You’ve almost made it to winter break! I feel like December is the month that truly flies by, but also drags on at the same time. There is so much to do, but that much-needed break is so close. If you read our Fall Planning Series, you know I love a good theme. December is no different! Welcome to Part 1 of our 3 part series for Winter.

December Activity Planning:

Keeping up with my themes, December is all about holiday magic for me. When planning out my month, I gather all of my holiday materials and think about what I can fit where. I know I want to start my month making poinsettias (more below!) and the Santa advent calendar. It helps us pass the time and gives a visual for students leading up to winter break. Stick around to see how I use different products throughout the month of December and grab THREE FREEBIES to help make your December magical in your classroom.

Wondering What To Do In Winter? Planning Part 1 - December 1

Weekly Activity Ideas:

Monday: Math Monday (graphing)

Tuesday: Trace It Tuesday (symmetry)

Wednesday: Write About It Wednesday (spin a silly sentence and write)

Thursday: Think Hard Thursday (color the code)

Friday: Fun Friday (solve by code spelling)

Morning Work, Early Finishers, Indoor Recess, Etc.

Wondering why I keep putting the graphing activities on a Monday? Check out our sneak peek below to see some December options! I am used to collecting data by standard for standards-based report cards. So, I specifically use mine to take formative data for the standard 1.MD.C.4.

Wondering What To Do In Winter? Planning Part 1 - December 2

Represent and Interpret Data – Organize, represent, and interpret data with up to three categories; ask and answer questions about the total number of data points, how many in each category, and how many more or less are in one category than in another.

Link to ccss

Holiday Planning: Rotation Ideas

Check out our previous blog post on this HERE!

Wondering What To Do In Winter? Planning Part 1 - December 3

Wondering What To Do In Winter? Planning Part 1 - December 4

Wondering What To Do In Winter? Planning Part 1 - December 5

Wondering What To Do In Winter? Planning Part 1 - December 6

Wondering What To Do In Winter? Planning Part 1 - December 7

Check out our videos on YouTube for a look inside the Santa Claus Puppet Book and my absolute craft of the year, the Poinsettia.

Wondering What To Do In Winter? Planning Part 1 - December 8

Personally, I like to have my students complete their poinsettia craft in early December and use it as a door decoration! I receive so many compliments throughout the month on how beautiful my door looks. Bonus: if you are doing any sort of Holidays Around the World unit, the Poinsettia is a wonderful craft often used to represent Mexico.