3rd Grade Christmas, Chanukah, & Kwanzaa Homework

No Prep! Word search activities offer many benefits for students. They can help students learn new vocabulary, improve spelling skills, and develop problem-solving abilities. These word search activities are great for reviewing musical concepts in a fun and challenging way! Word search activities also make engaging brain breaks and bell-ringers.

"My students enjoy doing something different in Music Class. This is the first time I used a word find. The students were engaged right away. I needed something to use after our Christmas performance. It was perfect and saved me a lot of time." - Bonnie L.

Do you need engaging activities to accompany "The Nutcracker?" Students can search for Nutcracker-themed words in this 15x15 word grid. Eighteen words can be found up, down, or across! Answer key included.

Fifteen Vocabulary Words

• up
• down
• across

Word Search Benefits

• Vocabulary: introduces learners to new words and their meanings, which can help to expand their vocabulary.
• Spelling: teaches the correct spelling of words.
• Visual perception: students scan a grid and identify patterns, which can help to improve their visual perception skills.
• Problem-solving: helps students develop problem-solving skills by challenging them to find words that are hidden in a grid.
• Focus: Word searches can help students focus and concentrate, which can be helpful for other academic tasks.
• Memory: helps improve memory by requiring students to remember the words that they have already found.

Christmas Writing Prompts for Grade 3
Get your students into the holiday spirit with this engaging and creative Christmas-themed writing prompt worksheet! Designed specifically for third graders, this worksheet features 40 festive sentence starters that will inspire young writers to craft their own holiday stories, essays, and reflections. Each prompt encourages imagination, creativity, and the development of writing skills, making it a perfect addition to your classroom activities during the holiday season.
Features:
40 Christmas-themed writing prompts

• Suitable for Grade 3 students
• Encourages creativity and imagination
• Helps develop writing skills
• Perfect for holiday classroom activities

Examples of Prompts:
“On Christmas Eve, I heard a noise coming from…”

• “If I could give a gift to anyone in the world, it would be…”
• “The best Christmas present I ever received was…”

Bring the magic of Christmas into your classroom and watch your students’ writing skills flourish with these fun and festive prompts!

Celebrate the holiday season with this collection of 10 engaging Christmas-themed reading comprehension passages! Perfect for 3rd-grade students, these passages will not only enhance reading skills but also immerse children in the spirit of Christmas. Each passage is followed by three comprehension questions to reinforce understanding and promote discussion.

Included Passages:

1. The Christmas Tree
   Follow Mia as her family picks out a Christmas tree and prepares for the holiday.
2. Santa's Workshop
   Discover the magical world of Santa Claus and his hardworking elves at the North Pole.
3. The Christmas Gift
   Join Sam on his journey to find the perfect gift for his mom this Christmas.
4. The Nativity Scene
   Learn about the nativity scene and its significance in celebrating the birth of Jesus.
5. Christmas Cookies
   Bake along with Emma as she makes delicious cookies and shares them with friends.
6. The Christmas Lights
   Experience the joy of decorating and celebrating the Christmas lights with the Johnson family.
7. The Snowman
   Help Lucy build her snowman, Frosty, and see how she expresses her creativity.
8. The Christmas Parade
   Join the town's festive Christmas parade filled with fun, music, and holiday cheer.
9. The Holiday Card
   Follow Max as he writes heartfelt holiday cards to spread joy to his friends.
10. Christmas Morning
    Experience the excitement of Christmas morning with Sam as he opens his gifts and shares a special breakfast with family.

Prep Free! Independent! It includes 4 Sets of individual worksheets. Each set includes a student’s version and a teacher’s version. There are over 200 problems in all. Students really need to work the math to figure out each color. Use for Thanksgiving, or any time of the year.

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Celebrate the holiday season with this collection of 10 engaging Christmas-themed reading comprehension passages! Perfect for 3rd-grade students, these passages will not only enhance reading skills but also immerse children in the spirit of Christmas. Each passage is followed by three comprehension questions to reinforce understanding and promote discussion.

