O. Henry's "The Gift of the Magi" Find the full text of the classic short story by O. Henry, "The Gift of the Magi." This is an...		The Best Christmas Pageant Ever -- Project Ideas A list of project your students can complete when reading Barbara Robinson's novel The Best...
Poetic Language in "Memories of Christmas" Students will understand and appreciate the use of literal and figurative language though...		Christmas Stories Read these classic Christmas tales to help students improve creative-writing skills by writing...
Reading Warm-Up 116 for Gr. 1 & 2: Contemporary Realistic Fiction Students learn about diversity, Hispanic heritage, and Christmas as they read a fictional...		A Holiday from the Past Have your students use the interview questions to talk to an elderly person about a holiday...
The Polar Express Teacher's Guide Extend and enhance students' enjoyment of Chris Van Allsburg's magical holiday classic The...		A Holiday from Another Culture Use these questions to help your students interview someone from another culture about a...
"The Little Match Seller" This is the full text of Hans Christian Andersen's classic tale, "The Little Match Seller." ...		Santa's Spelling Quiz A Christmas spelling quiz for your students over the winter holidays.
Seasons Greetings Around the World Teach your students to say Merry Christmas in Swahili, French, Eskimo, and other languages from...		Father Christmas Letter Fill-in Children will love coloring this printable holiday page. They will practice spelling and...
Reading Warm-Up 108 for Gr. 3 & 4: Historical Fiction Improve students' reading skills with a passage of historical fiction and comprehension...		Synonym Bells Use this vocabulary activity to help build skills in understanding synonyms. This is a fun...
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens Celebrate the winter holidays with the text to A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. ...		Christmas Activities Strengthen vocabulary with these printable Christmas word games. Students will build skills...
Holiday Poems Students will write an acrostic poem from the name of a winter holiday: "Christmas," "Kwanzaa,"...		My Christmas Wish List In this printable activity, students generate a Christmas wish list and calculate the costs of...
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever -- Essay Topics Assign these essay topics to your class when reading Barbara Robinson's book The Best...		Babar and Father Christmas After reading "Babar and Father Christmas," children will draw what their cave home would...