Wednesday, December 10, 2025

FREE LANGUAGE ARTS LESSON - “Polar Bear & Penguin ‘I Have, Who Has’ Game; Short A Words **FREE**”

by Jennifer Drake
Pre-Kindergarten - 1st Grade


penguins
polar bear
I Have Who Has
CVC words
Short vowels

Winter winds are on their way, but fun and learning is here to stay!

This fun 'winter themed' 'I have, who has' game focuses on short a words- and is free!

If you like this game, be sure to check out the full Polar Bear & Penguin CVC I Have, Who Has Game! It contains a game and printable for each short vowel, as well as a game and printable that combines all 5 vowels!

This Pack Includes:

*Directions for set-up/play

*Short A CVC words ‘I Have, Who Has’ game with:
~picture/word cards
~game label for bag
~b&w printable for assessment of mastery, center extension activity, homework, morning work, etc.

~Great as a center or winter party activity!

Supports and aligns with CCLS:
RF.K.2 and RF.K.3

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Tuesday, December 9, 2025

Wednesday Weekly 5 under $5 - December 10, 2025

                                  


Every week I put together a list of 5 great products from members of The Best of Teacher Entrepreneurs Marketing Cooperative (TBOTEMC) with the requirement that each product must be less than $5.  With a variety of subjects and a wide range of grades, there just might be something that you can use, so continue to read below and see! In addition, if you're a seller on Teachers Pay Teachers (TpT) who would like to get more information about joining TBOTEMC, contact me via email at ReneeHeiss@gmail.com or by simply leaving a comment on this blog post.


Four Fun Holiday Activities | Print and Easel™ - $4.00


by Charlene Tess
9th - 12th grades
Activities, Christmas-Chanukah-Kwanzaa, Games, Printables


The Christmas Holidays are a great time to offer your students short activities they will enjoy doing while at the same time reviewing writing concepts they have learned. You can print these activities or assign them in Easel.™



Winter Writing Activity | Life in a Snow Globe Writing Prompt & Activities - $4.75

by Two Little Birds
2nd - 5th grades
Printables, Seasonal, Winter


What would life be like in a snow globe?  This writing project includes mini-lesson instructions, anchor chart pieces, poster, flip-book on the writing process, and a snow globe template.

I Have Who Has Christmas Vocabulary Activities and Holiday Listening Games - $3.00

by Primarily Learning
K - 2nd grades 
Centers, Christmas-Chanukah-Kwanzaa, ESL, EFL, and ELL, Games, Parents


Are you looking for fun Christmas vocabulary activities? Try these I Have Who Has Games with pictures! Perfect for the holidays and vocabulary practice. Download them now and watch your students become engaged in the learning as they practice Christmas vocabulary, listening, and taking turns!



by All-American Teacher Tools
All grades
Activities, Cooking, Cultural Activities, Christmas


Chef Cappy's Kitchen - STEM Facts and Healthy Recipes for Family Fun - Holiday Favorites Edition is more than a simple cookbook - it is a family experience. Each recipe contains a STEM fact related to the product being prepared. Nutritional information is presented in an easy-to-understand format. It won first place in the 2019 Pinnacle Book Achievement Awards - Cookbook category. The best part of this book is the organization of the recipes in step-by-step fashion, organized by the ability of each chef.


Free Winter Holiday Lessons By The Best of Teacher Entrepreneurs MC - 2025 - Free


by Victoria Leon
All grades
Activities, Christmas-Chanukah-Kwanzaa, Winter


Enjoy free Christmas lessons in “Free Winter Holiday Lessons By The Best of Teacher Entrepreneurs - 2025.” Then download thousands of free lessons from our 46 holiday and Teacher Talk eBooks, The Best of Teacher Entrepreneurs blogs, and TBOTEMC Facebook page.

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FREE MATH LESSON - “FREE Christmas Symmetry Drawing Activity”

by Bees Knees
1st - 2nd Grade


Enjoy these FREE Christmas Symmetry Drawing Worksheets. They are a perfect no prep Christmas math activity your students will LOVE. Students have to complete the christmas designs by drawing in the missing side using their knowledge of symmetry (and mirrors for extra support and fun!). This is a perfect resource for putting out at your math centres for the weeks leading up to the holidays and once completed will look amazing on your bulletin boards!

