Well the weather
outside may be frightful, but I am sure the learning
inside your classroom is delightful. This page will help
you teach during the winter months. Ideas of all kinds
can be found here! You may want to bookmark this page now
and use it during the winter months. We have three
categories that are loaded with many topics: themes,
literature units, and free gifts. Enjoy exploring them
all. Many of the ideas are my ideas, some come from other
thoughtful teachers (as stated next to idea), and many
are ideas I have collected through the years from various
sources.
Updated - Novmeber 2,
2007
Here are some of our favorite themes
for winter!
Click on a theme to be taken to a page filled with lots
of ideas for the given topic!
Book
Activities These books are so wonderful. The
students love them and there are so many great teaching
activities you can do with them. Click on a book title
for activities to match it!
Naughty
or Nice So have you been a good teacher this
year? Teaching Heart
thinks you have... Teaching Heart would like to thank all
the teachers that visit this site and share ideas. Here
are a few free winter gifts from us to you!
Gingerbread Cookie Graph - Teacher
gives out gingerbread cookies, student
graphs the part that was eaten first by
classmates and then uses the graph to
answer some questions (1-3) - Free
From our CDROM
Gingerbread Measurement - A
large
gingerbread man for your students to
measure using various units of
measurement (marshmallows, raisins, &
Red Hots). Student writes the
measurements. Can be done as a group or
individual. (k-3). - Free
From our CDROM
Snowman
Soup- All
the materials needed
to make this often requested craft.
The labels are no longer free. Due to
people using them on ebay, I was forced
to charge a small fee if you decide to
use them. You will also find many other
ideas for treats you can make your
students!
The
candy used for this sheet can be
purchased at oriental trading. Follow the
link and search for conversation
snowflake.
Grinch
Candy Cane Tags Print
and Cut these tags. Tie them to a candy
cane and give them as a special treat!
Grinch
Report
After
you watch or read The Grinch, have your
students fill in this report.
Grinch
Class Book Have
your students finish this sentence and
illustrate. Stapple together to form a
class book!
My
Mitten An
Easy to Read book for you to print and
use. This books uses the sight words
like, my, do, you, they, are, and the.
The student must color the mittens to
match the text!
Winter
Bingo Card Print
a card and then rearrange the pictures
and print again to create a set for your
class!
Little
Winter Books By Maureen These easy to read books are free to
download. They were sent to me by Maureen Tumenas. She
wanted to share them with Teaching Heart visitors. A HUGE
thanks goes out to her. I know you will be happy to see
that they can be downloaded in both Word and/or PDF
format.
Christmas
Lights (PDF) Christmas
Lights (Word) This a a cute little
book that uses color words and the sight
words see, I, and lights. Your students
will need to color in the lights to match
the text.
Here is
Santa (PDF) Here is
Santa (Word) This is about Santa
and what he has on. It uses the sight
words; here, is, are, & my. Some of
the pages are color and some are black
and white.
I Can
See Christmas (pdf) I Can
See Christmas (Word) This is a book for
your students to read and color. Each
page has the sentence, I can see
_________ and a picture of a Holiday
item, such as; lights, wreath, stockings...
Teachers
Sharing Their Winter Files
Each of these files have been shared with Teaching Heart.
The teachers below have created these documents and are
happy to share them with you. Thanks so much! Please
share your files by sending them to teachingheart@teachingheart.net
Cranberries Make
an estimate for how many cranberries long
each object is. Then work with your
partner to use the cranberries to record
the true measurement. From Clemsonbc@aol.com
Wonderful
Winter Books By Theme. Need a winter book to read to your
class. Here is a quick way to grab a book. Pick a topic
and you will see a list of books that match it. You can
click on a title and purchase at Amazon or write down the
title and get it from your school library.
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