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The weeks leading up to winter break are filled with excitement and anticipation, making it the perfect time to channel that energy into meaningful learning. Whether you’re celebrating Christmas, exploring winter themes, or simply looking for engaging activities to wrap up the semester, this page is your go-to hub for holiday inspiration. Below, you’ll find a curated collection of thoughtfully designed Christmas and winter resources, lesson ideas, and projects that reinforce key skills and keep students motivated through the busy holiday season.

Upper Elementary Christmas and winter resources, lesson ideas, and projects that reinforce key skills and keep students motivated.

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Christmas and Winter Classroom Ideas

  • Upper elementary students still love to make handmade gifts. Each of these inexpensive Christmas gifts for students carries a personal touch!

    Inexpensive Christmas Gifts for Students in Upper Elementary

  • Download FREE Rockefeller Christmas tree literacy activities, informational text passages, comprehension questions, depth and complexity discussions, and more!

    Free Rockefeller Christmas Tree Literacy Activities

  • These engaging and educational Christmas math and Christmas literacy activities will captivate your students while reinforcing important skills and standards.

    Christmas Math and Literacy Ideas for Christmas in the Classroom

  • Using Christmas picture books in upper elementary allows your students to capture the magic, wonder, and excitement of the holiday season.

    Top 10 Christmas Picture Books for Upper Elementary

  • Here are 9 fun upper elementary classroom activities for holidays around the world! Includes everything from pen pals and a trip to writing creative resolutions.

    9 Activities to Teach Holidays Around the World

  • Here are my favorite upper elementary winter read alouds and related seasonal activities for the days before and after winter break.

     15 Winter Read Alouds

  • Upper elementary holidays around the world teaching resources for literacy and math. Includes book list and educational projects.

    Holidays Around the World Activities

  • Top 10 Educational Holiday Activities for Big Kids

    Top 10 Educational Holiday Activities for Big Kids

  • The Ultimate List of Holiday Activities for Bigger Kids

    The Ultimate List of Holiday Activities for Bigger Kids

  • Holiday Gifts for Students

    Holiday Gifts for Students

  • {EASY} Holiday Food for Bigger Kids

    {EASY} Holiday Food for Bigger Kids

  • Christmas Time Is Here!

    Christmas Time Is Here!

  • Winter Wonderland Reading Incentive!

    Winter Wonderland Reading Incentive!

Holidays Around the World

December is a MAGICAL (albeit exhausting) time to be a teacher. I love the innocence of children during this time and the ways we can leverage the season’s excitement in our classrooms. Teaching Holidays Around the World is one of those ways! Here are several ways you can teach holidays around the world in your classroom, along with a lovely book list to help you incorporate picture books about holidays around the world.

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  • Holidays Around the World Christmas Around the World Math and Literacy Bundle
  • Holidays Around the World Activities Reading Christmas Around the World
  • Holidays Around the World Math Project Christmas Around the World Math
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The Best Christmas and Winter Resources

  • Christmas Activities Bundle
  • Christmas Math By the Numbers Christmas Math Activity Math Enrichment
  • Christmas Math Project Christmas Math Activities
  • Winter Holiday Math Logic Puzzles Activities for Critical Thinking Enrichment
  • Holiday Reading Logic Puzzles Activities for Enrichment Christmas Reading
  • December Poem of the Week Fluency and Comprehension
  • Holiday Inference Centers Activity
  • Winter Holiday Readers Theater Scripts Holiday and Christmas Fluency
  • Winter Holiday Reading Project Christmas Literacy Activities
  • Winter Math Project January Math Snow Activities PBL
  • Winter Early Finisher Task Cards
  • Winter Math By the Numbers Activity
  • Winter Math Logic Puzzles Activities for Critical Thinking Enrichment
  • Winter Math Multi Step Word Problem Scavenger Hunt
🚨 This FREE fractions and decimals math project is 🚨 This FREE fractions and decimals math project is one I’ve used for THREE different observations over the years, and it incorporates math, reading, and social studies in the very best way. We’ve had so many eye-opening moments completing it this week, and my students have a solid understanding of converting fractions and decimals with denominators of 10 and 100. 👏 💖 Comment below, and I’ll send it to you.
First day of our Picture Book Showdown is in the b First day of our Picture Book Showdown is in the books (so much pun intended)!! Teachers all over my school are participating, and I can’t wait to narrow it down to the top 8! My brackets are totally free if you’d like to join in the fun! 🩷🤩 Comment below for all the info, including a template to make your own bracket!
This morphology routine has quickly skyrocketed to This morphology routine has quickly skyrocketed to a top priority in my classroom! I usually print students their own pages, but we’re saving copies so this works just as well. Comment below, and I’ll send you info for implementing it into your classroom! 🩷
📣 Let’s hear it! As a classroom teacher, what acad 📣 Let’s hear it! As a classroom teacher, what academic skill do you wish more students had when they entered your grade level? 🧐
It’s definitely true that educational trends come It’s definitely true that educational trends come and go…. And I’ve seen some GREAT ones and done away with some meh ones. I was introduced to Hands on Equations to teach algebraic concepts over 17 years ago, and it’s one of the resources I still use every single year! Kids love it, I love it, parents love it. 👏 

🗯️ So, tell me… What’s the one thing from the beginning of your career that you still use with great success? 

P.S. Everyone say “hello” to my rogue sticky note! 🗒️ 

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It’s time for a Picture Book March Madness Showdow It’s time for a Picture Book March Madness Showdown, and I can’t wait to see the winner this year! 📕 Swipe to see the 8 pairs I have chosen to go head to head this year, and comment below for a free copy of my brackets and to learn more about how I implement this on a classroom and school wide level! 

There are many other creators out there who have done this for years and inspired me to implement this in my classroom a few years ago. 🩷
A lot on one anchor chart, but once students know A lot on one anchor chart, but once students know how to use it, it’s golden! ✨ 💖
True story. 🤷‍♀️ If you want both of my picture bo True story. 🤷‍♀️ If you want both of my picture book show down bracket lists (plus the lists from the last two years), I’m sending them out Friday morning! 📕 Comment below, and I’ll get you all set to receive them. There are SO MANY amazing books, and I can’t wait to see which one wins it all!!

Shoutout to those who have been creating brackets for YEARS for inspiring me to start these a few years ago!
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