7th Grade Holidays/Seasonal Handouts

Dive into the heart of American tradition with our Thanksgiving Football Informational Texts, meticulously crafted for middle school students in grades 5-8. This resource, tailored to a 6th-grade lexile level, is a touchdown for any ELA curriculum, aligning with key standards that focus on the analysis of print and graphic features.

What’s Inside:

• Three Compelling Articles: Ranging from the mechanics of football to the historical significance of Thanksgiving games, and the cherished Detroit Lions' traditions, these texts are rich with educational content and football fervor.
• Dynamic Text Features: Each article is a playbook of knowledge, featuring captions, subheadings, glossaries, footnotes, maps, diagrams, sidebars, graphs, timelines, and photographs to engage students and enhance comprehension.
• Comprehensive Quizzes: Test understanding with 18 multiple-choice questions that challenge students to apply their knowledge of text features and content.
• GoogleSlides: Present information about text features before reading to build background knowledge or act as a refresher.

Curricular Alignment:

• Standards-Focused: This resource supports ELA goals, encouraging students to dissect the author's use of print and graphic elements for specific purposes, meeting key educational standards.

Easy Implementation:

• Teacher-Friendly: Designed for ease of use, this print-and-go resource includes a 12-slide Google Slides presentation to introduce text features, ensuring a smooth start to each lesson.
• Answer Key Included: Save time with ready-to-use answer keys, simplifying assessment and review.

Student Engagement:

• High-Interest Topic: By combining the universally engaging topics of football and Thanksgiving, this resource tackles the challenge of engaging reluctant readers head-on.

Holiday Relevance: Capitalize on the excitement of Thanksgiving to bring ELA standards to life.

• Rigorous & Multiskilled: Students aren't just learning about football; they're enhancing critical reading skills through a sports lens.
• No Additional Prep: Everything you need is at your fingertips, from the articles to the quizzes and presentation slides.

Perfect for the Season:

Whether you're looking to supplement your curriculum with seasonal material, add rigor to your lessons, or simply bring a high-engagement topic to your classroom, our Thanksgiving Football Informational Texts are your MVP. Score big with students and educators alike by integrating this resource into your middle school ELA game plan today!

These students and teachers' Non-Prep Editable and Printable Classroom Newsletters will make teacher-parent communication a breeze. These weekly and monthly newsletter options make it easy to keep parents informed about their child's achievements and challenges. Keep them informed and updated about all the school and class special events, homework, school holidays, and school opening and closing dates.

Student Version: In this resource, you will find a student's version of an activity I complete every Monday with my students.

This activity will help your students stay organized and accountable.

The Benefit of Students Newsletter:

⭐ Newsletters can provide a platform for collaboration and discussion, allowing teachers and students to share ideas and feedback on important topics and initiatives.

⭐ A newsletter provides a regular and centralized source of information for students and teachers, allowing for improved communication and informing everyone of important events and updates.

⭐ A newsletter provides a regular and centralized source of information for students and teachers, allowing for improved communication and informing everyone of important events and updates.

Don't delay—unlock the potential of your classroom with our No Prep Reading, Writing, and Vocabulary packet today!

Included in this resource:

⭐ 1 Teacher Editable & Colored PowerPoint Weekly & Monthly (69 Slides)

⭐ 1 Student Editable PowerPoint Newsletter to use digitally (68 slides) Weekly & Monthly

⭐ 1 Black & White Students Printable PDF Weekly & Monthly (68 pages)

Tip:

⭐Upload PowerPoints to Google Drive and open them with Google Slides. Then, you will have an editable Google Slides Classroom newsletter**.**

⭐ December No Prep Reading, Writing, & Math

You can find other helpful activities here**:**

⭐ November Holidays ELA Packet

⭐ Self-Checking Google Sheet Bundle 3rd-5th Grade

⭐ The Girl & The Bicycle Read Aloud Unit Lesson Plans, Slides & Activities

⭐ Behavior Management | The Diamond Trail Challenge

⭐ Take photos of your student's work, and I will feature them and share your account on my Instagram

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This guided descriptive essay asks students to describe a nutcracker. There are three separate options to use based on the level and ability of your students.

Option 1: A full five-paragraph essay with three body paragraphs and an introduction and conclusion are required. This includes a planning page, a student requirement page, and a rubric.

Option 2: A fill-in-the-blank essay is used for young writers learning to spell and write. Includes planning page, student requirement page, and nutcracker to color according to description.