Included Passages:

1. The Christmas Tree
   Follow Mia as her family picks out a Christmas tree and prepares for the holiday.
2. Santa's Workshop
   Discover the magical world of Santa Claus and his hardworking elves at the North Pole.
3. The Christmas Gift
   Join Sam on his journey to find the perfect gift for his mom this Christmas.
4. The Nativity Scene
   Learn about the nativity scene and its significance in celebrating the birth of Jesus.
5. Christmas Cookies
   Bake along with Emma as she makes delicious cookies and shares them with friends.
6. The Christmas Lights
   Experience the joy of decorating and celebrating the Christmas lights with the Johnson family.
7. The Snowman
   Help Lucy build her snowman, Frosty, and see how she expresses her creativity.
8. The Christmas Parade
   Join the town's festive Christmas parade filled with fun, music, and holiday cheer.
9. The Holiday Card
   Follow Max as he writes heartfelt holiday cards to spread joy to his friends.
10. Christmas Morning
    Experience the excitement of Christmas morning with Sam as he opens his gifts and shares a special breakfast with family.

Add a sprinkle of holiday cheer to your math curriculum with this engaging and fun no prep Christmas themed Place Value Worksheet Pack. Keep your students engaged and working on number skills with these December themed worksheets. This festive resource includes 10 fun easy to print worksheets tailored for both US and UK curricula. Inside you will find 4 adorable bauble themed exercises focusing on Tens and Ones value, 3 santa sack themed activities for Hundreds, Tens, and Ones, and 3 sleigh with reindeer themed challenges to reinforce these essential place value concepts. Answer keys are provided for easy assessment. Improve your holiday math lessons with these merry and educational worksheets.

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Embrace this special Christmas experience with this exclusive Christmas Pop-Up Cards Project made for primary grades, homeschoolers, and EFL/ESL learners. Uncover a collection of 60 card worksheets designed with festive scenes and 20 fun pop-up images that are a reminder of the holiday's spirit. This activity presents an interactive feature aimed at nurturing gratitude and hands-on creativity, as young learners craft personalized thank-you cards. Help learners reflect on the special meaning of Christmas and foster creativity with this Christmas Pop-Up Cards | Christmas Project!

Contents:

1. Instruction page

2. 60 card sheets to choose from (30 lined and 30 blank sheets)

3. 20 pop-up images

4. 20 pop-up images (easy-to-cut options)

Applications:

1. Christmas projects

2. Open house showpiece

3. Graphic organizers file folder

4. Additional activity for early finishers.

5. Special project

6. Teacher-friendly resources for emergency activities!

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Directions: Mrs. Claus needs your help baking gingerbread men for Santa. Solve the problems using bar models. Then match the problem to the right gingerbread man to help Mrs. Claus. Good Luck!

Includes:

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Do you need a calming yet engaging activity before Christmas? This mindfulness coloring page can be used as a calm down strategy or for self-care. Your students will enjoy coloring this one design that comes in three styles. One with "Meow-y Christmas," one with "Have A Purr-fect Holiday," and one with no words.

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• As a bulletin board
• For early finishers
• As a holiday gift for friends and loved ones
• As a way to relax and calm down after playtime

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• 1 Cat Zentangle with three styles
• Terms of Use

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This fun writing product comes with 10 prompts that get students thinking about winter & the holiday season! All prompts are unique and require deeper thinking and reasoning.

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This product contains differentiated activities to disguise a Gingerbread man. It can be used used as a school or a home project. It contains a detailed letter to parents explaining the purpose of the project. The product also includes teacher instructions, lesson objectives, materials required, and graphic organizers (multiple options). There is a sample product attached as well.

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Do you need fun & engaging music activities for December? The Nutcracker BIG Activity Bundle includes ten full resources + the bonus Nutcracker Carnival

Bundle Benefits:

• Save time! The music selections are already curated for you
• Add music appreciation to various lessons and unit studies
• Students explore social-emotional themes through listening
• Low-prep engaging and mindful activities for students
• Easily find the music on YouTube or your favorite music services
• No musical training is required - just print and play!

