9th Grade Christmas, Chanukah, & Kwanzaa Activities

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French Noël Mots Mêlés - French Christmas Word Search

This no prep NOËL - CHRISTMAS word search is a fun way to teach your students seasonal vocabulary and is a perfect resource to use in immersion, core or homeschool curriculums. If you download this free resource please take a moment to leave feedback. Check out all of my Christmas resources for the French classroom here.

Included:

1 word search puzzle

Answer key

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French Noël Mots Mêlés - French Christmas Word Search

The Burglar's Christmas By Willa Cather: This introductory Google Slide lesson provides digital pre-reading information for the story’s author and genre. Bold photo visuals and engaging video clips support the story details. The lesson includes an in-depth vocabulary study, practice, assessment, and printable organizers.

This standard-aligned material is for use with whole group, small group, or independent work for regular ed, learning support, ESL or virtual/homeschool classrooms

**PDF link to text is included**

Google Slides:

1. **Author Biography** We provide author biographies for each short story. This adds depth to the lesson, allowing students to appreciate the story in the context of the author's life experience.

2. **Setting**Highly informative slides include maps, historical images and intriguing video links allowing students to have a deeper understanding of the location and time-period in which the story takes place. This is a crucial element when preparing students to read outside their own worldview.

3.**Bold Photos: ** Visual learners will thrive with our visually appealing slides, featuring bold and relevant images that help reinforce vocabulary concepts and make learning more engaging.

4. **Vocab with Concise Definitions and Part of Speech: ** Our lesson provides clear and concise definitions for challenging vocabulary words, ensuring that students understand the meaning of each word in context. Understanding the parts of speech is crucial for effective language comprehension. Our lesson includes sections dedicated to identifying the part of speech for each vocabulary word.

Vibrant Vocab Slides (despondently, miserable, reckoning, introspection, failure, splendid, clench, journalist, burglar, courage, shame, restless, forbidden, poverty, forgiveness)

5.**Quizlet Practice Link ** Reinforce learning and encourage self-assessment with Quizlet practice tailored to the vocabulary words covered in the lesson. This interactive tool allows students to review and quiz themselves.

6. **Fun Fact Images and Videos** These features highlight unique elements of the text to aid comprehension

PDF FILE.

Plus, each ZIP file comes with a PDF folder containing printable worksheets to be used with the lesson!

**Grammar Sort**

Strengthen language skills with integrated grammar review sections, ensuring students can apply the vocabulary words correctly in their own writing and communication.

**Connotation Sort**

Dive deeper into vocabulary nuances by exploring the connotations of words, helping students grasp the subtle shades of meaning and usage.

**Context Clues Sentences, Word Bank and Key: **

Our lesson includes carefully curated sentences that employ context clues, enabling students to decipher word meanings from surrounding text. This fosters independent comprehension skills. These worksheets can be used for practice or assessment.

**Vocabulary Organizer**

This worksheet allows the students to infer the meaning from the animated vocabulary slide. After students complete the organizer, it is a great reference sheet.

**Synonym and Antonym Word Study**

The graphic organizer allows the students to explore the variations in meaning of the new vocabulary word.

DIGITAL USES IN THE CLASSROOM:

· Introduce new story

· Provide backstory to text

· Stimulate group discussion

· Create predictions about text

· Use as distance learning resource

· Post on webpage for review

· Add to electronic notebooks

· Provide test review

· Prompt Writing or Research assignments

· Grammar study / parts of speech

· Discuss Word Connotation

Please be sure to view the preview and watch the video for detailed images and descriptions of the lesson.

This lesson is also available in PowerPoint.

Enjoy!

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FREE! Decipher the context clues and symbols to figure out the words to famous Christmas movie titles, such as: Elf Night Before Christmas Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer Santa Claus is Coming to Town Frosty the Snowman Nutcracker Home Alone White Christmas Little Drummer Boy Polar Express Plus, have fun writing your own inferencing and logic Christmas movie puzzle at the end. Fun activity for small/whole group with colorful illustrations and Answer Key (at end).

Cute Polar Bears Coloring Pages for Toddler Girls and Boys!

Help your little ones celebrate Winter Season with this big coloring pages that is perfect for little hands. Easy to color designs help to build fine-motor skills and hand-eye coordination.

