In each of my newsletters, I include a free set of creative writing resources that contains a bulletin board display banner and a matching worksheet.

During the month of December, your students can continue to "chill out" and write some "cool" stories using these snowman creative writing worksheets.

These cheerful snowman worksheets will help you to design an eye catching winter bulletin board display inside your classroom this December.

Encourage your students to work towards achieving a goal that you set for them this December by using these fun Christmas stocking sticker charts.

Cut out your students' sticker chart templates along the thick black border and you will have unique stocking shaped sticker charts to record your students' progress towards reaching a goal that you set for them this December.

This set of teaching resources includes:

• black and white sticker chart template
• color sticker chart template
• 5 page bulletin board display banner (shown above)

There are 20 sticker chart spaces on the stocking template. These Christmas sticker charts can be used for a variety of different purposes during the month of December: homework, reading, math, spelling, or good citizenship.

Solve Santa's Puzzles Powerpoint

Fun Animated Math Puzzles That Review
Addition, Subtraction, and Multiplication

For this free Christmas math powerpoint lesson, students have to solve addition, subtraction, and multiplication equations, using an engaging puzzle style format.

These Christmas math puzzles work well as a daily warm up activity and your students could complete one puzzle each day prior to the winter vacation.

There are 5 sets of question and answer slides in this powerpoint lesson, as well as 2 student response worksheets (one worksheet is shown below).

I hope that your students have fun solving these fun animated math puzzles during the month of December.

During the month of December, have your students write a winter poem or story using these unique tree templates.

These tree templates will help you to design an eye catching winter bulletin board display inside your classroom this December.

Each month I provide a free printable calendar set in my newsletter.

These free calendar sets can be displayed on a bulletin board or placed inside a pocket chart.

• December banner
• Large days of the week
• Small days of the week
• Square dates for 1 - 31
• Birthday square
• Blank square

This month's feature product is a fun creative writing project for the book How the Grinch Stole Christmas by Dr. Seuss. This is an ideal picture book to read to your students during the month of December.

Dr. Seuss is one of the most popular children's authors of all time and his Christmas story featuring The Grinch is a favorite of both kids and adults. His message that "Maybe Christmas," he thought "doesn't come from a store. Maybe Christmas, perhaps, means a little bit more." is timeless. After you have read your students this story, they will enjoy completing a fun activity related to Dr. Seuss' book. I have created a flip booklet and I designed the templates for this unique project in the shape of the Grinch's head.

My How the Grinch Stole Christmas lesson plans set includes 22 pages of printable resources:

• first draft creative writing worksheets
• final draft black and white Grinch writing templates
• final draft color Grinch writing templates
• matching bulletin board display banner
• comparing the Grinch "before and after" worksheet
• crossword puzzle and answer key
• rhyming word puzzle and answer key
• Grinch maze and answer key

Click on the link below to read more information
and to view more pictures and examples
featuring this creative writing project.

Go To: How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Lesson Plans Page

You can purchase this project below:

$4.50

Are looking for ideas for Winter or Christmas writing prompts?

On my December writing prompts page, there is a long list of general creative writing ideas for Christmas and winter.

In addition, you will find detailed writing prompt ideas, for these specific dates that occur during the month of December:

• Late November to Late December - Hanukkah
• December 1 - Rosa Parks
• December 5 - Mozart's Birthday
• December 5 - Walt Disney's Birthday
• December 7 - Letter Writing Day
• December 10 - Nobel Peace Prize Award Ceremony
• December 21 or 22 - Winter Solstice/First Day of Winter
• December 25 - Christmas
• December 26 - January 1 - Kwanzaa

Click here to go to:

Heidi's List of Christmas and Dec. Writing Prompts

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• Free Book Report Project ($4.99 value)
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