Option 3: A Full five-paragraph essay with 3 body paragraphs, an introduction, and a conclusion is required. This includes a planning page, a student requirement page, and a rubric. A little less is required for this level.

What is Included: 15 Pages

· Goals and Instructional Pages for Teachers

· Younger Student Options Explanations

· Student Requirements Handout

· Rubric

· Planning Page

· Fill in the Blank Essay

· Fill in the Blank Planning Page

· Color and Decorate Nutcracker

· Younger Essay Requirements

· Younger Essay Rubric

· Younger Essay Planning Page

· Writing Page

Pair this with the Nutcracked novel study, the Nutcracker and The Mouse King picture book study, or other Nutcracker Christmas School Activities. A complete 20-Day Christmas School Unit is available as a bundle through my website or TeachShare storefront.

A celebration of the life of Theodor Seuss Geisel in comic book format. Includes 31 pages of aligned writing and creative activities along with fill-in-the-blank comic book templates. Covers the life of Dr. Seuss from birth to death.

Activities and Overview Include:

Birth Year

Immediate Family Information

1900s Inventions

Elementary Years

Hobbies & Interests

Learning Then & Now Compare & Contrast Writing

Prediction for Future Education

Secondary School Years

Likes, Dislikes, Interesting Tidbits

Pseudonyms

College Years at Dartmouth & Oxford

Ted's 1927 Big Breaks

Build a Coat of Arms for Your School

1930s to 1970s Overview of Accolades, Achievements & Personal Information

My List of Dr. Seuss Books

1980s Awards

Thank You Letter from Dr. Seuss to Fans Writing

Death & Eulogy with Eulogy & Tombstone Writings

Dr. Seuss National Memorial Sculpture Garden with Map

Create Your Own Dr. Seuss Memorial

Dr. Seuss Quotes & List Your Own Quotes Writing

Design Your Dr. Seuss Timeline

Write Your Own Dr. Seuss Comic Book with Fill-in-the-Blank Handouts

A fun, hands-on approach to learning about the life of Dr. Seuss! Can be used for background knowledge, assessment, writing, history, and more...

The best way to teach vocabulary to kids is by playing educational games.

In this bundle you will get:

• Moon Phases Word Search Puzzle Activity Worksheet Fun Back To School Ressource
• Moon Landing Day Word Search Puzzle Worksheet - Activity Games For Kids
• Days of The Week Word Search Puzzle Worksheet
• Months of The Year Word Search Puzzle Worksheet
• BIG Summer Vacation Fun Word Search Worksheet - End of School Year Activity
• Classroom Objects Word Search - Back To School Students Activities Worksheets
• 118 Beach Related Words Word Search Puzzles - End of School Activity Worksheets
• 10 Summer Vocabulary Word Search Puzzles Worksheets Activity - 100 Word to Find
• Halloween October Word Search Vocabulary Activity Worksheets
• Fourth (4th) of July Word Search Puzzle Activity Worksheet | 63 Word to Find
• Spanish Days of The Week Word Search Puzzle Worksheet
• Italian Days of The Week Word Search Puzzle Worksheet
• French Days of The Week Word Search Puzzle Worksheet

Also, I'm open to suggestions about other word searches to add to this set.

Note: This product is not for resale and absolutely not for Commercial Use.

If you have any requests we can help.

Veteran’s Day Bundle

This three packet activity bundle has more than 50+ handouts to help students define, understand, and discuss the importance of Veteran’s Day.

Packet 1: Veteran’s Day Thank You Cards (English and Spanish)

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Pages: 23

Instill gratitude for our Armed Services with these 20 Veteran's Day Thank You Cards. Write a note of thanks, color images, fold, and give to make a veteran smile!

Includes a mix of English and Spanish gratitude phrases, black and white images to color, and one blank card for students to create their own Veteran's Day message. Highlights each branch of the Armed Services: Army, Marines, and Navy. Includes female and male armed services members.

Use as across curriculum government/history/social studies and ELA lesson, to practice fact-based letter/note writing skills, develop social skills, learn more about U.S. history, practice vocabulary, and meet local veterans in your community. Contact your local Veteran's of Foreign Wars (VFW) for a list of veterans in your area.

Packet 2: 30 Veteran’s Day Activities

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Pages: 32

30 activities to celebrate Veteran's Day! Coloring, lists, poems, writings, and more...for using critical thinking skills to learn about a national holiday.

