On the day or two before a winter holiday begins, students have often completely shut down their studious brains and fully engaged their frolicsome personalities. On such days, giving students free time is about as much fun for the teacher as having a root canal.
Some teachers need activities to keep students engaged during seemingly endless class periods, and others need good activities for students to work on after they finish semester exams or end of semester projects.
I always had a couple of holiday-themed exercises ready that would be fun for the students to do, but would also stimulate their higher order thinking skills. A little planning on my part made the hours leading up to the much-needed winter break a whole lot easier on everyone.
Please click here or on the photo below for two FREE exercises. I hope you and your students enjoy them!
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!
Thanks for reading,
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Thank you for the link to your freebies! You're right, students are ready (and have usually earned) some fun activities before the winter break. Happy holidays!
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely gift to our teaching community! Thank you for sharing!
ReplyDeleteI like your term: "frolicsome personalities"; LOL Thank you for the link to your freebies!
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