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9 Festive Holiday-Themed Writing Activities For Middle School ELA

Looking to fill the last weeks of December with holiday-themed writing activities? You’ve come to the right place! Channel your holiday spirit while engaging students in fun yet meaningful learning opportunities.

Many teachers feel like getting anything meaningful done in these last weeks of December is impossible. And, yes, as winter break inches closer, it becomes more challenging to keep students on task. However, if you find creative ways to bring festive fun into your classroom, you can channel the holiday spirit into meaningful learning opportunities. 

I’m here to help you leverage that festive (and sometimes chaotic) energy to engage students in writing activities that align with educational standards and bring the holiday magic into your classroom. The best part? It doesn’t have to involve hours of planning and prep work. (That’s a gift in itself.)

Read on to discover my favorite low-prep writing activities designed to keep students engaged in learning while having a holly jolly time in the weeks leading up to the holiday break.

9 Fun & Festive Writing Activities

Stop battling the “pre-winter break” struggle with your students. Instead, make the most of the holiday spirit by assigning these festive and fun writing activities perfect for December!

1. Character Ugly Sweater Contest

Like an ugly sweater contest, but make it literary.

Hosting a character ugly sweater contest is the perfect way to combine characterization with a little holiday fun. This activity seamlessly blends creative artwork with analytical writing, challenging students to design a Christmas sweater for a literary character. Start with a blank ugly sweater template . Then, let students have fun decorating an “ugly” sweater that represents their chosen character, including quotes, images, symbols, adjectives, and more. Have each student write a paragraph analysis explaining their choices, turning a classic festive sweater into an opportunity for character exploration and analysis.

Alternatively, you can have your students create symbolic sweaters representing a theme or an entire novel!

2. Winter-Themed Poetry

A perfect writing activity for December and beyond.

If you’re looking to steer clear of specific holidays, winter-themed poetry is the perfect option. Encourage your students to explore the beauty of winter through the lens of poetry. This is a perfect opportunity for students to showcase their knowledge of figurative language and poetic devices. Students will have a blast bringing winter to life through symbolism, metaphors, personification, symbolism, onomatopoeia, and more! To add an extra layer of creativity, have students exchange and illustrate each other’s poems, putting their descriptive writing to the ultimate test. Then, they can go around matching the illustrations to the poems.

If you want to kick up the holiday spirit, have your students write magically descriptive poems about abstract concepts, like holiday cheer, or concrete images, like a Christmas tree.

3. “Paint” a Picture with Sensory Details

Oh, what fun it is to write with sensory details!

Looking for a quick yet effective writing activity this December? This is it. Challenge students to describe the sights, sounds, smells, tastes, and textures associated with the holidays. Whether it’s the scent of gingerbread, a twinkling Christmas tree, or the soft crunch of snow under your boots, students bring classic holiday settings or items to life with this fun writing challenge. Encourage them to create a description by combining descriptive writing and as many of the five senses as possible.

Want to add a little twist? Have students share their descriptions, and their peers guess the holiday element based on the vivid sensory details.

4. Holiday Memories

Practice narrative writing with a holiday twist.

Teaching narrative writing is a must in the secondary classroom, and it certainly comes with its challenges. Luckily, December is the perfect time to inspire and engage students in narrative writing prompts. Rather than the dreaded “I have nothing to write about” roadblock, students tend to have more to say regarding their favorite holiday memories and traditions. Challenge them to delve into their most cherished holiday memories, describing them with great detail through sensory language and imagery. Remind students that their pieces should make the reader feel like they were also experiencing the moment.

This reflective exercise sharpens narrative writing skills while tapping into the magic of the holidays.

5. “Roll Out” a Holiday Story

Another festive activity to help students surpass writer’s block.

Break through the “what do I write about” roadblock with the “Roll Out” A Holiday Story activity. Select six holiday-related options for classic story elements such as character, setting, conflict, and theme. Assign each option a number 1-6 so when students roll the dice for each component, it will determine a brainstorm for their narrative. Not only does this spark creativity, it also gives each student something more specific to write about while leaving plenty of room for creative fun. These unique plots often turn out festive and sweet or ridiculously funny, making them a joy to read.

This engaging exercise transforms the (often dreaded) writing process into a fun and festive game, making it both entertaining and intellectually stimulating.

6. A Festive Argument

Teenagers love to argue, right? So, why not make it festive?

While this activity has the main elements of a classic argumentative writing activity, it has a festive twist. Rather than choosing from traditional argumentative prompts regarding social media or school uniforms, provide students with a list of holiday-themed topics to take a stance on. This writing activity requires them to employ persuasive and argumentative writing techniques, incorporating ethos, pathos, and logos, to make their case. Despite the holiday twist, students must articulate their opinions in a structured and convincing manner.

