As the year comes to an end, people around the world are celebrating Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Las Posadas, and other special holidays. The end of the year is a busy time, full of family gatherings and multi-day celebrations. We know you have even more demands on your time than usual, between personal holiday preparations and the challenge of teaching diverse holiday traditions to over-excited young learners. Don’t worry–we can help!
The Winter Holidays Pack from Scholastic Teachables is ideal for grades K-2 teachers looking to save time and ease lesson-planning stress. The 50+ pages of ready-to-go lesson ideas, mini-books, learning activities, and more, will introduce your students to major winter holidays that are celebrated around the world, including Las Posadas, Hanukkah, Christmas, Kwanzaa, and the Lunar New Year. Young learners will explore the similarities and differences of these winter holiday traditions, in addition to Diwali and Ramadan, while building cultural understanding and appreciation.
What’s Inside:
Winter Holidays of Light: Learning Song to build excitement for the holiday unit.
My Book About Winter Holidays and a read-aloud play, We Celebrate Winter Holidays!, to introduce students to various winter holiday traditions.
Three mini-books to further students’ understanding of diverse holiday traditions.
Four writing activities, including a Spanish-language activity, which give students opportunities to share their favorite holiday and family traditions.
Holiday Lights Glyph to help build math skills, including measurement, counting, and identifying even and odd numbers.
Four craftivities to celebrate each of four different holidays with beautiful take-home projects.
Printable Holiday Lights Stationery, with and without lines for note-taking and writing lessons.
And a bonus downloadable New Year’s Resolution template!
The Winter Holidays Pack includes standards alignments and a complete scope and sequence to guide you on incorporating the materials into your winter holidays unit. Resources will supplement your social studies, reading, writing, and math lessons.
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2019-2020 Winter Holidays
December 16–24 – Las Posadas
December 23–30 – Hanukkah
December 25 – Christmas
December 26–January 1 – Kwanzaa
January 25 – Lunar New Year