Seasonal Teaching Tools: Creative Ideas for Every Time of Year
Are you looking for great seasonal activities to enhance your lesson plans? From back-to-school activities in August to end-of-the-year send-offs, I have everything you need to keep your students excited and engaged in learning.
While this page is a comprehensive index of my seasonal resources, I invite you to check out the Seasonal Posts Index on the blog for even more inspiration. You can visit the Seasonal Posts Index here.
Engage students in learning classroom procedures with these editable task cards, perfect for a game of Scoot. Now includes a Google Slides version for easy digital use.
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Kickstart the school year with this engaging lapbook, featuring activities that promote creativity, goal setting, and social interaction. Available in both print and Google Slides versions.
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Celebrate National Dog Day with fun and educational dog-themed resources! Enjoy free materials, games, activities, and dog-themed novel studies.
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Dive into the key aspects of the U.S. Constitution with this resource featuring ten interesting facts and two foldable graphic organizers on checks and balances and the Constitution's structure.
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Explore comprehensive resources on the U.S. Constitution, including lessons, printable quizzes, online quizzes, and detailed content on key topics like the Articles of Confederation, the Bill of Rights, and the branches of government.
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Celebrate Johnny Appleseed Day with this vocabulary practice handout featuring six focus words from the picture book *Johnny Appleseed* by Steven Kellogg.
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Engage students with a Halloween theme as they compare themes, settings, and plots in children's literature. This resource includes six printable activities, including comparing witches from famous stories, witch trivia, and a craftivity.
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Spice up your classroom with creative Halloween bulletin board ideas! Explore a variety of designs that will make your classroom festive and fun during the spooky season.
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This unique resource includes a turn-around upside-down book, allowing students to explore the Thanksgiving story from both the Pilgrims' and Squanto's perspectives. It also features a comprehension game that covers the information covered in the turn-around upside-down book.
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Explore a wealth of information on Native American history and culture, including student reports, craft instructions, and comprehensive tests. This resource covers various Native American groups and famous figures, making it a perfect addition to your November studies.
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This heartwarming story of selflessness is perfect for teaching during the Christmas season. The unit includes both original and simplified versions of the story, along with vocabulary practice, comprehension questions, and a writing project.
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Use the classic holiday stories of "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" and "Frosty the Snowman" to teach students how to write compare and contrast essays. This resource includes graphic organizers, original stories, and a Venn diagram organizer.
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If you're short on time, this resource page is perfect for you. It offers links to Christmas blog posts and resources, making your seasonal planning quick and easy.
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Honor Martin Luther King, Jr. with a short report and an engaging Hot Potato Quiz featuring 9 questions that cover key facts about his life and legacy. Perfect for introducing students to his impact during Civil Rights Day in January.
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Delve into the history of the Civil Rights Movement with comprehensive lessons, printable quizzes, and online quizzes. Cover significant events like Plessy vs. Ferguson, Brown vs. Board of Education, the Montgomery Bus Boycott, Sit-Ins, and more.
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Celebrate Black History Month with this engaging Scoot activity! It includes 30 cards featuring brief descriptions of famous African Americans. Students use a recording sheet with a bank of names to identify these important figures in a fun, interactive game.
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Celebrate Tell a Fairy Tale Day with this comprehensive Cinderella Unit. The unit includes rewritten stories to make them appropriate for upper elementary students, along with vocabulary, comprehension practice, constructed response questions, and a skill lesson on connections between different types of presentations.
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Brighten up your classroom with these vibrant spring and Easter bulletin board ideas. This resource offers a variety of creative examples to inspire your next bulletin board project, perfect for welcoming the spring season.
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Students can create four water cycle organziers that helps them learn about the water cycle, types of percipitation, and ground water
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Celebrate students' achievements with this creative bulletin board project. Students create torn-paper portraits of themselves and write a paragraph reflecting on how they accomplished an academic goal during the school year.
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