Some favorite topics include arguing for the best Christmas tradition, holiday movie, or winter activity. Feel free to steal these for your classroom!

7. A Children’s Christmas Book

Who doesn’t love a good Christmas story?

This activity is a great way to review plot structure and get into the Christmas spirit. Invite students to gather around as you read a few of your favorite Christmas stories before encouraging them to write (and illustrate) one of their own. Students will craft holiday tales, bringing the magic of storytelling to life through words and illustrations. It’s also a perfect opportunity for students to exercise their knowledge of theme and descriptive writing. Spread the cheer by teaming up with a local elementary classroom and having your students read their stories to the younger kids.

Remember, it’s possible that some of your students don’t celebrate Christmas. Adjust this activity to best reflect your students’ winter holidays and traditions.

8. A Recipe for the Perfect Holiday

Talk about a recipe for festive fun!

Writing about abstract concepts can be challenging for students. That’s where this activity comes into play. Rather than the pressure of diving into an abstract concept in an analytical essay, students will transform holiday-related abstract ideas into concrete creations with this fun and creative writing activity. Instead of writing a recipe for holiday food, students will write their recipe for the perfect holiday. Students must create a list of “ingredients” before bringing it all together with a step-by-step process. Since holidays mean something different to each person based on their experiences and traditions, this is a personalized activity packed with meaning.

Have students bring in their favorite holiday recipe (for an actual food or beverage) to share with the class and serve as inspiration for the elements of a recipe.

9. Gingerbread House Listing

Get ready for a tasty treat of persuasive writing!

In this writing activity, students aren’t necessarily decorating gingerbread houses, but they are trying to sell them. Have students put on their realtor hats and use persuasive writing to “sell” their very own gingerbread house. Students will draw a gingerbread house before creating a compelling real-estate listing, attempting to convince you to make a purchase. I recommend having students review actual house listings first to get inspiration and build a stronger understanding of what to include. This hands-on approach combines real-life writing with creativity and holiday fun.

You can take this a step further by letting your students actually build their gingerbread houses for a delicious extension activity!

Even More Holiday Writing Activities

Ho, ho, ho no it doesn’t end there! Here are a few more holiday writing activities to sprinkle into your plans over the next few weeks.

• Assign festive bell ringers
• Write a Christmas dialogue
• Provide holiday story starters
• Create Christmas movie character diary entries
• Write creative holiday-themed news articles
• Take a stance on the great real vs. fake tree debate
• Correct grammar in holiday-themed sentences

So Much Holiday Writing Fun to Have, So Little Time

If you’re like me, you may want to do all of the things. But trying to do that (in the weeks leading up to the holiday break, no less) is enough to drive any teacher insane. And I’m all for supporting teachers in maintaining their sanity during these next few weeks. In fact, if you need some tips to help you do so, check out my teacher’s guide to surviving the holiday season .

If you’re torn between choosing from multiple writing activities in this post, consider doing a Holiday writing choice board. Your middle school students will love the freedom to select a writing activity that resonates with their interests. The element of choice promotes a sense of ownership over their writing while keeping students engaged and focused on festive yet meaningful activities leading up to winter break.

It’s Time to Get Festive!

Rather than fighting to get your students to pay attention, channel their festive spirit into meaningful classroom experiences. Trust me, it works wonders. So, if your students normally moan and groan when you assign writing, get ready for a change! Middle school students always eat these festive writing activities up.

What other fun and festive writing activities do you have to add to the list? Let me know in a comment below!

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Happy Holidays! Can you believe the holiday season has already begun? As I’m writing this, Hanukkah is underway and Christmas and Kwanza and New Year’s Day will be here before we know it!

Somehow, I always feel like the last few weeks of the calendar year are SO crazy! With the holiday shopping, parties, family traditions and all the rest, it is hard to stay on top of the teacher game as well! That’s why I love using holiday activities in my classroom! I traditionally incorporate several holiday-themed activities in my classroom, including a study of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol , reading informational texts about diverse holidays and learning to write business letters!

Holiday Activity FREEBIE !

I wanted to share some FREE Holiday Activities with you to help make your planning and preparation go a little smoother this December! I’ve included 10 Holiday-themed Journal Writing Prompts . These prompts cover a wide variety of topics, ranging from writing fictional stories to personal narratives to more serious and reflective responses! You can easily pick and choose the activities that will work for your classroom.

Additionally, I’ve included writing paper for each prompt as well as a Slides presentation with a slide for each prompt! No-prep is required! This is simply an easy, low stress holiday activity that also helps students improve their writing! Everybody wins!

