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10 Holiday Classroom Traditions to Start This Year!

October 7 By Linda Leave a Comment

10 classroom Christmas activities & holiday traditions to start this year-Find high engagement holiday activities for elementary students that keep everybody engaged, still learning, AND having fun! These favorite Christmas activities will quickly become traditions in your classroom!

Do  you have holiday classroom traditions that your students just love every year? If so, you'll want to add a few of these to your favorites! If not, read on to discover fun ways to start some! Here are 10 of my favorite classroom Christmas activities that will quickly become … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Christmas, Classroom Celebrations & Traditions Tagged With: Christmas activities, gingerbread activities

Teaching Central Message with The Gingerbread Man

December 19 By Linda 2 Comments

Teaching central message to 1st, 2nd, and even 3rd graders can be tricky. Using a familiar story like The Gingerbread Man along with the steps and guiding questions in this post can help students understand and determine the central message, big idea, lesson, or moral in a text. These teaching ideas and anchor chart are an ideal addition to your gingerbread man unit and activities!

Teaching primary students to determine the central message of a text can be a bit tricky. I find that young children don't yet have the life experience to draw on when trying to identify or articulate the moral in a fable, the life lesson of a fairy tale, or the central message … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Anchor Charts, Book Activities, Bulletin Boards, Reading Tagged With: central message, gingerbread activities, reading comprehension, the gingerbread man

Easy Parent Christmas Gift and Classroom Traditions

December 9 By Linda Kamp Leave a Comment

Here's a festive and easy parent Christmas gift using inexpensive dollar store finds. We made these super simple parent gifts with candles from Dollar Tree and used Mod Podge to glue on tissue paper squares. Watered down school glue works great … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Christmas, Holidays, Parent & Volunteer Gifts Tagged With: class book, dollar store finds, gingerbread activities, parent gift

10 Free Christmas Printables for the Classroom

December 15 By Linda Kamp 2 Comments

As you plan your holiday festivities and classroom Christmas activities for your students, here are 10 free Christmas printables  your students and parents will love! I've collected all of my free Christmas printables that are scattered throughout this site into a nice little … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Christmas, Freebies, Parent & Volunteer Gifts Tagged With: Christmas, freebies, gingerbread activities, gingerbread man, volunteer gifts

10 Easy Classroom Christmas Ideas For That Last CRaZy Week Before Break!

December 14 By Linda Kamp 2 Comments

Need some classroom Christmas ideas for that last crazy week before break? Look no further! I've got you covered! Promote classroom kindness with these 2 easy prep ideas! Use  Secret Santa of Kind Words for classmates, secret angels, secret buddies  or reading … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Christmas, Holidays, Math, Student Gifts, Teacher gifts, Writing, writing activities Tagged With: bulletin boards, Christmas, freebies, gifts, gingerbread activities

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