Included in the pack:

  • 2 worksheets

If you like this product you might also like these Christmas and Winter Math resources:

FREE Christmas Roll and Cover Games

Christmas Missing Numbers to 100 Worksheets

Equal Groups - Division - Christmas Sharing

Equal Groups - Division - Christmas - Math Center Activity

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Monday, December 8, 2025

FREE MISC. LESSON - “{FREE!} Bible Verse Bookmarks to Print and Color”

by So Blessed to Be a Teacher
Kindergarten - 5th Grade


This FREE resource includes a page of three bookmarks for your students to color. The bookmarks include Bible verses from the New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) for your students to ponder and memorize. These bookmarks would work well in a Catholic school, Christian school, homeschool, or religious education setting.

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Sunday, December 7, 2025

FREE MATH LESSON - “FREE Gingerbread Men Color by Number”

by Josie's Place
Pre-Kindergarten - 2nd Grade


Enjoy this FREE color by number and number recognition sheet. Stop by to visit the full product, Polar Express for the K-1 and Polar Express for K-2!

IT INCLUDES EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO CELEBRATE POLAR EXPRESS DAY AND MUCH MORE!

Polar Express is one of my favorite units and I hope you love it as much as I do!

Your Polar Express Unit will be complete with everything you need to celebrate Polar Express Day with themed holiday reading, writing, math activities and centers (for winter) for the days and weeks that follow!

Please enjoy a Elf and Gingerbread Color by Number FREEBIE

Included :

1 Polar Express Day Invitation from the teacher

1 Letter from me explaining how I celebrate the day.

2Polar Express Admit One Tickets- 2 different backgrounds to choose from.

1 Polar Express Reminder letter – to send out the day before.

1 Letter from Santa- to go with bells to be handed out (if you choose)

1 PJ reproducible

2 Parent Letters for Polar Express Snack- 1 to solicit volunteers and 1 to send home requesting snack items

1Conductor hat for Teacher and 2 for students (color and b/w)

Snowman Soup Poem- If you’d like to send home an end of unit treat. Poem explains items that go in a bag attached to poem.

READING ACTIVITIES:

Polar Express Booklet- 16 pages to practice sight words and reading fluency.

WRITING ACTIVITIES:

1 Best Gift Ever Writing Printable

1 Favorite Cookie Response Sheet

1 Favorite Part of Polar Express Day Response Sheet

2 new Label It! Activities from my best seller

4 pages (2 choices) of Writing Paper –with and without picture boxes.You can have children write a letter to Santa

1Venn Diagram- to compare book and movie

SKILLS

1 Syllable Sort Worksheet- Sort pictures by 1, 2, and 3 syllables

1 Picture Sequence Activity- Put the story in order using pictures.

1 Sequence Events in Story Worksheet- Printables with spots to write or draw pictures for the beginning middle and end.

1 Character, Setting Events Worksheet-printable with spots to write or draw pictures to show the characters, setting and events.

MATH

2 Number Recognition Train Worksheets – Cut and glue numbers in order from 1-10 and 11-20.

4 Cut and paste complete the pattern

3 One to one correspondence sheets

3 Count by 10's, and 2's worksheets

MATH CENTERS

Greater Than/ Less Than - Math greater than and less than sorting center with center sign.4 Posters to illustrate greater than, less than and equal to. One is illustrated for holiday time.

3 Greater Than/ Less Than/Equal to Printables differentiated for all levels of learners.

Addition and Subtraction Center- Children can choose from 16 Subtraction and Addition Task Cards using either a colored or black and white reproducible Work Mat, and “marshmallow” manipulatives to solve word problems. There are 16 task cards in all (8 addition and 8 subtraction) with sums up to 20. There are also 8 blank cards (4 addition & 4 subtraction) for you to use to fill in the blank number to create your own. You can use these in a center or on an individual basis.