Family Holiday Traditions

One of the writing prompts asks students to discuss some of their holiday traditions. My all-time favorite holiday tradition is the Sibling Gift Exchange! This is something both my family and my husband’s family did when we were growing up and we’ve continued it with our own children! Watching my children pick out small gifts for each other is simply magical! My kids are always thrilled to choose something they think the others will love! Ironically, these small gifts often become the favorite gift–even when larger or more expensive gifts are received! I just love it!

I LOVE hearing about traditions from other families and cultures–what do you do to celebrate these winter months?

All the Best,

Brenna (Mrs. Nelson)

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Playful Holiday Writing Prompts to Challenge and Inspire You

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‘Tis the season of holiday parties, children’s winter concerts, filling our schedules to the brim, visiting with family, eating too much, and drinking more than we should. With all of that going on, it can be difficult to stick to our writing regimen. Some holiday writing prompts might be just the thing.

When we are tired, inspiration feels like a mirage. We feel as though it is just a little bit ahead of us, but with each step we take, it takes a step away. Writing during the holidays can be tough.

Sometimes, the thing we need to get our juices going is a writing challenge.

Holiday Writing Prompts

In order to help get our writing motors running, today I bring you two writing challenges. These holiday writing prompts are intended to push your creativity and get you writing even if you are still a little hung over from the spiked eggnog you had last night.

What I love most about writing challenges is the result. Three of my four novels and both the novellas I’ve published were all in some way inspired by writing challenges. Even if the exercise seems silly, if you take it seriously, you might be surprised by the result.

1. The Beginning and the End

Below I’ve provided twelve opening lines and ten closing lines that you can combine to form your writing prompt.  Here's how to choose:

• Your opening line is your birthday month, e.g. April is 4, October is 10.
• Your closing line is your birthday day, divided by 3 and rounded up, e.g. 26 / 3 = 8.66 rounded to 9 (I know the math is tough, so feel free to use a calculator!).

Use the opening line that corresponds to the month of your birthday. To find your closing line, take the day of your birthday and divide it by three, then round to the nearest number.

Opening Line:

• Never before had Andy seen such bright lights.
• The street was darker and quieter than Marge remembered.
• “I don’t care what he thinks,” Susa said as she climbed the stairs to her office  party. “I can wear whatever I want to the party.”
• While Bennie didn’t dislike ducks, he wasn’t sure how he felt about this one.
• The snow crunched under Susan’s feet as she looked left and right down the unfamiliar street.
• Horace the Christmas Elf could feel it in the air. Today was the day that he would save Christmas.
• Amanda watched with bated breath as her mom opened the package, knowing that once the contents of the box were revealed, everything would be different.
• Anderson couldn’t wait to see the expression on Carol’s face when she saw what he’d brought to the party.
• As the front door opened, Tommy was astounded by what his son was wearing.
• James had heard the expression “deck the halls,” but he hadn’t know what it meant until now.
• As Tucker waited in line to see Santa, he whispered to himself, “Just sit on his lap, tell him what Jaime did, and then he will make everything okay.”
• Carol removed the Christmas goose from the over and thought to herself, “Is it supposed to be that color?”

Closing Line:

• And that is how the Smiths' party was ruined for the tenth time in ten years.
• Laying his head down that night, he laughed at all the things he’d set in motion.
• Never before had the guests tasted such a feast.
• Everyone agreed that her present would be the one whispered about for years to come.
• While what happened to the tree was tragic, she thought that at least everyone left the party with a good story to tell.
• And that was the last time they ever had Holiday dinner at Grandma’s house.
• “Peace on earth, and goodwill toward men,” he said with a grin.
• And that is why the family cow took up permanent residence in the backyard.
• Everyone agreed that they would never again experience such an incredible party.
• “No,” he said as he slammed the door behind him.

2. Starting With a Title

If you have dice near you, roll three numbers. (If you don’t have dice, ask someone near you to give you a three digit number, or use an online dice roller .) Using the numbers, take a phrase from each group below, put them together, and use the new phrase as the title of your short story.

Group A: Your Setting

• The Night That
• The Morning After
• The Party at Which
• The Holiday When
• The Day Before
• The Snowstorm When

Group B: Your Heroes

• Billy and Bonnie
• Horace the Elf
• The Holiday Hog
• The Man and His Umbrella
• The Mashed Potatoes

Group C: Your Sticky Situation

• Saved the Office
• Spiked the Punch
• Ate the Goose
• Ruined Christmas
• Pilfered the Presents
• Found True Love

The Magic of Holiday Writing Prompts

Sometimes all we need to write a great story is a starting point. I hope these challenges help you overcome any holiday slump you might be experiencing.