The Nutcracker Classical Music, Tchaikovsky, Christmas Activities, December

Just Print & Play! "The Nutcracker" is one of Tchaikovsky's most famous compositions. These printable "The Nutcracker" Listening Sheets will add some festive cheer to your class party, homeschool meetups, or holiday family fun! Also great as sub plans and brain breaks!

Learning Objectives

• increased knowledge of The Nutcracker Suite
• familiarity with the composer's works
• ability to recognize, and engage with, popular pieces of classical music
• identify different instrument sounds
• social-emotional exploration of feelings and moods within classical music
• creative expression by drawing and choosing colors related to a musical theme

Printable Listening Sheets Include: (two pages per piece)

1. Overture
2. The Christmas Tree
3. March
4. Gallop And Dance Of The Parents
5. The Presents Of Drosselmeyer
6. Grandfather Dance
7. Clara And The Nutcracker
8. Battle with the Mouse King
9. In The Christmas Tree
10. Waltz Of The Snowflakes
11. The Magic Castle On The Mountain Of Sweets
12. Clara And Prince Charming
13. Chocolate (Spanish Dance)
14. Coffee (Arabian Dance)
15. Tea (Chinese Dance)
16. Trepak (Russian Dance)
17. Dance Of The Reed Pipes
18. Polichinelle (The Clown)
19. Waltz Of The Flowers
20. Pas De Deux (3rd Movement contains "Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy")
21. Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy
22. Grand Finale

The Nutcracker Music Notes Matching Flashcards, Christmas

Music Center! Do you need engaging activities for winter or The Nutcracker? This music note matching activity reviews & strengthens treble and bass note skills! Cut and laminate for extended use - perfect for winter, December, and including in your Nutcracker-themed fun!

18 Grand Staff Puzzles (18 in all)

Treble Space Notes: f - a - c - e

Treble Line Notes: e - g - b - d - f

Bass Space Notes: a - c - e - g

Bass Line Notes: g - b - d - f - a

5 Wall Posters / Music Center Sheets

Grand Staff: Illustrates the two staves

Treble Clef: Explains at-a-glance what the treble clef looks like

Treble Notes: Displays and defines the notes on the treble clef

Bass Clef: Explains at-a-glance what the bass clef looks like

Bass Notes: Displays and defines the notes on the bass clef

The Nutcracker Blank Sheet Music! Christmas Composing & December Activities

Do you need fun and engaging music activities for December? Designed with the youngest composers in mind - these blank manuscript pages allow students to compose their own pieces! Draw the music notes or use small stickers to piece together a classical composition. Treble & bass clef tracing sheets are also included.

This set is inspired by "The Nutcracker" and features clipart from the well-loved story/performance.

Nutcracker Bingo! Christmas Activities & December Sub Plans for ASTROBRIGHTS

Do you need fun & engaging music activities for December? Add this BINGO game to your Nutcracker unit or winter sub plans! Students will enjoy racing to find Clara, the Mouse King, Godfather Drosselmeyer, and more! There are also a few festive objects like cupcakes and ornaments. Great for printing on Astrobright paper!

Product Includes:

• Instruction page
• 25 Caller Cards (6 per page)
• 30 BINGO game boards - each one contains the same characters but have slightly different layouts.

Use mini-erasers, bingo chips, or other fun items as space markers. Students get 5 in a row to win!

Nutcracker Numbers! Tracing & Handwriting Practice, Christmas Activities

Do you need fun & engaging handwriting activities for December? These tracing and handwriting practice sheets feature The Nutcracker! Each page has a number to trace and write, with a coloring practice at the bottom. Blank pages (with pictures) are also included for additional practice or story writing.

Product Includes:

• 10 numbered trace & write pages
• 10 blank Nutcracker writing pages

The Nutcracker Themed Pages:

1. One Nutcracker
2. Two Snow Queens
3. Three Mice
4. Four Flower Dancers
5. Five Grandfather Clocks
6. Six Dancers
7. Seven Sugarplum Fairies
8. Eight Candy Canes
9. Nine Toy Soliders
10. Ten Gifts

Nutcracker Favorites Performance Journal, Classical Music December Activities

No Prep! Do you need engaging activities to accompany "The Nutcracker?" Students can note their favorite elements from "The Nutcracker" with this scrapbook-style journal/coloring page!

