Wednesday, December 3, 2025

Wednesday Weekly 5 under $5 - December 3, 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.


Two Christmas Holiday Crossword Puzzles About Santa and His Reindeer - $2.85


by Scipi
4th - 7th grades
Activities, Christmas-Chanukah-Kwanzaa, Handouts, Printables, Seasonal


This Christmas holiday resource contains two crossword puzzles about Santa and his reindeer. One crossword includes a word bank which makes it easier to solve while the other puzzle does not.  Even though the identical words are used for each puzzle, the grid for each one is laid out in a different pattern. Answer keys for both puzzles are included.


Gingerbread Addition Facts Within 10 Clip Card Math Centers - $4.00

by Kamp Kindergarten
K - 1st grades
Activities, Centers, Christmas-Chanukah-Kwanzaa, Homeschool


This resource provides inviting gingerbread themed math centers for your little sweeties to practice addition facts within 10. There are 5 addition clip card math activities in this packet with 12 clothespin clip cards and an optional recording sheet with matching graphics for each activity. They are perfect for morning tubs, fast finishers, informal assessment, and take-home practice. These activities work well with gingerbread boy, gingerbread man loose in school, cooking, baking, and Christmas themes.

Natale in Italia - Una Lettura Culturale - $4.00

by Urbino 12
11th - 12th grades 
Christmas-Chanukah-Kwanzaa, Cultural Activities


Students will read a cultural passage about Christmas  traditions in Italy.  They will then answer four questions about the informational text. Can be used individually  or in a classroom together as a class.



by Believe to Achieve by Anne Rozell
2nd - 4th grades
Centers, Christmas-Chanukah-Kwanzaa, Homeschool, Printables, Seasonal, Worksheets


Students will love practicing 3-Digit subtraction and solving the elf jokes! No prep and perfect for those days before Christmas break! 


The Elephant in the Garden Unique Bundle - $4.99


by Reading Spotlight
4th - 6th grades
Activities, Worksheets


Written by the author of War Horse, this fast-paced novel describes a perilous journey of a family in wartime traveling with an elephant. Reading Spotlight’s bundle includes introductory vocabulary, Questions & Answers for each chapter, a Crossword Puzzle, and a Final Exam that teaches students how to choose the best answer in a multiple-choice test. All Answer Keys are included. A great bargain!

 As always, I encourage comments and any ideas or suggestions by emailing me at reneeheiss@gmail.com

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FREE SCIENCE LESSON - “FREE 2025 5th Grade Science TEKS Planning Guide | New Science TEKS Activities”

by The Science Penguin
5th Grade


Not quite sure where to start when it comes to teaching the 5th grade science TEKS? I can help!

We've got you covered with this 100-page guide with day-by-day activity suggestions to accompany your Science Penguin resources. Lesson planning just got easier!

★ This guide is updated for the 2025-2026 school year. Updated August 21, 2025 based on TEA’s new 2025-2026 Assessed Curriculum.

★ This guide accompanies the 5th Grade Science TEKS Bundle.

Who This Resource is Designed For

5th grade Texas teachers using the Texas TEKS and Science Penguin resources

About This Resource

This is a 34-week schedule of activities to teach students ALL of the 5th-grade science TEKS. STAAR Test Prep is included! The activities mentioned are all in the 5th Grade Science TEKS Bundle.

This is my planning guide based on 5 days a week. Every campus, teacher, class, and student is different, so trust your professional judgment when planning for your students.



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Tuesday, December 2, 2025

FREE LANGUAGE ARTS LESSON - “Christmas Kindness Freebie”

by Penley's Pointe Educational Resources
Kindergarten - 6th Grade


Encourage acts of kindness with this Christmas Kindness Freebie!! Students will set goals in the days leading up to Christmas. Each time they achieve one of these goals, they will color a light bulb on their sheet and write about it in their Kindness Book. After all of their acts of kindness are completed, there is a writing activity included for students to write about what they have learned and how their acts made a difference!
I hope you enjoy and have a Merry Christmas!!

