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Issue 159 | November 28, 2023

Light Up Learning

December can be the most wonderful time of the year—and the busiest! It’s a special month to share a variety of holiday traditions and welcome winter. To help keep you from getting snowed under, we’ve compiled our brightest lessons to make your December days merry.

Here’s a peek at our top resources for a delightful December:

Celebrate the joy of the winter holidays with printables, lesson plans, craftivities, and mini-books.

Our rich collection of prompts, response activities, and lessons enhance comprehension of story elements.

Elevate cursive skills with handwriting practice. Cursive writing improves fine motor skills and attention to detail.

Check out what’s new this month!

Story Trees: Better Than Book Reports

Students build festive evergreen Story Trees to describe a story's main elements, enhancing their reading and writing skills.

More Writing Printables

Matthew Henson: North Pole Explorer

This biography explores the remarkable life of Matthew Henson, the first person to reach the North Pole amidst snowstorms of adversity.

More Reading Comprehension Printables

Letter Rr: Contemporary Cursive

Add wintry excitement to cursive handwriting practice with a scene of rapidly racing reindeer.

More Cursive Printables

Snowy Town: Fill-In Word Problems

Students can use this mad-libs-style math activity to identify growing patterns as they weave their own wintry tale.

More Math Printables

Gingerbread House on a Budget

Motivate STEM learning with this creative craftivity where mathematicians purchase decorations to create their own gingerbread houses.

More Craftivities

“In seed time learn, in harvest teach, in winter enjoy.”

– William Blake

For more great content and Editors' Picks, visit our December page.

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