Seasonal Holiday Activities

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It's the most wonderful time of the year! It is also a wonderful time for building our students' tech skills. Check out these engaging seasonal/ holiday activities that will make hearts glow and spirits bright.

Lumio: A collection of featured Winter themed Lumio lessons. Some of my favorites include the giving vs. receiving argumentative essay lesson where they have to give strong evidence about which side our society demonstrates more of an importance on. For our middle schoolers, the Middle School Math Choice Board is a fabulous choice for independent practice time. The Winter Close Reading activities are fabulous if you have any piece of text for analysis and Winter Woodland Friends is super cute for our littles working on drag and drop.



Nearpod: There are wonderful lessons built about the history and culture of various winter holidays that include videos, collaborate boards, draw it activities and more for elementary students. You can find Christmas Around the World (Available for grades K-5), a great view of Hanukkah (Available for grades K-5), and information sure to delight about Kwanzaa (Available for grades K-5). For middle and high school social studies, the origins of Christmas Lights lesson is a look at Thomas Edison and the media. Don't forget that during December, Nearpod has a seasonal winter theme for their Time to Climb gamified quizzes. Use it with any quiz you create or with any of the premade Time to Climb activities.



Wixie: We all know and love Wixie for the amazing low prep activities. Winter and seasonal folders are no exception! The December folder Month-by-Month has so many great options. Winter idioms are always fun for students to explore and represent. The Mitten Adventure book allows students to write a creative winter story. If you haven't explored talkies with your students, the Interview Gingerbreak Person, is an absolute must! Students will have a blast working on dialogue. I also love the lesson on Elf prepositions.


Find information on these applications on our Teacher Intro to Digital Tools webpage or ask your eCoach. 

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