If you like this product, please check out these other products:

Other Christmas Products:

Emergency Sub Plans-Kindergarten A Trip On The North Pole Express!
Santa Fact Families Booklet and Spinner Activities
Christmas Emergent Readers
Santa Craftivity, Readers Response, Game, and Writing Activities
Christmas Write the Room
Christmas Reading Comprehension Sequencing Stories and Activity Packet
Christmas Color by Addition and Subtraction Packet
Santa Sentence Fix Its
Santa CVC Word Practice Houses
Christmas Hundreds Chart Hidden Picture Packet
Christmas Activity Sheets Freebie!
Christmas Nativity Activity Sheets freebie
Happy New Year 2019 Activity Packet

Emergency Sub Plans:

Emergency Sub Plans-Kindergarten Emergency Sub Mega Bundle
Emergency Sub Plans-Kindergarten Zoo Day
Emergency Sub Plans-Kindergarten Beach Day
Emergency Sub Plans-Kindergarten Farm Day
Emergency Sub Plans-Kindergarten Scarecrow Packet
Emergency Sub Plans-Kindergarten Snowman Packet
Emergency Sub Plans-Kindergarten A Trip Into Space
First Grade Emergency Sub Plans Mega Bundle
Emergency Sub Plans-First Grade Beach Day
Emergency Sub Plans-First Grade Farm Day
Emergency Sub Plans-First Grade Scarecrow Packet
Emergency Sub Plans-First Grade Snowman Packet
Emergency Sub Plans-Second Grade Farm Day
Emergency Sub Plans-Second Grade Zoo Day
Emergency Sub Plans-Second Grade Scarecrow

Seasonal products you many be interested in:

Winter ABC Order Packet
Snowman Telling Time Packet
Winter Ordinal Math Packet
Winter Reading Journal
Arctic Animals Emergent Reader Packet
Winter Reading Comprehension Differentiated Packet
Winter Color By Two Digit Addition And Subtraction With Regrouping
Hibernation, Migration, and Adaptation Unit
Winter Games Hidden Pictures Packet
Winter Games Activity Packet
A Winter Wonderland of Freebies!!
Martin Luther King Jr. Activity Packet
Black History Month Reading Comprehension
Groundhog's Day Color by Addition and Subtraction Packet
Groundhog's Day Number Practice Printables
Groundhog's Day Flip Books and Sight Word Practice
Groundhog Day Activity Packet
Valentine's Day Freebie
Valentine Addition/Subtraction Color by Code
Valentine Reading Comprehension Packet
President's Day Write the Room
Thanksgiving Color by Addition and Subtraction Packet
Thanksgiving Reading Comprehension Packet
Thanksgiving Write the Room
Thanksgiving Hundreds Chart Hidden Picture Packet
Fact Families Booklet and Spinner-The Great Turkey Disguise

More products you may be interested in:

Alphabet Practice Printables with Bonus Alphabet Emergent Reader!
Write and Count to 100
Beginning Addition Activitiy Packet-Superstar Addition Facts
CVC Word Family No Prep Packet
Ice Cream CVCE Word Family Match Packet
Primer Sight Word No Prep Packet
Pre-Primer Sight Word No Prep Packet
Sight Word No Prep Bundle (Pre-Primer and Primer)
All About Nouns Activities
All About Maps Mini Unit
First Grade Superhero Sight Word Packet

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Monday, December 1, 2025

FREE MATH LESSON - “Numerical Expressions Game Activity”

by Love Learning
4th - 6th Grade


Math Expressions Game: Pre-Algebra

Your students will love this partner game! It works great as a center, practice, or review. The game includes a basic version and an "advanced" version with decimal operations.


This game is also included in my Expressions, Equations, and Order of Operations Bundle

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Take a look at my other fifth grade math lessons:

• Decimals Bundle (NBT Standards)
• Measurement (MD Standards)
• Whole Number Division (NBT Standards)
• Coordinate Planes and Numerical Patterns (OA Standards)
• Line Plots (MD Standards)
• Volume (MD Standards)
• Geometry (G Standards)
• Fractions Bundle (NF Standards)
• Fifth Grade Constructed Response Sheets

SAVE with Bundles:

• Math Interactive Notebook Bundle
• Math PowerPoint Lessons Bundle
• 5th Grade Math Units for the YEAR

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