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Christmas activities to get students thinking!

We all know that in December it’s difficult to keep students focused on learning something new. So that means it’s a great time to incorporate Christmas activities and puzzles in those restless weeks before winter break.

You want your students to have fun, but you still want them to do meaningful and brain-building activities that will encourage learning. These activities have you covered!

From grammar review and writing activities, to puzzles that get students thinking and problem solving, your students will get in the holiday spirit while reviewing and practicing important concepts.

Get started with this fun FREE color-by-code puzzle. With this activity, students will practice a variety of grammar concepts as they color in the Christmas puzzle.

For even more focused grammar review, you will also love the 12 Days of Christmas Grammar Review and Writing Activities! This is a fun activity that uses the theme of the 12 Days of Christmas to review and build on grammar skills each day. There are even editing cards using the theme from the song with a checklist to review the day’s grammar concept plus the concepts reviewed in previous days. It’s a perfect way to end the year and kick off the holiday break!

Find more Christmas activities and puzzles below!

Christmas Bingo | Holiday Party Activities

This Christmas Bingo game is perfect for a December activity or for your classroom holiday party while still practicing important skills! For each bingo calling card, there is a definition or clue, and students use listening and inferencing skills to determine the image to mark on their cards.

 
Christmas Puzzle – Picture Word Search
 
With this fun Christmas word search puzzle, your students will first build the list from picture clues, and then find the words in the puzzle. The answer to a Christmas riddle is revealed after the puzzle is completed. This is a little more challenging than the typical word search, and it gives an opportunity to focus on spelling and vocabulary rather than just looking for words in the puzzle from a given list.
 

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Christmas Cryptogram

Your students will love cracking the code to discover the secret messages in these festive puzzles! They are great for building spelling and critical thinking skills. If you’re new to cryptograms, read about the many benefits of cryptograms in the classroom.

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Christmas Word Puzzle Pack

Students love doing puzzles, but I love the ones that get them thinking! Your students will have fun with this variety of Christmas-themed word puzzles, which will definitely have them thinking as they work to solve them! This festive puzzle pack includes the above picture word search puzzle and cryptogram puzzles.

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Christmas Editing Task Cards

Sentence correction cards with a Christmas/winter theme. Set of 20 task cards with sentences that have a variety of errors in spelling, capitalization, punctuation, and grammar.

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Christmas Grammar Review | 12 Days of Christmas Grammar and Writing Activities

The end of the year is the perfect time for a festive review! Students get a thorough review of language concepts with lots of fun writing practice in the days leading up to the holiday/winter break with these 12 Days of Christmas themed activities!

 

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