How do you find the creative energy to write during the holidays?   Let us know in the comments .

For the next fifteen minutes , take on one of these holiday writing challenges. Use your birthday to find your first and last line, or roll some dice to create your title. For an extra challenge, use both prompts for the same story!

Once you’ve written your story, post it in the Pro Practice Workshop , so we can all enjoy it. And don't forget to leave feedback for your fellow holiday writers!

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The snow crunched under Susan’s feet as she looked left and right down the unfamiliar street. She was looking for house number 13. In parts the street was icy and without proper winter treads on her shoes she was slipping and sliding all over the place. She felt rather stupid having accepted this invitation to a party via a friend of a friend of a friend. Should she be coming or not? However she kept going – cautiously – and eventually she spotted the house she was looking for. She could see a disco light rotating in the fron room and there were some people there too. She approached the house and rang the doorbell. James opened the door and said how delighted he was that she had come. James was one of Susan’s close friends,but was surprised that this was his house and his party. She was beginning to smell a rat.t When she entered the room where others were she could not believe her eyes. Her parents, sisters, brother and cousins were all there and greeted her by singing “Happy Birthday”. What a pleasant surprise, and what a great party it turned out to be. James had gone to a lot of trouble sourcing information about all Susan’s relatives and their whereabouts. He knew Susan had been having a rough time recently and he had decided she needed something special to cheer her up. Laying his head down that night, he laughed at all the things he’d set in motion.

Love this short. Nice job.

Thanks Jeff. Good prompts = easy writing

holiday is Special for Family and Friends why it is do you think about Christmas Day to you my day is care of family and Friend or my job tell you about something how Successful Think and Grow where are live right now and I am in Raleigh right now and I live with my Family I have two Sister is Nikki and Brianne they are good today my sister is Nikki she liv in Michigan right now with her boyfriend they are teacher for School

Interesting to hear about your family Danny. I too have family in Michigan – many of them.

Fantastic prompts! Thanks for sharing! 🙂

As Tucker waited in line to see Santa, he whispered to himself, “Just sit on his lap, tell him what Jamie did, and then he will make everything okay.” But that was not quite how it happened. ‘Ho ho ho,’ began Santa. ‘And what would you like for Christmas little boy.’ ‘I’m not little,’ Tucker was seething. ‘I’m eight and a half.’ ‘Ok then eight-and-a-half-year-old. What would you like for Christmas.’ ‘I want you to get rid of Jamie.’ ‘And who is Jamie? Your dog? Your teddy?’ ‘Don’t be silly. I love my dog and I’M TOO OLD FOR TEDDIES. Jamie is my little brother.’ ‘Ho ho ho. And why would I want to do that?’ Santa wasn’t quite sure how to deal with this awkward situation. ‘Because he took everything from me. Now my parents love him more than me. I want you to take him away. Send him back.’ ‘I can’t really do that. I’m here to give presents to good girls and boys.’ ‘Ha!’ Tucker was scowling at Santa. ‘I had a little brother once. I hated him when he came along. I was so jealous. Until that day I had everything to myself. Mummy, Daddy, my grandparents. Everything and everyone.’ ‘So did you send him away?’ ‘No he became my best friend. But one day he died and I realised how much I missed him. When you understand that a little brother or sister is a gift to be treasured, Jamie will become your best friend.’’ “No never,” Tucker said as he slammed the door behind him. ‘Over my dead body.’ And yours he whispered.

Santa can be a difficult concept for children. I can see Tucker in so many families I’m acquaited with. Sibling rivalry – aaaarrrrrggggghhhhh!

Great story!

Please get well soon. Missing you on comments.

The Day Before The Man and his Umbrella Pilfered the Presents

“Yes, I see what you’re saying Harrington, but we cannot possibly do what you are proposing to do. It would be prepostorous. Harrington, please stop going on about it. If we did what you are suggesting we do, we could be in very serious trouble.”

Passers by looked at the little old man peering into the festively dressed window of Hamleys. He was admiring the variety of toys and wrapped presents, all on the theme of The Nutcracker. But what was strange was that he was talking to his bright yellow umbrella, he held above his head to protect his white, balding head from the shimmering snowflakes.

“Oh okay, Harrington. You win. Let’s go inside and come up with a strategic plan. We can map out the area and then send in the troops. Oh, you will have to go undercover. If you are detected it could bring us bad luck.”

With that, the little old man closed his umbrella – or Harrington – and strode into the big department store as quick as his little legs could carry him.

