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Seasonal and Holiday Activities for Elementary

These seasonal and holiday activities for elementary classrooms will keep your students engaged all year long, from back-to-school activities to end-of-the-year ideas and everything in between! You'll find a variety of holiday learning activities for every month of the year: Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, Valentine's Day, St. Patrick's Day, Easter, and more! You'll also find fall activities, winter activities, and spring activities for your elementary classroom.
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How we gather on the carpet
Floor Chant
behavior points

Back to School Ideas

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NO COOK candy cane play dough recipe
Grow a candy cane
Peppermint Water Science Sensory Play. Dissolving candy cane science experiment and peppermint scented sensory play

CHRISTMAS for Kids

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End of the Year Organization: Tips & Tricks! Ideas for organizing paperwork, cleaning your supplies and your materials, prepping for the beginning of next year, and more! This blog post is filled with classroom organization for teachers!
Throw phonics phones in the dishwasher for a quick and easy way to disinfect them at the end of the school year! Check out this post for TONS of other organizational tips & tricks by Miss DeCarbo!
5 simple ways to re-energize your heart and mind for teaching when you're feeling burnt out, stressed, or unfocused in the classroom.

End of the Year Ideas

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Free Printable Halloween Bingo Game Set-Perfect for kids parties and school parties
Halloween Physical Education Games (with Pictures) | eHow
5 Little Pumpkins Sitting on a Gate : Halloween Video for Children

HALLOWEEN for Kids

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Filled with passages, poems, phonics spinners, and partner plays for a jam-packed month of fluency practice!
St. Patrick's Day "I fell lucky when..." banner freebie by Erica Bohrer

ST PATRICK'S DAY for Kids

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This resource includes 5 word building printables with a Thanksgiving theme! Students cut out the letters to create words. They must also find the "secret" word which uses all of the letters provided. The adorable picture on each page gives students a hint about the "secret" word! :) Each secret wo...
Celebrate Thanksgiving in your classroom with these fun and meaningful literacy ideas and freebies! #literacy #reading #readingstrategies #comprehension #missdecarbo #literacyideas #ela #freeprintables #thanksgiving
A collection of Thanksgiving literacy ideas, resources, books, websites, apps, activities, and freebies for K-2 Teachers

THANKSGIVING for Kids

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Valentine's Day Minute to Win It - Valentine's Day Party Games for Kids from Makoodle.com
Plant a kiss on the frog game
Science Experiments Kids Can Do : [http://www.coffeecupsandcrayons.com/conversation-heart-science-experiments/]

VALENTINE'S DAY for Kids

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Free "I Love You Snow Much" Ornament Tags. These snowman ornaments are great for student made gifts.
an easy low prep winter holiday classroom celebration idea perfect for upper elementary students
Freebies to teach about Martin Luther King, Jr.

