These Christmas activities for elementary students are very popular the days leading up to winter break. They provide fun and engaging learning experiences to help you celebrate Christmas with your class. Check out all of the Christmas activities for elementary students below!
9 Christmas Activities for Elementary Students
Below are our favorite Christmas activities for elementary students.
1. Christmas Activity Packet
This Christmas Activity Packet is filled with fun and engaging activities students love like a directed drawing writing activity, word search, and crossword puzzle! These activities can be used as center activities, homework, fast finisher tasks, filler activities, or indoor recess activities. Learn more about this print-and-go resource in our Clutter-Free Classroom Teacher Store!
2. Christmas Book Companions
Our Christmas Book Companion Bundle includes 5 of our Starts With a Story resources: The Polar Express, The Crayons Christmas, As Cool As It Gets, Mooseltoe, and Tough Cookie. Each of them includes printable and digital resources, so they can be used in school or at home. Learn more about this resource in our Clutter-Free Classroom Teacher Store!
The Polar Express
The Crayons’ Christmas
As Cool As It Gets
Mooseltoe
Tough Cookie
3. Christmas Non-Fiction Reading Unit
This Christmas Tree Nonfiction Reading Unit includes 3 leveled reading passages, vocabulary cards, reading and writing activities, and more. It pairs really nicely with our fictional book companions like The Polar Express, The Crayons Christmas, As Cool As It Gets, Mooseltoe, and Tough Cookie. Learn more about this resource in our Clutter-Free Classroom Teacher Store!
4. Christmas Would You Rather Activities
Our Christmas Would You Rather Activities are great for the days leading up to winter break when you need a fun way to get students talking during your morning meeting or a way to motivate even your most reluctant writers. Learn more about this resource in our Clutter-Free Classroom Teacher Store!
5. Christmas Parts of Speech Color by Code Activity
This Santa Color by Code Activity is a fun and engaging task that invites students to practice identifying the parts of speech of thematic words like generous, fly, and chimney. It’s a quick print and go activity you can have printed on your desk whenever you have 15-20 minutes to fill. Learn more about this resource in our Clutter-Free Classroom Teacher Store!
6. Holidays Around the World Unit
This Holidays Around the World Unit includes crafts, reading passages, a passport, a suitcase, journal and scrapbook activities, bulletin board resource, and much more for 14 celebrations from different countries. Learn more about this resource in our Clutter-Free Classroom Teacher Store!
7. How to Wrap a Christmas Present Writing Project
This fun holiday wrapping writing prompt activity invites students to write directions for others to follow explaining how to wrap a present, specifically how to wrap a gift box. This is one of my favorite holiday writing prompts because it is a fun and engaging, real-world situation that students love! The writing resource includes differentiated templates, which makes it accessible to 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th grade students. Learn more about this resource in our Clutter-Free Classroom Teacher Store!
8. Student-Made Christmas Gifts for Families
This Student-Made Parent Gift is more than a holiday craft. It also includes a writing component. You could also have your students design their own containers as a Christmas STEM activity. Your 1st , 2nd, 3rd, 4th or 5th graders will think of you when they use it with their families in years to come. Learn more about this resource in our Clutter-Free Classroom Teacher Store!
9. 12 Days of Christmas Math and Writing Activities
These 12 Days of Christmas Activities make math and writing fun and engaging. They are differentiated to be used with 2nd, 3rd or 4th grade students. The Twelve Days of Christmas theme will easily keep them engaged and learning during that time of year where it is hard to compete with the giddy thoughts of the holidays running through their head. Learn more about this resource in our Clutter-Free Classroom Teacher Store!
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