Colored Number Mats with numbers 1-20 for children to work on one to one correspondence and number recognition. You would also use the marshmallow manipulatives here as well.

Counting Center- 4 different tasks/choices to order number cards. Center Sign Included.

Pattern Center- task cards include create a pattern for: AB, ABC, ABB, AABB, AAB, and ABCC. Center Sign Included.

Art-

2 color by number sheets

1 color word recognition sheet

This is in 2 files due to format of the pages. There are 115 pages in all. This includes about 10 helpful explanation pages to keep the file organized for you. Answer keys for a few items

Here are just a few of the common core standards that are met through this packet.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RF.K.2

Demonstrate understanding of spoken words, syllables, and sounds (phonemes).

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RF.K.4

Read emergent-reader texts with purpose and understanding.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RF.K.3.c

Read common high-frequency words by sight (e.g., the, of, to, you, she, my, is, are, do, does).

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.K.4

Describe familiar people, places, things, and events and, with prompting and support, provide additional detail.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.1.8

With guidance and support from adults, recall information from experiences or gather information from provided sources to answer a question.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.1.3

Describe characters, settings, and major events in a story, using key details.

CCSS.Math.Content.K.CC.B.4

Understand the relationship between numbers and quantities; connect counting to cardinality.

CCSS.Math.Content.K.CC.A.1

Count to 100 by ones and by tens.

CCSS.Math.Content.1.OA.C.5

Relate counting to addition and subtraction (e.g., by counting on 2 to add 2).

CCSS.Math.Content.1.OA.A.1

Use addition and subtraction within 20 to solve word problems involving situations of adding to, taking from, putting together, taking apart, and comparing, with unknowns in all positions, e.g., by using objects, drawings, and equations with a symbol for the unknown number to represent the problem.

CCSS.Math.Content.1.NBT.B.3

Compare two two-digit numbers based on meanings of the tens and ones digits, recording the results of comparisons with the symbols greater than, less than and equal to.

Please visit my other math products:

Organization of math manipulatives –all grades:

Math Labels For Your Manipulatives * Editable Option Included

Solving Word Problems Gr. 1-3

Addition/Subtraction Word Problems with Guided Practice, Keyword Sort and more! Fall and Winter Edition Gr. 1-3

Place Value, Greater/Less Than and more:

Buggy Math for printables and no prep dice games to learn place value, odd/even,greater than and less than and more! Gr. 1-3

Fractions :

The Doorbell Rang to practice fractions, equivalent sets and word problems. FREEBIE available! Gr. 1-3

Skip Counting:

Skip Counting Center K-1

Pattern Printables and Centers :

APPLES! Beginning /Ending Sounds and Pattern and Sorting Center and Printables K-1 FREEBIE available!

Cater-Patterns Center and Printables K-1

Pattern Printables and Snowman Pattern Center K-1 FREEBIE available!

Sorting:

Sorting Center with Bonus Task Cards. FREEBIE available! K-1

HOLIDAY MATH (these include a thematic approach but includes many math activities):

October:

Octoberfest for Kids! K-1 FREEBIE available!

December:

Polar Express– includes everything for Polar Express and activities (MANY math activities) for weeks! K-1 FREEBIE available!

You might be interested in taking a look at my entire EDITABLE Collection:

ULTIMATE EDITION EDITABLE Labels Bundle & Save!

EDITABLE MEGA Labels

EDITABLE Labels in Solid Colors- 30 colors to choose from!

EDITABLE Labels

Math Labels For Your Manipulatives * Editable Option Included

BACK TO SCHOOL EDITABLE Class Signs, Labels, Word Wall & Cards, Desk tag & More in Chevron

BACK TO SCHOOL EDITABLE Class Signs, Labels, Word Wall & Cards, Desk tag & More in Polka Dots

Create your own posters, signs, anchor charts and more! Editable

Monthly EDITABLE Newsletters

Class Job Posters EDITABLE

EDITABLE Class Signs

EDITABLE How Do I Get Home? Dismissal Tags, Charts and Notes

EDITABLE Birthday Extravaganza



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