Favorite Boxes Include:

1. Dance
2. Scene
3. Costume
4. Moment
5. Character
6. Music

Nutcracker Word Search, Classical Music December Activities, Christmas Fun!

No Prep! Do you need engaging activities to accompany "The Nutcracker?" Students can search for Nutcracker-themed words in this 15x15 word grid. Eighteen words can be found up, down, or across! Answer key included.

Story Writing Pages with The Nutcracker Theme for Christmas & December!

Just Print & Play! Do you need fun & engaging handwriting activities? These story sheets feature The Nutcracker! Compose a Nutcracker-themed story or use for seasonal handwriting practice.

• 15 Full Writing Pages
• 15 Story & Writing Pages

The Nutcracker Scene List ★ Performance Handouts, Unit Planning

No Prep! Do you need a scene list to accompany "The Nutcracker?" Performances will vary, but this easy-to-use guide includes the scenes found in most productions! The scene list can be used to follow along, given as student handouts, or used as a planning page for your Nutcracker activities/units.

Product Includes:

1. One page with the scenes/numbers
2. One page with scenes and no numbers
3. One page with scenes and note boxes

Help your students explore the joy of reading!

Discovering a love for books is easier with our Decembre Reading Log. This handy tool features:

• Date
• Title and Author of Book
• Number of Pages
• Number of Minutes
• Parent Initial

Encourage your students to track their reading progress and celebrate their achievements!

Prep Free! Independent! It includes 4 Sets of individual worksheets. Each set includes a student’s version and a teacher’s version. There are over 200 problems in all. Students really need to work the math to figure out each color. Use for Thanksgiving, or any time of the year.

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Help your students explore the joy of reading!

Discovering a love for books is easier with our Decembre Reading Log. This handy tool features:

• Date
• Title and Author of Book
• Number of Pages
• Number of Minutes
• Parent Initial

Encourage your students to track their reading progress and celebrate their achievements!

Get ready to spread some holiday cheer with this fun Christmas Color by Number Coloring Pages Pack. This resource was created with both students and teachers in mind. The no prep Christmas color by number sheets are super easy to prepare. Print and go! This festive set includes 10 sheets for students to color in. Each worksheet features holiday themed designs, perfect for igniting creativity and celebrating the season. These black and white printables are not only a fun artistic activity but also serve as a great way to reinforce number recognition and color identification skills. Bring the magic of the holidays to your classroom with these engaging Christmas coloring sheets. US and UK spelling version available.

The following designs are included:

• Santa Sleigh,
• Gifts,
• Reindeer,
• Santa,
• Christmas Pudding,
• Christmas Tree,
• Snowman,
• Snow Scene,
• North Pole,
• Gingerbread House.

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Dear Santa Letter Writing Kit for Young Learners!

This Christmas, engage your 1st to 3rd-grade students, EFL/ESL learners, and homeschoolers with our delightful Dear Santa Letter Writing Exercise and Christmas Project! This resource is an ideal blend of festive fun and educational value, offering 20 engaging worksheets to spark creativity and purposeful writing lessons.

Key Features:

Pre-Made Letters: Explore 4 black-and-white and 4 colored Dear Santa sheets with pre-made letters, adding a touch of magic to the holiday season.

✏️ Blank Templates: Encourage creativity with 6 black-and-white and 4 colored blank Dear Santa sheets, allowing students to craft their unique letters.

Inspiring Christmas Scenes: The worksheets showcase diverse Christmas scenes, inspiring students to create heartfelt letters to Santa.

Versatile Uses:

Creative Expression: The black-and-white set invites a personal touch, fostering creative expression in young minds.

Flexibility and Convenience: The colored sets provide flexibility, making this resource suitable for various writing activities and scenarios.

Multi-Purpose Resource:

Christmas Season Supplement: Enhance the festive spirit with an additional resource for the Christmas season.

Writing Exercise: Elevate related writing topics with this engaging letter-writing exercise.

