Christmas Activities & 12 Days of Christmas Countdown
Twelve Days of Christmas activities that will help you survive until winter break. This Christmas Advent Calendar Lap Book is a great way to make it through the last few weeks before Christmas vacation. This packet was created to allow Standards Until The End while having FUN!
This can be used as a daily for 12 days as a reward, filler, in replace of a reading or math activity. Or it would be a great for Christmas Homework or perfect for Christmas Sub Plans.
Merry Christmas and Happy Teaching and Learning!
What's Included?
* 12 Days of learning and fun
* Work on Following Directions
ELA Activities: Letter to Santa and Ethan the Elf, Letter from Ralph Reindeer and Mrs. Claus with an opportunity to create illustrations to help make meaning in the text, Informational text passages with aresponse about the candy cane and the elf {more passages available},response to The Polar Express {Book NOT included} , and response to Twas The Night Before Christmas {Book NOT included}
Math Activities: Fluency practice with simple addition and subtraction problems, as well as basic coding with a coloring Santa, Christmas tree, and create your own code work
Lap Book Directions and fun flaps to make to lift up the 12 days of activities
I hope you enjoy this survival packet. I know for me that this time of year can be HARD!
Lap books are a great way to engage your children with content while adding some creativity to the learning process. Lap books are similar to interactive notebooks but can be more fun for kids. A lap book allows your children to have an organized product that they can learn from and in turn share with others. Lap books provide a creative collection of important and interesting information.
This Twelve Days of Christmas lap book can be a great way for kids to learn and have fun while covering a multitude of skills such asking and answering questions in informational text, letter writing, fact fluency, and more!
BENEFITS FOR LAP BOOKS
Project-based
Self-contained units of study
Creative
Encourages writing, drawing, and thinking
Can be used as a study guide or a portfolio
Great for sharing with family
Provide motivation for the reluctant learner
Fun!
The FRONT COVER includes:
Title Page
Letter From Ethan the Elf about being Naughty and Nice
The INSIDE PAGES includes:
12 boxes to flip up to see the activity for the day
Day 1: Put lap book together and decorate it.
Day 2: Letter to Santa
Day 3: Christmas Subtraction
Day 4: Letter from Ralph Reindeer (Use the space below the letter to draw the illustrations)
Day 5: Letter to Ethan Elf
Day 6: Decorate Santa with addition
Day 7: Common Christmas Symbol
Day 8: Letter from Mrs. Claus
Day 9: Common Christmas Symbol
Day 10: Read Polar Express -Response to story
Day 11: Create your own code picture with addition and or
subtraction
Day 12: Read Twas the Night Before Christmas and write an opinion piece
Black and White Version Included
Please click on the PREVIEW above to see sample pages and photos.
Happy teaching and learning!