The same passers by were now peering into the window looking at the strange sight of the little old man, talking to his umbrella, examining the presents in the window and re-arranging them, completely oblivious to the increasing audience. Then, he simply walked out of the shop and put his umbrella back up again.

Moving to the window to admire his handiwork, he said: “Okay Harrington. Our work here is done for now. We shall carry out our strategic operation as planned at exactly 13 hundred hours.”

The next evening, the little old man sat in his arm chair looking at the wrapped boxes under his mini Christmas tree.

“Well that was a successful operation wasn’t it Harrington? Merry Christmas! I do hope you like your presents.” He looked over to where Harrington was propped amongst the wrapped, empty boxes.

Irene, I liked your surprise? ending, as well as someone having a converstion with his umbrella. I’m still smiling about it.

Love that the umbrella is called Harrington.

The Morning After Horace the Elf Spiked the Punch While Bennie didn’t dislike ducks, he wasn’t sure how he felt about this one. It sat watching him from the window ledge, head cocked. “I’m calling you Luke.” Bennie declared “Because you like to look. Get it?” he laughed. Merry Christmas, Bennie. You get a duck. Lucky you. Then Bennie had an idea. “Luke.” He addressed the duck solemnly. “I’m afraid this is the end of our friendship. In the absence of money to buy another duck, turkey or chicken, I am going to eat you for Christmas.” Luke blinked. Bennie stepped forward to claim his Christmas Gift from God, and Luke flew away. Bennie waved at him. There goes my only company for Christmas. And my dinner. Perhaps this whole conversation was one sided. Perhaps. It wasn’t Bennie’s fault, though. In fact, if it was anyone it was Horace’s. He had been the one to add whisky to Bennie’s punch, and the reason Bennie had a hangover, and was perhaps not in his best state. Then again, perhaps it wasn’t Horace’s fault. The only reason he was dancing around in an Elf costume and spiking people’s punch was the fact that a friend of his, Lari, had recently got a job, and was treating all his mates to a drink. Lari may have bought Horace a few too many…. But let’s not blame it on Lari, who is currently asleep on his sofa, drool falling from his mouth, let’s blame it on his new boss, for giving him the job. Except that it wasn’t Gerald’s fault that a place came up. One of his employees, Sam, quit her job. Blame it on Sam. No, don’t. She is moving to France to live with her sister because her sister (Carmen) just had a baby and needs the support. So blame it on Carmen. No, don’t. So blame it on the baby. No, poor sweet thing. Blame it on whoever you like; Bennie will still have been talking to a now-flown-away duck. You can’t reverse it. But, instead, let’s watch Bennie go back inside his house, a long sad look given to his fence, where a duck had sat so recently, so ready to be eaten. Bennie’s phone was sitting on the top of the couch, and now it began to ring. Bennie picked it up. “Hey, Kali. What’s up?” Kali was Bennie’s younger sister, who led a successful life as a secretary and loved to tease her beloved brother, Benjamin, or, as we know him, Bennie. “Ben. Farmer Orwin is selling Butternut’s field. I’m looking for somewhere else to keep Butternut, but for now the poor cow has nowhere to live. Any ideas?” Despite her general sensibleness, Kali had a cow called Butternut (short for Butternut Squash Lavender IV), who currently had no home. “Yep!” Said Bennie, in his after-duck state still wanting company desperately. And Butternut was so very friendly. Bennie fell in love….. And that is why the family cow took up permanent residence in the backyard.

Love it. Very funny. At least he didn’t eat Butternut…

Thanks. I’m glad you liked it..

I liked yours too. I found it funny how you said “And yours…” I was like “DIE SANTA!” The reason he didn’t eat Butternut is because he was in love… also, the female members of his family are rather fierce and Kali may have eaten him. (Or at least threatened to)

Thanks for these prompts.

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8 top holiday literacy resources your students will love + freebies.

December is often a busy time not just in the classroom, but in our personal lives as well. That coupled with the holiday excitement that the students bring to school each day, it can feel overwhelming to manage everyone and everything. I found over the years that when I bring the holiday fun into the classroom with purposeful, engaging activities, things seem to feel a bit less chaotic. So I say let’s bring on the Polar Express, holidays around the world, and reindeer by including holiday literacy activities in lesson planning.

Today I want to share some of my favorite holiday literacy resources to add some holiday cheer to your literacy block. Additionally, many of these resources also make great displays for the hallway or your classroom.

Why I Love Integrating Literacy and Holidays

During a busy season like the holidays, you can make more time to do fun holiday activities and crafts when you get creative with how you fit them into your day. Through read alouds, shared reading, interactive notebook activities, writing crafts, and themed centers, we can easily integrate reading and writing through the season to bring holiday cheer in our classrooms while improving literacy skills.