Includes:

Democracy is...
Freedom is...
Liberty means...
The eagle is representative of...
Veteran's Day Speech
Map for listing no. of veterans/naming veterans
10 Ways to Thank a Veteran
Make your own dog-tags
Many faces of soldiers
Many roles of soldiers
What Veteran's Day means to me...
Thank you to a Veteran
My Message to a Veteran
Decorate the tombstone of a fallen soldier
Veteran Acrostic Poem
A Veteran's Poem
My favorite branch of armed services
My Pledge for Peace
Veteran's Day Maze
Veteran's Day Word Search
Women's roles in the Armed Services
How many words can you make from "veteran"
What will you do on Veteran's Day?
From a soldier's point of view: What Veteran's Day means...
The War Wall--fill in to make and display your own war wall

30 activities to help students acknowledge, appreciate, celebrate, and honor veterans and what the special day means.

Packet 3: Get Fit Action Story: A Veteran’s Day Celebration

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Pages: 15

What is Veterans Day? When does it fall each year? What kinds of celebrations honor our veterans? Students get an introduction and definition of Veterans Day, plus why it is different than Memorial Day. Then, get ready to join the parade! Play ball, watch fireworks, and thank a veteran for serving!

Get Fit Action Stories combine reading, sight words, listening, speaking, directions, and physical education into one assignment. It's a fun, physical learning adventure!

Action Words included:
1. salute
2. clap
3. Miss America wave
4. struts
5. moves a scepter up and down
6. twirl
7. toss
8. catch
9. plays a violin
10. toots a horn
11. beats a drum
12. pedal
13. flip hamburgers
14. toss salads
15. swing bats
16. hit homeruns
17. yells, “Ewwwww” then “Awwwww”
18. “Thank you!”
19. salute
20. “Happy Veterans Day!”

This three packet activity bundle with over 50+ handouts will encourage discussions, increase understanding, and reinforce meaning of Veteran’s Day.

Simplify your December planning with this ESL resource designed to immerse your students in the holiday spirit with topics like design your ugly Christmas sweater (jumper) and later vote for your favorite amongst classmates. Be a music critic or share your opinion on some December topics. Finally, lot's of low prep holiday sheets to practice basic vocabulary. Students love to find the "mystery code" or "mystery word".

Resource 1- Short Basic Writing Prompts

Holiday themed flashcards are included to help with simple speaking activities such as design your own gingerbread house. There are also various drawing activities. This resource is versatile for whole-class, partner, or station-based activities.

Included:

- Teacher overview

-Holiday vocabulary with images (flashcards) and suggested activities.

-Design your own ugly Christmas sweater (jumper)

-Vote for your favorite ugly sweater

-Follow directions to color and draw 

-Listen and vote for their favorite Christmas music

-Create your own elf and design an outfit for them

-Apply to be an elf at the North Pole

-Become a toy tester

-Write about yourself during the holidays including your favorite meal and activities.

-Suggested wordless short film with questions

Vocabulary:

Holiday and Christmas words

Basic Body Parts

Some winter clothing

Present tense verbs 

Limited use of the conditional

*Please note you must have access to Youtube to play the music videos. The music links are editable and can be changed.

Resource 2: Questions of the Day

Encourage speaking and writing in your ESL English Second language Classroom with this Holiday-themed “Questions of the Day” resource. Ideal for teachers seeking engaging warm-up activities with low prep. This Google slideshow resource is designed to encourage students to share their opinion on December topics. It is ideal for daily discussions, writing prompts, and speaking exercises. Expand students' vocabulary with December themed vocabulary and images.

Included:

- Teacher overview

-December vocabulary with engaging images and photographs

-Thirty slides with questions "I prefer" "I would rather"

-Additional conversation slides including "Ugly Christmas sweater" "Christmas Jumper" or "Find the differences"

Start your ESL class off each day with a “Question of the day”. It is a great way to get students talking and help you to establish a low stress routine. This ESL resource works as either a daily warm up or bell ringer activities.

Resource 3: Basic Vocabulary Practice

Enjoy some low prep activities for your English Second Language classroom with this Christmas holiday vocabulary resource. There are 13 vocabulary worksheets which include mystery words to unscramble, drawing activities and more! Explore holiday words with 43 flashcards and game suggestions. This resource works well for centers, emergency sub plans or low prep days.

Included:

-43 flashcards (flashcards can be used for suggested language games)

-Answer response sheet included for Scoot with flashcards

-Flyswatter Smash /Slap- includes images to project on board

-Thirteen unique worksheets for students to practice the new vocabulary like unscramble the mystery word and color by code.

