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Free Teaching Resources December 2011

Free Teaching Resources December Newletter

Teachers Have Class! Issue #25
Free Christmas and December Teaching Resources

Welcome to the 25th newsletter of
Teachers Have Class from Unique Teaching Resources!


Free December Teaching Resources, Activities, and Lesson Plan Ideas The free teaching resources in this December edition of my newsletter are all related to Winter and Christmas.

This December edition of Teachers Have Class contains the following free teaching resources:

  1. Winter Tree Writing Templates (bulletin board display banner and printable worksheets)
  2. Stocking Sticker Chart
    (general sticker chart set)
  3. Solve Santa's Puzzles
    (math powerpoint presentation)
  4. Printable Calendar for December
  5. General December, Winter, and Christmas Writing Prompts
  6. Specific December Writing Prompts

    • 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

Free Christmas Teaching Resources and Lesson Plans for Elementary School Teachers


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Download Free Christmas Teaching Resources and Activities blue bullet point The links to download the free teaching resources that are found in this edition of Teachers Have Class will only be available for 5 days.

blue bullet point After 5 days, the download links to these free teaching resources will be removed. Then, I will post this newsletter on my website so that teachers who visit Unique Teaching Resources will be able to read old editions of Teachers Have Class.

blue bullet point Although teachers who visit my website can read all of the previous editions of my newsletters, I only provide these free monthly teaching resources to the teachers who have signed up to receive Teachers Have Class. These free resources are my small way of thanking these teachers for their support and interest.

So, be sure to download your free December teaching resources promptly!


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1. Free Printable Worksheets For Winter and December


Winter Tree Stationery Set
(matching bulletin board display banner and printable worksheets)

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

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.


Winter Stationery Set

Free Winter Tree Teaching Resources Bulletin Board Display Banner Example


Free Winter Tree Printable Worksheets and Templates for Poems



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2. Stocking Sticker Chart Set


Christmas and December
Sticker Chart Set

Free Christmas Stocking Sticker Charts Bulletin Board Display Banner


Free Christmas Stocking Sticker Charts 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.

Free Christmas Stocking Sticker Chart Templates

Stuff Your Stocking With Stickers Color Templates

Free Christmas Sticker and Incentive Charts for Children

Stuff Your Stocking With Stickers Black and White Templates



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3. Christmas Math Powerpoint Lesson Plans


Solve Santa's Puzzles Powerpoint

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

Free Math Powerpoint Lesson Plans For Christmas

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


Free Christmas Math Powerpoint Presentation Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication

Above: Example of a question slide

Free Christmas Powerpoint Presentatins for Teachers

Above: Example of an answer slide

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).


Free Christmas Math Printable Worksheets
Above: Example of student response worksheet

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




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4. Printable Calendar for December


Printable Calendar for December
Classroom Display and Pocket Chart Calendar Set

Christmas and December Writing Prompts and Journal Ideas for Elementary School Students 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.

Below each calendar set, you will find a list of writing prompts for that month that may spark a creative writing idea that you could use with your students.

Below is my December printable calendar set and the link to download it. The December title is a 2 page banner that should fit in most standardized monthly pocket charts that many teachers use. I have designed large December days of the week that you may find useful. The calendar number dates also fit in pocket charts, and I have included a blank square and a birthday square to use.

There are 11 printable calendar pages
in this December teaching resources set.


Free December Calendar Set For Pocket Charts

Free December Printable Classroom Calendar Set For Pocket Charts



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5. Christmas and December Writing Prompts


December and Christmas Writing Prompts and Ideas Starting with this December 2011 newsletter, I am changing the layout of the writing prompts section of Teachers Have Class.

My newsletters were getting very long due to the writing prompts that were included in the last section of my newsletters.

To save time and space, I am now going to provide a link to go to a new page on my website that contains those writing prompts instead.

Click on the link below to view my extensive list of Christmas and December writing prompts.

Click here to go to:

Heidi's List of Christmas and December Writing Prompts


When you arrive on this page you will find a long list of
general writing prompts for December, as well as writing
prompts for the specific holidays that are listed below.




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Click on one of the bottle caps below to view the different categories of
Christmas and Winter Teaching Resources that are available on my website:


Return To Christmas and Winter Teaching Resources Main Page Go to Christmas and Winter Powerpoint Lesson Plans Page Go To Christmas and Winter English Teaching Resources Page
Go To Christmas and Winter Math Teaching Resources Page Go To Christmas and Winter Printable Worksheets Page Go To Christmas and Winter Bulletin Board Displays Page


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Remember to download your free teaching resources within 5 days.
Christmas and Winter Teaching Resources for Elementary School Teachers

Please be sure to check out the other pages on Unique
Teaching Resources
for a large variety of fun lesson plan activities
that will engage your students in learning and save you valuable time.


Sincerely, Heidi McDonald

Creator and Site Manager
Unique Teaching Resources



Seasons Greeting from Heidi at Unique Teaching Resources


P.S. My next newsletter will be my January Issue.

I plan to send out this newsletter around January 1, 2012.



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