Portfolio Addition: Create a special writing project for students' portfolios, showcasing their growth and creativity.

Teacher Emergency Resource: Utilize this resource as a quick and effective sub plan activity for unexpected situations.

Unleash the magic of the season with the Dear Santa Letter Writing Exercise and Christmas Project!

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Directions: Santa needs your help filling his sleigh with presents for boys and girls. Solve the subtraction problems. Then match the problem to the right present to help Santa fill his sleigh. Good Luck!

Includes:

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Do you need a calming yet engaging activity before Christmas? This mindfulness coloring page can be used as a calm down strategy or for self-care. Your students will enjoy coloring this reindeer that come with one design in three styles. One with "Merry Christmas," one with "Happy Holidays,", one with "Oh Deer, Christmas is Here," and one with no words.

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• As a bulletin board
• For early finishers
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• 1 reindeer Zentangle with four styles
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Help your students gain a greater understanding of The Nutcracker Suite with this set of listening sheets! The Nutcracker Classical Music Activity Packet provides 268 pages of different activities that will help build a classical music foundation for your students. Its goal is to increase knowledge of The Nutcracker Suite and comprehension of scenes and characters.

See What's Inside

Be sure to check out the preview file above for a closer look into what this activity pack includes. You'll find 17 pages of activity demos, descriptions, and teacher testimonials!

Learning Objectives

• increased knowledge of The Nutcracker Suite
• familiarity with the composer's works
• ability to recognize, and engage with, popular pieces of classical music
• identify different instrument sounds
• social-emotional exploration of feelings and moods within classical music
• creative expression by drawing and choosing colors related to a musical theme

Music Featured in Each Pack:

Overture • The Christmas Tree • March • Gallop And Dance Of The Parents • The Presents Of Drosselmeyer • Grandfather Dance • Clara And The Nutcracker • Battle with the Mouse King • In The Christmas Tree • Waltz Of The Snowflakes • The Magic Castle On The Mountain Of Sweets • Clara And Prince Charming • Chocolate (Spanish Dance) • Coffee (Arabian Dance) • Tea (Chinese Dance) • Trepak (Russian Dance) • Dance Of The Reed Pipes • Polichinelle (The Clown) • Waltz Of The Flowers • Pas De Deux (3rd Movement contains "Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy") • Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy • Grand Finale

Nutcracker Listening Activity Sheets (Located in Bonus File Section)

Music Rating Guides - full color/black & white

Listening Sheet - There are no wrong answers! Students can note how they feel and what they imagine while listening to a selected piece of music. Choose from musical instruments, nature scenes, colors, and more.

Weather & Feelings - Weather is a recurring theme in classical music. Does a musical piece remind the listener of a snowy day or a pleasant sunny afternoon? Students can select the weather symbols that come to mind. Is the music happy or sad? A set of emotional characters allows your group to pick the feelings that best relate to a piece of music.

Nutcracker Listen and Color Activity Sheets (22 pages)

Pair art with music! Students color the characters while listening to featured music from The Nutcracker. There are four categories of keywords to circle/highlight that describe their listening experience. Blank lines are for writing in their own words. There are no wrong answers! Discuss and display for further engagement.

"This is a fabulous resource! The kids really enjoyed deciding how the music made them feel. It ties well with the curriculum and I will definitely be using it again!" - Stephen G.

The Nutcracker Checkbox Listening Sheets (24 pages)

Emoji Rating Guide (14 emojis to choose from, color and b&w)

Listening Sheets - there are no wrong answers! Students can use the checkboxes to note how they feel and what they imagine while listening to a selected piece of music. Choose from musical instruments, nature scenes, colors, and more!

The Nutcracker Tracker (1 page)

Students can track their listening progress by coloring a box for each piece! Select a few or listen to all twenty-two!

The Nutcracker Jazz Suite by Duke Ellington (14 pages)

These Nutcracker-themed printable listening sheets offer creative music appreciation! Most performances online of the full suite range from twenty to thirty minutes. Students will recognize some of the most familiar pieces! Great for incorporating jazz into this seasonal favorite.