I also love any opportunity to sneak in extra practice with writing conventions, reading comprehension, and word work. When we do activities that are truly engaging, my students don’t always realize that they are learning and practicing important skills at the same time.

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These are some of my favorite holiday literacy activities for kinder, first, and second grades. I also sprinkled in some freebies , so be sure to check them out!

December Literacy Stations

One great way to bring holiday literacy activities to your classroom is through literacy centers. Holiday-themed literacy stations always bring cheer to your reading block time! The December Literacy Stations has seven centers for you to use this month:

• Book Making
• Sight Words
• Pocket Chart

With simple-to-prep stations, you and your students will all love these engaging activities!

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Gingerbread Writing Craftivity

The Gingerbread Writing Craftivity is perfect for your students to self-assess their own writing! For each writing convention, the students earn a part of their gingerbread kid. It’s a great way to integrate some meaningful writing and be purposeful with an adorable craft! Plus, the finished activity makes a great display for the holiday season.

Get the Gingerbread Writing Craftivity HERE!

Gingerbread Man Activities and Literacy Activities

With 18 different reading and writing activities for everything gingerbread, this Gingerbread Printables resource will bring a ton of fun to your literacy time! The gingerbread holiday literacy activities include retelling, sequencing, comparing different gingerbread books, a mini book, writing activities, and everything you need for a gingerbread man hunt!

Get the Gingerbread Printables HERE!

FREE Mouse and Movie Retelling Activity

After reading the book If You Take a Mouse to the Movies , use this FREE Mouse and Movies Retelling activity for students to practice sequencing. My students and I loved any chance we could to make a purposeful craft! For younger students, they can draw what happens in the book. First and second graders can write (and draw) the events.

Get the FREE Mouse and Movies Activity HERE!

Holiday Flip Books

These 19 Holiday Flip Books are perfect for your social studies or science interactive notebooks. They can be used after reading The Polar Express, after an elf visits your classroom, or as you learn about reindeer! They are also a great fit for teaching about Christmas Around the World and are a great way to integrate literacy!

Get the Holiday Flip Books HERE!

Christmas Around the World Flip Up Book Bundle

Do you teach Christmas around the world, but struggle to find a way for students to document their learning and keep up with each country’s traditions? The Christmas Around the World Flip Up Books are for you!

They are the perfect little activities for your students to be engaged as they learn about Christmas Around the World! Each flip book includes reading, sorting, and writing! It is easy to create with the printing instructions that are included.

Get the Christmas Around the World Flip Up Books HERE!

Winter Word Making Freebie

This little activity has three mystery word making activities for you to do whole group, in a small group, or even to drop in a word work center. You could also make it a competition during your holiday party. Students will use the letters provided and see how many words they can build. This activity is always a hit!

Get the Winter Work Making Freebie HERE!

Holidays Around the World Bundle

This Holidays Around the World unit helps students compare and contrast Kwanzaa, Hanukkah, and Christmas. It makes it simple to learn about Kwanzaa , Hanukkah , and Christmas as you celebrate them all! You’ll easily integrate reading and writing with social studies with each of these resources.

Each resource has graphic organizers, vocabulary cards, sorting activities, and a craft. You’ll be set for social studies for the whole month with packing in lots of literacy at the same time! I bundled them together so you get all three units for the price of two!

Get the Holidays Around the World Bundle HERE!

I know the month of December can feel a little chaotic in the classroom. That’s why I like to harness the holiday excitement and integrate holiday fun into reading and writing as much as possible. All of these holiday literacy activities do just that! You can also shop my whole shop’s Christmas and holiday section of resources HERE .

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World-renowned clinical child psychologist and best-selling author, Dr. Ross Greene said that No kid should be getting three or four hours of homework a night. There's no breathing time, there's no family time, there are just extracurriculars and homework, and then, going to bed.

Holiday homework is intended to make students independent and enhance their skills and capabilities. Holiday homework helps to keep students on track and keep their brains ticking. While holiday homework ensures that the students don’t lose touch with what they have learned, it is important to give them enough space to enjoy the holidays. To ensure the same, you have got to analyze the feasibility of the work that you are assigning them and the gravity. Without further ado, let us take a look at five important things that teachers should keep in mind while assigning holiday homework to their students.

1. Understand Your Students

The first and most important thing that you have to take into consideration is your students. Understanding your students is the first step. The holiday homework should be on par with their capacity and ability. Of course, there’s no harm in making it challenging and pushing their limits a little but make sure to strike a balance. There’s no point in talking Latin when your students don’t understand the language. Assigning holiday homework that is way beyond their intellectual capacity or way below their capacity will not do them any good and that’s why you have got to understand them. There might be students who like challenges and to address this population of the classroom you can create an additional section on the assignment sheet and make it optional. Make sure not to discriminate against your students based on this optional section.

