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Seasonal Activities
Enjoy this collection of seasonal and holiday files! If you would like directions, sign up for Candler's Classroom Connections and check the newsletter archives. If you have problems viewing or printing the files below, please read the Helpful Hints on my Adobe Help Page.
Back-to-School
Note: There are too many Back-to-School resources on this site to list them here. Click the link above to be taken to a full page of free resources, printables, and strategies. Enjoy your first days back to school!
Halloween Activities
- Halloween Daily Math Puzzlers Note: If you like this Halloween Math Puzzler activity, click the book cover on the right to learn more about the Daily Math Puzzler program.
- Halloween Writing (4 Imaginative Narrative Story Starters)
Trick or Treat Word Play Activity- Spooktacular Story Board (Use with Reading Marathon)
- Pumpkin Predictions
- Pumpkin Talk
- Halloween Point Plot (Coordinate Graphing)
Thanksgiving Activities
- Thanksgiving Daily Math Puzzler Activity
- Thanksgiving Word Game
- Thanksgiving Dictionary Word Sort
- Thanksgiving Math Word Problems
- Pilgrim Problems (Easy Word Problems)
- Thanksgiving Venn
- Thankful Writing
Winter Holidays
- Holiday Giving Project Sample Letter
- Happy Holidays Book Coupon
(Use if you have lots of Scholastic bonus points in your point bank!) - Christmas Daily Math Puzzler #1 (Grades 2 - 3)
- Christmas Daily Math Puzzler #2 (Grades 3 - 4) If you like these Daily Math Puzzler activities, click the link at the top to learn more about the Daily Math Puzzler program.
- Christmas Around the World Research Project
Christmas Around the World Questions - Variation: Holidays Around the World Project
Variation: Holidays Around the World Questions
- Christmas Word Game
- Crazy Christmas Stories
- Sugar Cone Christmas Tree Recipe
- Happy Holidays Homework Pass
- Holiday Mug Exchange Sample Letter
- Parent Request for Holiday Materials Letter
January Activities
- "Resolutions to Ring in the New Year" Bell Pattern for Bulletin Board Activity
- New Year Reflections Teambuilding Spinner
- Goals for 2010 Writing Prompt
- Highlights of 2009 & Visions of 2010
- Highlights of 2009 & Visions of 2010 (Lines)
- Happy New Year Homework Pass
- New Year's Day Word Challenge
February and Winter Activities
Note: Click here for the Character Bio Mini Pack which has directions as well as graphic organizers, other bio topics, and a rubric.
- Valentine Candy Fraction Activities
- Valentine Math Puzzlers If you like this activity page, click the link at the top to learn more about the Daily Math Puzzler program.
- Valentine Hearts Investigation Teacher Directions
- Valentine Hearts Student Activity Page
- Valentine Hearts Class Data Chart
- Valentine Hearts Smartboard Investigation*
- Valentine Hearts Investigation PDF file
- Valentine Investigation Example*
(Take a peek at the Smartboard results of my 4th grade class's investigation. If you can't open the Notebook file, check out the PDF version.) - Valentine's Day Read N Roll
- Valentine's Day Word Challenge
- Heart Patterns (2 sizes)
- Friendship Cinquain Activity (Note: Use the Character Traits list with step 2)
- Winter Word Sort - Dictionary Skills
March Activities
- Leprechaun Luck Probability Game (adapted from "Seeds of Chance" in Math Stations for Middle Grades)
- St. Pat's Day Math Puzzlers (Level B/C)
(see Daily Math Puzzlers for how to use) - St. Pat's Day Math Puzzlers (Level A - Primary Grades)
- Lucky as a Leprechaun Teambuilder Activity
- St. Patrick's Day Read and Roll* (Smartboard file - right click and save)
- St. Patrick's Day Read and Roll (PDF)
- St. Patrick's Day Word Challenge
- Pi Day: Circle Explorations
- Pi Day: Sir Cumference and the First Round Table Graphic Organizer (Updated 3/15/2010)
- Dr. Seuss Reading Marathon
- Dr. Seuss Story Hat Map
- Cat in the Hat Hat Pattern
- Celebrate Seuss Word Play
- Dr. Seuss Venn Diagram Book Comparison
- Dr. Seuss Venn Diagram Pattern
Spring
Mother's Day Coupons- Poetry Page on Teaching Resources (April is Poetry Month)
- The Lorax Discussion Questions (Earth Day)
Note: Use with Talking Sticks strategy - The Story of Stuff website (Earth Day)
- The Story of Stuff Lesson and Chart
- Edible Earth Rounds (Earth Day)
- Spring Dictionary Word Sort
- Spring Daily Math Puzzlers (Level B-C Customary Measurement) Note: If you like these Spring Puzzlers, check out the Daily Math Puzzler program.
- Spring Daily Math Puzzlers (Level B-C Metric Measurement)
- Spring Primary Puzzlers (Level A)
- Egg-cellent Vocabulary
(Vocabulary from the book Bently & Egg) - Jelly Bean Egg Challenge
- Springtime Word Game
End of the School Year
- Gotta Read It Book Award Nomination Form
- Classroom Award Ideas
- Classroom Award Certificate
- Classroom Award Nomination Form
- Welcome/Advice Letters
- Buddy Test Prep Directions
- School Year Reflections
- Class Scrapbook Directions
- Classroom Scrabble Tournament Information
- Implementing Math Centers
- Reading Test Prep: How Krispy Kremes Work
* A 30-day free trial of Smartboard Notebook software can be downloaded from www.smarttech.com. You can use this even if you don't have a Smartboard. Just project it on a screen and click through it with your mouse. You can also download a Smartboard Notebook viewer for viewing Smartboard files, but you won't be able to use all the features.