Nutcracker Fairytale Story (45 pages)

Nutcracker Story listening sheets combine music appreciation with a fairy tale theme! Students compose their wondrous tales by choosing the setting, characters, and familiar fairy tale objects inspired by the music. There’s also a drawing box for students to capture a scene from their imaginations. Discuss and display for further engagement!

"I don't feel like I do a very good job of teaching dance/music in our Arts Ed strands, so this was a handy resource as a way of guiding my teaching. I was surprised just how into the Nutcracker my students got!" - Nadine

The Nutcracker Story Writing Packet (30 pages)

These story sheets feature The Nutcracker! Compose a Nutcracker-themed story or use these activity pages for seasonal handwriting practice.

The Nutcracker Word Search (1 page)

No Prep! Word search activities offer many benefits for students. They can help students learn new vocabulary, improve spelling skills, and develop problem-solving abilities. These word search activities are great for reviewing musical concepts in a fun and challenging way! Word search activities also make engaging brain breaks and bell-ringers.

"My students enjoy doing something different in Music Class. This is the first time I used a word find. The students were engaged right away. I needed something to use after our Christmas performance. It was perfect and saved me a lot of time." - Bonnie

The Nutcracker Performance Journal (1 page)

No Prep! Do you need engaging activities to accompany "The Nutcracker?" Students can note their favorite elements from "The Nutcracker" with this scrapbook-style journal/coloring page! Includes favorite dance, scene, costume, moment, character, and music.

"Great to use with our Nutcracker unit. Thanks." - Deborah

The Nutcracker Music Note Matching Game/Center (24 pages)

Learning to read music can have many benefits for students. These colorful music note-matching cards and posters are easy to set up and fun to use! Note-matching games are a great activity for both individual and group learning. They are easy to set up and can be adapted to different skill levels, making them suitable for learners of all ages.

"This was a fun match-up game for my students! They had a fun time with this for a last day soft start!" - Jean

The Nutcracker Handwriting/Tracing Pack (20 pages)

Do you need fun & engaging handwriting activities for December? These tracing and handwriting practice sheets feature The Nutcracker! Each page has a number to trace and write, with a coloring practice at the bottom. Blank pages (with pictures) are also included for additional practice or story writing.

"Love these!" - Conrady Creations

The Nutcracker Scene List Performance Handouts (3 pages)

No Prep! Do you need a scene list to accompany "The Nutcracker?" Performances will vary, but this easy-to-use guide includes the scenes found in most productions! The scene list can be used to follow along, given as student handouts, or used as a planning page for your Nutcracker activities/units.

"My students enjoyed learning about the music from Nutcracker." - Leslie

The Nutcracker Bingo Game (38 pages)

Add this Bingo game to your Nutcracker unit or winter sub plans! Students will enjoy racing to find Clara, the Mouse King, Godfather Drosselmeyer, and more! There are also a few festive objects like cupcakes and ornaments. Great for printing on Astrobrights paper!

"My students LOVED playing Nutcracker BINGO. It was a great activity to use after we learned about the history of and read a version of The Nutcracker. They were extremely engaged, and it was a great review of characters and dances from the ballet/story." - Rebecca M.

The Nutcracker Posters (set of 12)

Bring the magic of The Nutcracker to life with these colorful Nutcracker-themed posters for your bulletin boards! Each poster showcases a beloved musical piece from this enchanting ballet, bringing the magic of the stage right into your classroom or homeschool.

From the dreamy Waltz of the Snowflakes to the exhilarating Chinese Dance, these visually stunning posters will transport you to the Land of Sweets. Perfect for music appreciation, dance classes, or simply adding a touch of holiday cheer, these posters are a must-have for any Nutcracker unit study!

Easel Activity

Pair an engaging digital listening board with these musical selections! Students use the highlight tool to choose keyword lists describing their listening experience. An answer box at the bottom allows students to write a brief description of their thoughts and feelings. Using the pen or any design tool provided, students can decorate a scene or upload an image to the frame! Each board features colorful clipart related to the music. As always, there are no wrong answers. Students can choose any combination of descriptors.