There are several game suggestions included that will have your students actively participating in a friendly learning environment. From the classic "Memory" flashcard game to the interactive "Flyswatter Smash" game, students will have a blast while reinforcing their understanding of basic vocabulary. Inside this resource, there are suggestions to keep your students motivated and actively engaged in their language learning journey. 

** Please note that the writing and images on this Google slide resource have been flattened and secured to protect my work (therefore not editable). As with every Google slide, buyers can add text boxes to write their own information or insert images.**

Follow me @thelibrarians.playground on Facebook, Instagram and Pinterest for teacher tips. Follow the Librarian’s Playground with Ms.G on Teachers Pay teacher for updates on new products. Email me with any questions or suggestions for improvement thelibrarians.playground@gmail.com

Immerse your students in the fascinating history of Halloween with this comprehensive 2-week lesson plan and scope and sequence.  Covering the origins of Halloween, symbols, global celebrations, religious views, and its commercialization, this resource is perfect for middle and high school classrooms.  Included is a detailed lesson plan and scope & sequence that guide you through each day, ensuring a structured approach to teaching.  The PowerPoint presentation visually enhances learning, making complex topics engaging and easy to understand. Perfect for history, social studies, or cultural studies units, this pack provides everything you need to teach a well-rounded and informative unit on Halloween.

These word sleuths are NO PREP and will provide your students/children with a fun journey in the world of Science, Math, Social Studies/History, ELA, and Seasonal/Holiday with key vocabulary words. They can be completed in class, centers, or as a fun homework assignment.

The word sleuths are in PPTX format along with an answer key for all five word sleuths.

If you and your students/children, enjoy this activity, please go to "My Purchases" and leave me a review.

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Simplify your December planning with this basic French second language resource. Immerse your students in the holiday spirit with topics like design an ugly Christmas sweater and later vote for your favorite amongst classmates. Be a music critic or share your opinion on some December topics. Finally, there are lot's of low prep holiday sheets to practice basic Christmas and holiday vocabulary.

Resource 1- Short Basic Writing Prompts

Included:

- Teacher overview

-Holiday vocabulary with images (flashcards) and suggested activities.

-Design your own ugly Christmas sweater

-Vote for your favorite ugly sweater

-Follow directions to color and draw 

-Listen and vote for their favorite Christmas music

-Create your own elf and design an outfit for them

-Apply to be an elf at the North Pole

-Become a toy tester

-Write about yourself during the holidays including your favorite meal and activities.

-Suggested wordless short film with questions

Vocabulary:

Holiday and Christmas words

Basic Body Parts

Some winter clothing

Present tense verbs 

Limited use of the conditional

*Please note you must have access to Youtube to play the music videos. The music links are editable and can be changed.

Resource 2: Questions du jour

Encourage speaking and writing in your FSL French Second language Classroom with this Holiday-themed “Questions du jour” resource. Ideal for teachers seeking engaging warm-up activities with low prep. This Google slideshow resource is designed to encourage students to share their opinion on December topics including Christmas traditions. It is ideal for daily discussions, short writing prompts, and speaking exercises. Expand students' vocabulary with December themed vocabulary and images.

Included:

- Teacher overview

-December vocabulary with engaging images and photographs

-Thirty-three slides with questions "Je préfère" "Je préférerais "

Resource 3: Basic Vocabulary Practice

Enjoy some low prep activities for your French Second Language classroom with this holiday vocabulary resource. There are 13 vocabulary worksheets which include mystery words to unscramble, color by code, drawing activities and more! Explore holiday words with 45 flashcards and game suggestions. This resource works well for centers, emergency sub plans or low prep days.

Included:

-45 flashcards (flashcards can be used for suggested language games)

-Answer response sheet included for Scoot with flashcards

-Flyswatter Smash /Slap- includes images to project on board

-Thirteen unique printables for students to practice the new vocabulary

There are several game suggestions included that will have your students actively participating in a friendly learning environment. From the classic "Memory" flashcard game to the interactive "Flyswatter Smash" game, students will have a blast while reinforcing their understanding of basic vocabulary. Inside this resource, there are suggestions to keep your students motivated and actively engaged in their language learning journey. 

** Please note that the writing and images on this Google slide resource have been flattened and secured to protect my work (therefore not editable). As with every Google slide, buyers can add text boxes to write their own information or insert images.**

Follow me @thelibrarians.playground on Facebook, Instagram and Pinterest for teacher tips. Follow the Librarian’s Playground with Ms.G on Teachers Pay teacher for updates on new products. Email me with any questions or suggestions for improvement thelibrarians.playground@gmail.com