2. Define the Objectives

What do you want your students to accomplish through the holiday homework? For example, if the holiday homework is to write a poem, what are the learning objectives? That the students should understand the structure of the poetry, poetic figures, and poetic justice? The teacher must have a clear sense of the same. In addition to this, the teacher must be able to articulate the learning objectives to the students so that they can do complete justice to the holiday homework.

3. Make it Interesting

More often than not, students find holiday homework boring and drab. While designing the holiday work, teachers should put in the effort to make it challenging and interesting. If it is a simple coloring exercise, you can give tiny riddles about the colors and they have to figure out what the color is. Similarly, you can make all the work interesting so that the students would ill feel like doing it.

4. Keep Parent Involvement to a Minimum

Let’s face it. More than 90% of homework is done by parents. If you ask second graders to make the model of the Taj Mahal, of course, the parents would do it. This is why we mentioned in the first step that the teachers should understand the students and give them a mountain that they can climb. As mentioned, articulate the learning objectives and while interacting with the parents, let them know that you are expecting minimum involvement from them. If you are assigning holiday homework to high school students and students in higher grades, this step can be skipped.

5. Clarify the Criteria

On what basis are you going to grade the holiday homework? The criteria and the grading pattern must be transparent so that the students have a clear understanding of what to focus on. When you are designing the holiday homework, create a proper framework that you want to stick by and share with your students.

Holiday homework is an amazing way to let your students stand close to what they have learned. As mentioned, it is important to strike a balance and help your students have a good holiday while learning new skills and polishing the existing ones. It is up to the teacher to make homework dull or interesting and the tips that we have discussed are sure to make it the latter. Go ahead and create homework that the students would enjoy doing!

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Bonus: Homework for teachers. Take some time over the summer to look after your own wellbeing (although maybe wait until just before the new term starts!) with these Dreamachine Teacher Wellbeing CPD videos and creative activities .

1. Dreamachine Resources At Home Pack

Print off the entire pack or just one or two from this collection of activities from the Dreamachine Schools resources, specially picked out for families at home. They include science, global citizenship and wellbeing activities suitable for all ages, but will need adults to support the delivery as they are written in a lesson plan style. The activities include an interactive science survey into the senses: Life’s Big Questions – with videos to watch presented by Newsround’s Martin Dougan and fun illusions to try out.

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This year’s summer reading challenge is online and even if your school didn’t sign—up, children can still register to join in online and get books form the library: www.summerreadingchallenge.org.uk/

You could print out this resource from StoryTrails and Unboxed Learning , with lots of ideas for storytelling.

4. The Poetry Society and Stemettes About Us Competition

About Us is all about exploring the many ways life across the universe is connected. Young people aged 4-18 can enter their poems and/ or Scratch projects on the theme of ‘connectivity and the universe‘, to win books and tech goodies, talent development opportunities, and free workshops for their school. All entrants will receive an e-certificate for participating and the competition closes on 31 August 2022. www.aboutus.earth/about-the-competition

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6. Keep an alternative journal

Document your summer break in a diary, but try to do it without writing a word! Create a scrapbook (or box!) of your summer, to remind you of what you did and how you felt. Try to include something for every week, but you can include as many entries as you like. How many different types of entries can you do? Some ideas are:

• Draw or paint a picture of what you did
• Draw the weather that day
• Close your eyes and draw how you feel
• Take a photo
• Collect a memento e.g. a ticket, a receipt, a food packet, newspaper, a leaf, a stone
• Draw a list of the music you listened to / books you read / games you played
• Make a collage of something you are looking forward to
• Make a picture of the tastiest food you ate – try using something unusual in a collage like pasta, lentils or cut up food packaging
• Listen to the noises outside and draw what you think you can hear

7. Design a new invention

Invent something to solve the problem of ____________.

Draw your invention and label it or make a model of it and a short video explaining how it will work. Think about: How does it work? What size will it be if you made it for real? What material is it made of? Where does it get power or energy from to work? What will you call it?

Check out Little Inventors for inspiration: www.littleinventors.org/ideas

Insert a problem to solve that you think your students will know about / connects to your learning this year or look on www.littleinventors.org/mini-challenges/

Some ideas are: plastic food packaging, ocean pollution, keeping cool in the heatwave, keeping house plants alive, how to stay dry when camping, learning times tables, getting to school on time.

