
10. End of School Year
11. Autumn
12. Winter
13. Spring

This file contains both PDF and Word versions for easy editing. Zip files should open automatically when you download them.

You can get enough Tic-Tac-Toe Journal Prompts for the whole year here:

Tic-Tac-Toe Journal Prompts Choice Grids 

Thanks for looking!

Rachel Lynette

Christmas and Winter Brain Breaks

Brain Break Cards for Christmas and Winter

Happy Holidays! I hope you and your students will enjoy these 12 free Brain Break Cards. Each of these quick and fun activities was created to get every student in your class up and moving. Perfect for this wiggly time of year!

Half the cards are themed for Christmas, but if you can’t use them in your school, no worries because the other half are all winter themed – perfect for any classroom!

Happy Teaching!

Rachel Lynette

Summarizing Task Cards for Christmas, Hanukkah, and Kwanzaa - Free

This set of summarizing task cards includes ten cards for Christmas, five for Hanukkah, and five for Kwanzaa. The cards are about cultural traditions and practices so they will work in a public school setting. The first ten cards are informational text (nonfiction) while the last ten are fictional. A two-page student answer sheet is provided. Print it double-sided, or just use one or the other if you want to focus on either informational or fiction text. There is also a suggested answer key.

The card challenge students to summarize the paragraph in just 12 words or less. By presenting only one paragraph at a time, the often overwhelming task of summarizing becomes much more manageable. In addition, the word count limit will keep students from simply rewriting the entire paragraph. You may want to remind students that they must answer with a complete sentence (the challenge was issued as a word count instead as limiting to one sentence to avoid long, run-on sentences as answers). You may want to allow 15 words for students who are struggling with 12.

Distance Learning:

There is also a digital version using TpT’s new digital tool. After purchase, click the white “Open in Easel” button on this page. This will give you access to a digital overlay where students can select their answers. You can edit the digital overlay or use it as is. You can even assign it in Google Classroom!

Because summarizing is such a difficult skill, I have included a SUM reminder card. There is also a cover card and two Challenge Cards to extend the learning.

This resource addresses:

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.4.2

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.4.2

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.5.2

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.5.2

Task Cards for a variety of topics can be found in the Task Card section of my TpT store.

Terms of Use

This resource was created by Rachel Lynette for Minds in Bloom INC., all rights reserved. It may be used by the original purchaser for single class use only. Teachers may distribute this product in email, through google classroom or over the Internet to their students (and parents) as long as the site is password protected. In other words, you may distribute it to your own students but may not put it on the Internet where it could be publicly found and downloaded. If you want to share this resource with colleagues, please purchase additional licenses from TpT. Thank you for respecting these terms of use. 🙂

This product is happily brought to you by Rachel Lynette and Cassi Noack of Minds in Bloom

12 Days of Christmas Math Word Problems FREE!

Here are 12 word problems based around the Twelve Days of Christmas song. These multi-step story problems are fun and challenging! Great for seatwork, homework, or a center. There is also an extra creative thinking activity at the very end.

Distance Learning:

There is also a digital version using TpT’s new digital tool. After purchase, click the white “Open in Easel” button on this page. This will give you access to a digital overlay where students can select their answers. You can edit the digital overlay or use it as is. You can even assign it in Google Classroom!

Terms of Use

This resource was created by Rachel Lynette for Minds in Bloom INC., all rights reserved. It may be used by the original purchaser for single class use only. Teachers may distribute this product in email, through google classroom or over the Internet to their students (and parents) as long as the site is password protected. In other words, you may distribute it to your own students but may not put it on the Internet where it could be publicly found and downloaded. If you want to share this resource with colleagues, please purchase additional licenses from TpT. Thank you for respecting these terms of use. 🙂

This product is happily brought to you by Rachel Lynette and Cassi Noack of Minds in Bloom