Holiday Resources for You and Your Students
Facilitator: Peggy Reimers (@preimers) | https://ly.tcea.org/HR4U
Session Description
Discover some fun resources that will ensure you are in full jolly mode for the holiday season. Bonus, you just might leave with some recommended holiday gift ideas.
Check-in Scales
Jamboard
Grinch Scavenger Hunt and REad along
Would You Rather WInter Edition
Christmas Coordinate Graph
Patty Jeanne creates awesome jamboards all the time!
Breakouts
TCEA Created
ERic Curts – ControlAltAchieve.com
Build a Snowman (Google Slides)
Decorate a Christmas Tree (Google Slides
Wintertime Magnetic Poetry (Google Drawings)
Holiday Greeting Cards (Google Drawings)
Pixel Art Ornaments (Google Sheets)
Wintertime Emoji Rebus Stories (Google Docs)
Holiday Lights Writing (Google Docs add-on)
https://www.controlaltachieve.com/2021/11/12days-sheets.html
Some of the math concepts that could be covered include addition, number patterns, number series, representing numbers in a chart, drawing conclusions from a chart, and more.
TCEA Virtual Chat with Santa
Join us for our annual virtual chat on Tuesday, December 7 at 2:00 CST with the North Pole’s most beloved resident: Santa Claus! Geared towards kids of all ages, Santa’s virtual chat requires no registration and is broadcast through YouTube (make sure your district does not have it blocked at the time of the event). Submit your questions ahead of time using this form!
A link to the live stream will be posted here on the day of the event. If you are unavailable to attend the live event, a recording of the chat will be available shortly after it ends. We hope you’ll join us for this extraordinary event!
No Copyright Music: Christmas
tCEA L&L Quick DEBATE Links
Fun Holiday Classroom Activities & Resources
8 Fun Christmas Classroom Activities and Games for School
https://www.hmhco.com/blog/fun-christmas-classroom-activities-for-school
Google's Santa Tracker
The GST was first launched in 2004. The site tracks the Santa on Christmas Eve. But before this date - users can play, watch, and learn through little activities throughout the month of December!
Kwanzaa Printables and Crafts (for elementary students)
Sesame Street Kwanzaa (YouTube video)
Kwanzaa: The History Channel offers this excellent article for older students on the history and meaning of Kwanzaa.
Kwanzaa Lesson Plan: This lesson plan for students in grades 4-9 has lots of different cross-curricular activities included with it.
Seven African Folktales for Kwanzaa: These text-only tales would be a great starting point for students learning about Kwanzaa. After reading them, ask students to illustrate the stories.
Interactive Sites for Education - Hanukkah (10 different online games/books for elementary students)
Hanukkah Games (lots of online games for younger students)
30 Hanukkah Games and Activities (good for the whole family)
Hanukkah Holiday Guide (stories, recipes, videos, songs, and more)
Hanukkah Cookies with Sprinkles (YouTube video)
Latke, the Lucky Dog (YouTube video)
All About Hanukkah: There are a ton of resources, including some Hanukkah music to listen to, at this website.
Play the Dreidel Game: This is an online version of the game for one or two players.
Hanukkah Word Search: Add this extension to Chrome and your students can complete several word searches with Hanukkah vocabulary words.
Holiday Gift Ideas
"This brush to clean my keyboard and all of the knobs and such in my car."
$14
"I like this chocolate bar set because the bars are small, so only 60 calories. And the chocolate and flavors are amazing!"
$40
"Shop local - great way to find something unique and support small businesses. Tins of Austin Gourmet Popcorn were a hit with my family last Christmas."
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Closet Plants
"Receiving a plant has been my favorite gift to give or receive. The safe option is a 'closet plant' although I've literally put mine in the closet bc I seem to be killing it otherwise."
Here's a list I've found too that are 'closet plants' due to their ability to grow/stay alive in dark corners of your home.
- Aglaonema: Some selections include Maria, Silver King and Silver queen that grow to about a foot tall. The dark green leaves are often marked with silver streaks and blotches.
- Bamboo palm: A cluster forming palm with bamboo-like stems growing to 6 feet tall.
It's one of the best tall growing plants for dark locations. Another good selection is the neanthebella palm growing to 3 feet tall.
- Cast iron plant: As the name suggests it's one of the better selections for the home. The leaves are large and dark green often growing 2 feet long. A selection with yellow markings is also available.
- Hawaiian schefflera : A bushy plant with large multi-segmented leaves growing to 5 feet tall. Some selections have marbled foliage
- Pothos: A vine often used in hanging baskets. The bright green leaves with yellow blotches add color to low light areas.
- Sansevieria: A very upright plant with clusters of lance-like leaves growing to 2 feet tall. It's sometimes called the snake plant due to irregular dark and light green bands that crisscross the leaves.
- Spathiphyllum: Grows deep green lance-like leaves to 2 feet long. When growing under higher light levels it produces large white blossoms.
Source: https://www.orlandosentinel.com/features/os-a-closet-plant-collection-20160929-story.html
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