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• Large 8.5'' x 11'' designs that can easily be printed on regular sized paper

• High-resolution images

• Unlimited prints

• Great for kids, boys, girls, and teens

JUST DOWNLOAD, PRINT AND GET STARTED

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• You can print as many copies as you want.

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Cute Winter Coloring Pages for Toddler Girls and Boys!

Help your little ones celebrate Winter season with this big coloring pages that is perfect for little hands. Easy to color designs help to build fine-motor skills and hand-eye coordination.

Please do not Hesitate to rate this product with 5 stars

WHAT YOU WILL RECEIVE

• Large 8.5'' x 11'' designs that can easily be printed on regular sized paper

• High-resolution images

• Unlimited prints

• Great for kids, boys, girls, and teens

JUST DOWNLOAD, PRINT AND GET STARTED

• This item comes as a high-resolution PDF file that you can download straight after purchasing.

• You can print as many copies as you want.

NOTE

• This is a digital item.

• No physical product or printed material will be shipped.

• No refunds as this is a digital product.

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This is a free social skills lesson focused on gift exchange. My Easy Social Skills Holiday lessons to explore and discuss each area to the best of your student’s ability. Students in your class will gain  a basic understanding of each other's likes and dislikes, as well as practicality in helping them learn how to thoughtfully choose gifts that reflect consideration, kindness and practicality. This Social Skills lesson is also perfect for Theory of mind and/ or Social problem solving.

You have to give this medical-themed 'Elf on the Shelf' idea a try with your students - it's such a fun and engaging way to get them excited about learning! Imagine the look on their faces when they come into the classroom and see the elf dressed up as a doctor, carefully examining a sick stuffed animal. Or how about the elf sitting at a tiny desk, diligently filling out patient charts and records?

The possibilities are endless - you could have the elf wrapped up in bandages, mixing 'potions' in a mini pharmacy, or even performing a toy surgery. And the best part is, you can use simple, everyday items to create these whimsical scenes. A toy stethoscope, some beakers, and a few stuffed animals are really all you need to bring the elf to life in these medical settings.

Not only is it a great way to get your students giggling and sparking their imagination, but it also provides a wonderful opportunity to teach them about different healthcare roles and medical concepts. Imagine the elf checking a toy's temperature or listening to its heartbeat - your students will be captivated and eager to learn more.

Plus, you can tie it into all sorts of lessons. Have the elf write out prescriptions, performing surgery , or even research medical information on a tiny toy computer. The educational possibilities are endless!

Trust me, your students are going to love coming in every morning to see what the elf is doing today. It's such a simple yet magical way to engage them and make learning feel like pure fun. Give it a try - I guarantee you and your class will have a blast with the medical-themed 'Elf on the Shelf' adventures!"

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You have to give this medical-themed 'Elf on the Shelf' idea a try with your students - it's such a fun and engaging way to get them excited about learning! Imagine the look on their faces when they come into the classroom and see the elf dressed up as a doctor, carefully examining a sick stuffed animal. Or how about the elf sitting at a tiny desk, diligently filling out patient charts and records?

The possibilities are endless - you could have the elf wrapped up in bandages, mixing 'potions' in a mini pharmacy, or even performing a toy surgery. And the best part is, you can use simple, everyday items to create these whimsical scenes. A toy stethoscope, some beakers, and a few stuffed animals are really all you need to bring the elf to life in these medical settings.

Not only is it a great way to get your students giggling and sparking their imagination, but it also provides a wonderful opportunity to teach them about different healthcare roles and medical concepts. Imagine the elf checking a toy's temperature or listening to its heartbeat - your students will be captivated and eager to learn more.

Plus, you can tie it into all sorts of lessons. Have the elf write out prescriptions, performing surgery , or even research medical information on a tiny toy computer. The educational possibilities are endless!

Trust me, your students are going to love coming in every morning to see what the elf is doing today. It's such a simple yet magical way to engage them and make learning feel like pure fun. Give it a try - I guarantee you and your class will have a blast with the medical-themed 'Elf on the Shelf' adventures!"

If you enjoyed this activity, explore the fun options below!

Nursing Soap Notes / Real Life Charting / Correcting Mistakes 3 Stations

Cranial Nerve Printable Case Study / Anatomy / Nursing / Health Science

Follow me for more engaging lessons!

Scrub Squad