8. Put on an art exhibition

Visit Tate Kids and choose some of the activities to create your own artwork: www.tate.org.uk/kids/make

Once you have enough pieces, stage an art exhibition in your home or garden and invite families and friends. Think about how you want them to feel when they are in the exhibition. Do you want them to feel excited/calm/intrigued or think about issues you care about? How can you display your work to try and achieve this? Take photos and collect some quotes of how they found the experience!

9. Learn some origami

Learn to make something out of origami, the art of paper folding. Maths on Toast have some how-to-videos: www.mathsontoast.org.uk/activity-category/videos/

All you need is some squares of paper – even newspaper will do (an easy way to make a square of paper is to fold one corner over to the bottom edge and then cut along ).

10. Write a cultural review

Write a review of a film/book/computer game/album/podcast /play/day out/experience – anything cultural that interests you! How did it make you feel? What were the best bits? What could improve? What surprised you?

You could provide them with a quick list of family days out (preferably free and local) to spark ideas. If your students are London based, here is a list of some free goings on in the capital to get you started:

Greenwich + Docklands - International Festival 2022 (FREE) 26 August – 11 September / Festival - free theatre, art, dance and circus.

Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster: Alienarium 5 at Serpentine South Gallery (FREE) until 4 September / Art exhibition - a speculative environment that invites us to imagine possible encounters with extraterrestrials.

Covent Garden Cool Down – August Bank Holiday weekend / Experience - an annual ice cream festival on the streets of Covent Garden.

Take One Picture 2022 at the National Gallery (FREE) until 11 September / Art exhibition - primary schools from across the UK have responded creatively to 'The Finding of Moses' by Orazio Gentileschi.

Hew Locke: The Procession at Tate Britain (FREE) until January 2023 / Art exhibition – an installation of sculptures of people gathering and moving together to and ‘to celebrate, worship, protest, mourn, escape or even to better themselves’.

Kids Week – throughout August / Theatre - children 17 and under can go to theatre shows for free when accompanied by a full price paying adult.

Brent Biennial 2022: In The House Of My Love (FREE) until 11 September / Art exhibition - artists and community groups whose works explore the many meanings of homemaking.

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Friends and family gathering. Running around and completing errands. Hours in the kitchen. Dinners, celebrations, parties. Holidays of all kinds come with their fair share of drama, emotion, and story-fodder. Narratives of all kinds can unfold during these busy times. That’s why this list of creative writing prompts includes the theme: holidays.

We’re not just talking about reindeers, turkey, and stringing lights on the tree. Our prompts cover all manner of holidays, from Easter to April Fools to Groundhog Day. And whether the holidays are a time of joy and happiness for your characters, or more difficult, you get to decide the mood.

There’s a lot to choose from, so if you need help deciding, here’s our top 10 holiday writing prompts:

• You own a Christmas Tree stall. One evening, a young boy comes in and picks the smallest, scrawniest tree you have.
• Write a story that only consists of New Year's Resolutions.
• Write a story that only consists of letters to Santa.
• It's the night before Christmas. You are a stirring mouse in an otherwise totally quiet house.
• Write a story about a "chosen family" dinner, where no one is related by blood, but they still feel like family.
• Create a holiday of your own and write a story about it.
• Write a short story about someone with unconventional New Year's traditions.
• Write about the best April Fool's Day prank that you could ever pull.
• You’re stuck in a time loop with the same holiday happening over and over — the only rule is that it can’t be Groundhog Day.
• An advertising firm lands a huge contract to make Easter the year’s most popular holiday.

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• How to Master the 'Show, Don't Tell' Rule (free course) — Twinkling decorations, frosty weather, the smell of delicious food cooking — the holidays are a treat for the senses, and those kinds of details help evoke the right mood for your story. The best way to make your story as immersive as possible is to master the golden rule of Show, Don’t Tell.
• Character profile template (free resource ) — A lot of holiday stories are driven by emotion, just like the holidays themselves. Perhaps your character has fallen on hard times, and is having a crisis of faith. Maybe they’re returning home after a long stretch away, just in time for the holidays. Or perhaps your story is less emotional, but nonetheless character driven — our hero is a serial procrastinator, on the hunt for the perfect gift. Either way, you’ll need to know your character inside and out, and that’s where the character profile template comes in.

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In addition to being a time for enjoyment and relaxation, summer vacation is an excellent opportunity for young children to continue learning and being busy. Eliminate tiresome spreadsheets! This blog article contains a plethora of creative ideas for computer holiday homework for kids in classes 5 through 8. We’ll cover topics including multiple-choice questions (MCQ), fill-in-the-blank questions, short questions, lengthy questions, and exercises to make summer learning engaging for kids, teachers, and parents. 

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