Holiday fun doesn’t have to be reserved for K-2. Check out these FREE Holiday activities that you can print and use in your classroom for 3rd-5th graders. If you like something you download, be sure to leave feedback and say THANK YOU to the creator. Follow their store so you won’t miss out on future quality freebies like these!
1. Christmas Figurative Language Sort
This figurative language sort contains 10 popular holiday sayings. Students sort them into 3 groups: metaphor, simile, or idiom. Then they glue each phrase onto their sorting mat. An answer key is included for easy grading. If you are looking for other reading holiday ideas, I love this informational text structure book!
2. Christmas Concrete Poetry
Engage your students in fun concrete poetry writing. This download includes a lesson plan and printables. All you need to do is print & go! These concrete poems would make a beautiful holiday bulletin board.
3. Christmas Math Games
This free download contains elapsed time math review. The first activity is an elf elapsed time game. Students spin 2 spinners. The first spin gives their elf an activity and the second spin tells how long it took the elf to complete the activity. Students add up the elapsed time from each spin to see who can get their elf to 6:00pm first. The second activity is 8 elapsed time word problems and an answer key.
4. Winter and Christmas Puzzle Freebie
These logic puzzles will have your students’ brains working in overdrive! These puzzles are not specific to Christmas so you can use them with any student. The download includes a winter “boggle” type word finder puzzle, 2 logic puzzles, and 1 writing prompt. These are perfect activities to leave for a sub if you need to be out before (or after) the Holidays.
5. Class Recipe Book: Parent Gift Idea
Looking for a thoughtful, creative, and free parent gift idea? If you help your students create gifts for their parents this download is for YOU! (You could also hang on to this download for Mother’s Day.) This download has everything you need to create a class recipe book. What a precious gift for students to share. You have to check this out!
6. Snowman Sam Reading Incentive
I am always looking for a way to keep my students reading over the holiday break. Usually I create my own boring reading log. But, not this year! I am using this cute free Snowman Sam reading incentive. This download contains a printable bookmark for students to record 6 books they read over the holiday break. Once they finish, they return the slip and are entered into a fun prize drawing. To get your students fired up about this.. have them help brainstorm what the fun prize will be!
7. Holiday Drawing Activities
This activity is just for FUN! You’ll need a paper plate for each of your students. There are two drawing activities included in the download, so you’ll use both sides of the plate. Students put the plate on their head and follow your instructions to create a picture. They can’t look at the plate until you finished reading all of the directions. I love their reactions when they finally see their drawings. So much fun! If you happen to use this in your holiday party, tag me on instagram (@diggingdeepertpt) so I can see their work!
8. Inferencing with Silver Packages
Head over to Comprehension Connection to read how she uses the story Silver Packages by Cynthia Rylant to teach inferencing to her students. This is the perfect read aloud for the holiday season. Her post includes a video read aloud, a book talk video, and a free resource to accompany the text.
Looking for more Holiday fun?
Check out my Holiday math skip counting game here.
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