Winter Activities

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some plastic containers are sitting on a table with the words, creating using and benefiting from independent brain bins
Second Grade Stem Bins
Literacy Coach Office
Brain Bins
Lego Bins
Stem Bins
Sensory Classroom
Stem Boxes
Kindergarten Stem
Work Bins
Individual Lego Bins for the classroom - Miss DeCarbo
independent brain bins for the classroom
there is a plastic bag with some food in it
A Fabulous First Week: Jumping Into Hands-On Learning
Magic Dough activity and science lesson: This post contains a BIG collection of fun and engaging activities, lessons, and ideas for the first week of school!
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First Week Of School Ideas
Magic Dough
School Procedures
2024 Classroom
Sight Word Spelling
September School
Word Work Stations
Primary Teacher
Lab Report
A Fabulous First Week: Jumping Into Hands-On Learning
A BIG Collection of Fun and Engaging Activities, Lessons, and Ideas for the first week of school in your primary classroom!
a laptop computer sitting on top of a yellow background with the words, may daily dendrite challenge
March Lesson Plans
March Lessons
Critical Thinking Activities
Elementary Activities
Primary Students
Logical Thinking
Digital Learning
Digital Resources
Student Encouragement
$5.00
PAPERLESS September Daily Dendrite Challenge
TPT
a pile of ice cream themed activities for kids to do with the summer science riddles
Background Knowledge Activities
Small Group Reading Activities
Oral Language Activities
Letter Writing Template
Fluency Activities
Phonemic Awareness Activities
Elementary Learning
Small Group Reading
$5.00
Literacy Fun for the End of the Year in the Primary Grades
TPT
five books sitting on top of a wooden table next to the ocean with text that reads, 5 makes to avoid during summer break and how to figure out what you really need
Canvas Classroom
Summer Organization
Reflection Sheet
Teacher Reflection
Summer Planning
Planning School
Tips For Teachers
Teacher Summer
Teacher Support
Summer Organization Tips for Teachers
5 Mistakes to Avoid During Summer Break: FREE Teacher Reflection Sheet to figure out what you really need for your classroom next school year. Christina shares how to map out your goals for organization, instruction, content, and classroom management. #teacherorganization
three pairs of sunglasses sitting next to each other on top of a white surface with the words hope your summer shines
End Of Year Sunglasses Tag
Sunglasses Favors
Classmate Gifts
Daycare Art
Preschool Graduation Gifts
Glow Stick Ideas
Class Mom
Sunglasses Party Favor
Kindness Week
Free Gift Tags for the End of the Year
FREE gift tags for sunglasses or glow sticks at the end of the year! Three versions in black and white and color are included! These gift tags are perfect for teachers to use with their student gifts!
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Third Grade Reading
Free Reading Passages
Intervention Classroom
Text Evidence
Independent Reading
Making Connections
Classroom Printables
Reading Intervention
Reading Lessons
Text Evidence Summer Reading Passages Digital Distance Learning - Miss DeCarbo
These summer themed passages are great to use in a whole group setting, small group setting, RTI, intervention classrooms, as center work or independent work within the classroom, or for summer reading tutoring! Try this versatile primary literacy activity with your students!
i love you snow much free printable tag
Natal
Classroom Christmas Gifts
Winter Classroom Activities
Craft Christmas Gifts
Students Christmas
Student Christmas Gifts
Parents Christmas
Christmas Gifts For Parents
Cadeau Parents
Winter Classroom Activities
Free "I Love You Snow Much" Ornament Tags. These snowman ornaments are great for student made gifts.
a red and white striped coffee cup with candy canes on it, next to the words how to make a simple winter classroom celebration
Snowman Creative
Vocabulary Graphic Organizer
Writing Vocabulary
Word Study Activities
Holiday Classroom
Reading Motivation
Teaching Spelling
Professional Development For Teachers
Fun Classroom Activities
Tarheelstate Teacher
an easy low prep winter holiday classroom celebration idea perfect for upper elementary students
the martin luther king jr book is shown with text that reads freebies to teach about martin
Mlk Crafts
Martin Luther King Activities
Mlk Activities
Martin Luther King Jr Activities
Mlk Jr Day
Mlk Quotes
Kindergarten Social Studies
First Grade Writing
Dr Martin Luther King Jr
Martin Luther King, Jr. FREEBIES
Freebies to teach about Martin Luther King, Jr.
there is a red cup with some food in it and the words snowman on top
Writing Celebration
Character Traits Writing
Colorful Snowman
Winter Writing Activities
January Writing
Writing Traits
Tarheelstate Teacher
snowman winter/holiday/Christmas writing project activities and ideas for older students {character traits, writing celebration, imaginative narrative, what snowmen do at night}
i love you snow much free printable tag
Winter Classroom Activities
Free "I Love You Snow Much" Ornament Tags. These snowman ornaments are great for student made gifts.
books about animals in winter with the title bear stories on hibernation written below
Books About Animals
Hibernation Preschool
Hibernation Activities
January Themes
January Preschool
Animals In Winter
Books For Preschool
Animals That Hibernate
Winter Reading
Sweet Bear Snores On Activities & Hibernating Animals Lesson Plans
Animal Hibernation read aloud suggestions. Great for kindergarten and first grade.
two new year's books with the title happy new year by class book freebie
Class Book Ideas
January Welcome
Winter Science Experiments
January Classroom
Daycare Themes
January Activities
Winter Science
New Years Activities
Writers Workshop
FREE New Year's class book