When Valentine's Day rolls around my students (and I) only have one thing on our minds... candy. I enjoy occasionally adding a sweet treat to my lessons to engage my students. This post shares a free Valentine's Day pictograph activity that combines math and conversation candy hearts. Can't use real candy in your lessons? Click here to check out a digital math activity ... Read More
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Free Valentine’s Day Math Activity: Build a Valentine’s Day Monster
Are you looking for an engaging Valentine's Day math activity that your students will love? Today I want to share with you a Build-a-Monster Valentine's Day Math activity. This printable and digital interactive math activity that will allow your students to be a little creative while also enjoying the holiday (and practicing their math skills). About the Free ... Read More
Valentine’s Day Party Activity for Upper Elementary
I love all things holiday and am always looking for ways to engage my students and keep them motivated to learn and engaged with their work during the months leading up to a major holiday. And even though my students are fifth graders, I still want them to enjoy a bit of the fun of Valentine's Day. In this post, I will share a super engaging mystery bag activity that ... Read More
Free Digital Valentine’s Day Exchange
Are you looking for a way for your students to exchange Valentine's Day greetings in a virtual classroom setting? Being able to celebrate holidays and special events is essential for many students, so I want to offer a way for your students to send each other greetings on February 14th. About the Activity Everything you need for the collaborative virtual Valentine's ... Read More
Free Digital Valentine’s Day Activities
Valentine's Day is one of those holidays that is tricky for teachers. It involves candy and treats and lots of excited students. I don't remember a single year that did not leave me exhausted by the end of the Valentine's Day party. If your Valentine's Day in the classroom is anything like mine, I hope this post helps! To channel my students' excitement for the holiday, ... Read More
Free Math Puzzles for the Entire Year | Seasonal and Holiday Themes
Do you ever want something a bit different from the normal math fact or number sense practice? These fun math puzzles are just what you need! In this post, I will be giving you all the details about how you can get ten (yes, TEN!) sets of math puzzles to use with your students all year! About the Math Puzzles To solve the problems, the students use their knowledge ... Read More
Valentine’s Day Science Activity: Chocolate States of Matter
One of my favorite parts of teaching is bringing in something totally unrelated to normal teaching, like candy, styrofoam balls, or even whipped cream, and telling the students that it is part of their lesson for the day. Their eyes light up. Some of them don't believe it. Some of them cheer. No matter what the response, they are instantly hooked, and a great lesson ... Read More
Valentine’s Day Science Activity: Dissolving Candy Hearts in Varying Temperatures
Valentine's Day is one of the best holidays for candy science activities. I typically do the candy hearts in various types of liquids, but a lot of times, by 5th grade, students have done that before, and we do similar science activities for dissolving candy pumpkins and dissolving candy canes in various types of liquid. One of my new go-to Valentine's Day science ... Read More
Valentine STEM and Reading Activity | Free Printables
Holidays are a great time to implement STEM activities. This post will share a fun Valentine STEM and reading activity involving Cupid's bow and arrow. I am obsessed with adding in the reading component to STEM activities to integrate literacy so this will share a reading passage to activate students prior knowledge and get them excited before the activity. For ... Read More
Valentine’s Day Activities for Upper Elementary
Valentine's Day is one of my favorite classroom holidays. I love promoting kindness even more than usual this month through the class party, read alouds, and discussions. In addition to promoting kindness in the month of February, I love having my students complete Valentine's Day themed activities. Today I want to share some of my favorite Valentine's Day activities for ... Read More
Free Groundhog Day Activities {Printable and Digital}
Groundhog Day isn’t the first holiday I generally think of when the month of February rolls around. However, I welcome any chance I can get to engage my students and spice up my classroom activities to give my students a break from our day-to-day routine (especially in the winter months). Whether or not Punxsutawney Phil sees his shadow, these free Groundhog Day ... Read More
