Christmas Centers for First Grade | Winter Centers | December Centers

Winter and Christmas Centers for First Grade - 25 fun and engaging literacy and math centers included! These Christmas and Winter themed centers include a variety of activities, games, no-prep printables and task cards to keep your kiddos busy during this festive season! Editable Center signs are also included to use in your math and literacy centers. By purchasing these December Centers you will save 50% off!!***

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Winter Themed Literacy Centers

♥Christmas Adjectives Printables

♥Christmas & Winter - Roll a Die fun!

♥Christmas & Winter Sorts

♥Read & Match - Christmas Sight Words

♥Character Traits - Christmas Characters

♥Christmas Character Trait Task Cards

♥Christmas Synonyms Memory Game - Character Traits

♥Similes - Christmas & Winter Theme

♥Silly Sentences - Christmas & Winter Themed

♥Digraph Sort - Snowballs

♥L Blend Sort Snowballs

♥S Blends Go Fish Game - Christmas Theme

Winter Themed Math Centers

♥Christmas Addition Number Stories

♥Christmas Two-Step Word Problem Task Cards

♥Four in a Row - Tens Frames

♥Addition Task Cards Winter Theme

♥Subtraction Task Cards - Winter Theme

♥Winter Theme Adding 3 Numbers Differentiated Task Cards

♥Winter Theme Teen Numbers Task Cards

♥Christmas Theme Teen Numbers Task Cards

♥Christmas Color by Teen Number

♥Christmas Memory Game - Teen Numbers

♥True or False - Addition and Subtraction Task Cards Winter Theme

♥ Four in a Row - Christmas Game

Also included!

♥ Editable Christmas Signs

Note: The literacy centers above are also included in my: First Grade Winter Literacy Centers

Roll a Die Fun!

Included in this pack is 8 fun literacy die games sure to get your students excited about writing over the festive season! There are 4 Christmas and 4 Winter dice games in this pack.

Character Traits - Christmas Characters

Are you looking for fun and engaging Christmas activities to incorporate into your character trait unit? This Christmas character trait pack consists of cut and paste activities and anchor charts (answer sheets) for students to consolidate their understanding of character traits.

Product Includes (color and black lined):

•Teacher instructions

•Character traits worksheets - Students cut and paste the qualities to match Santa, Rudolf and the elf.

•Physical traits worksheets - Students cut and paste the physical traits to describe the appearance of Santa, Rudolph and the Elf.

• Anchor charts/answer sheets - answer sheets are included. You can use the answer sheets as anchor charts to display on your bulletin board, so students can refer to them whilst writing.

• Graphic organizers - (extension activity) there are bubble maps for students to write the character traits and physical traits for Santa, Rudolph and the elf.

Christmas Character Trait Task Cards

Do you want a fun and engaging Christmas activity for your kiddos to learn about character traits? These task cards include multiple choice questions to get your students thinking about character traits.

This kit includes two sets of 20 Christmas themed task cards- 1 color copy & 1 black & white copy. Students will read each task card, make inferences and select the character trait that best describes the character/person. Student response sheet and answer sheet is also included.

I have included American and Australian spelling in this pack.

Christmas Synonyms Memory Game

Christmas Game - Match the synonyms for each of the character traits in a game of memory! This memory game is the perfect resource to use to assist students with consolidating their understanding of character traits and synonyms. This activity includes 24 pairs of character traits and two anchor charts with the list of synonyms. This resource is available in both color and black lined to save on ink! Great game to incorporate into your literacy centers!

How to use this product

♥ Play as a game of memory/concentration - independent, pairs, small group or whole class

♥ Matching activity - independent, pairs, small group or whole class.

Literacy centers

Product Includes

Two sets of the following are included in color and black lined:

• Teacher instructions

• 24 pairs of Christmas themed character trait cards with matching synonyms.

• 2 Santa anchor charts with a list of the 24 matching synonym pairs. Each anchor chart has 12 matching synonym pairs.

Instructions for Memory Game

1. Print, cut and laminate heading cards onto hard card stock paper for durability.
2. Place the cards face down onto the carpet or desks.
3. Students take it in turns to turn over two cards.
4. If the character trait cards match, and are synonyms. Then they keep their cards, and have another turn.
5. The student keeps turning over two cards at a time until, the cards don't match.
6. Then it is the next players turn.
7. The winner is the person with the most cards at the end of the game.

Follow Up Activity

There are two anchor charts included in this kit with a list of the matching synonyms. Students can glue the anchor charts into their books, so they can refer to them when writing sentences. Students can write sentences for selected character traits, using the matching synonyms. Alternatively they can write a Christmas story, and select character traits to use in their story.

The anchor charts can also be displayed on the bulletin board, after students have played the game.

Digraph Snowball Sort

Fun and engaging digraph snowball sorting center to provide your kids with practice with sorting digraphs under the correct heading: sh, ch, ph, th and wh. This Winter theme snowball sorting center (in color and black line) consists of 5 penguin headings, 58 snowball pieces, student response sheet and teacher instructions including words for each of the digraph pictures.

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Digraph sorting center is available in color and black and white line.

• 5 penguin headings: cl, gl, fl, bl, sl, pl

•12 sh digraph pictures inside snowballs

•12 ch digraph pictures inside snowballs

•12 th digraph pictures inside snowballs

•12 wh digraph pictures inside snowballs

•10 ph digraph pictures inside snowballs

•Student recording sheet

•Preparation and instruction sheet

L Blend Snowball Sort

Fun and engaging blend snowball sorting center to provide your kids with practice with sorting l blends under the correct heading: sl, bl, gl, fl, cl and pl. This Winter theme snowball sorting center (in color and black line) consists of 6 penguin blend headings, 72 snowball pieces, student response sheet and teacher instructions including words for each of the blend pictures.

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Blend sorting center is available in color and black and white line.

• 6 apple sack headings: cl, gl, fl, bl, sl, pl

•12 cl blend pictures inside snowballs

•12 gl blend pictures inside snowballs

•12 fl blend pictures inside snowballs

•12 bl blend pictures inside snowballs

•12 sl blend pictures inside snowballs

•12 pl blend pictures inside snowballs

•Student recording sheet

•Preparation and instruction sheet

S Blends Go Fish Christmas Game

Are you looking for a fun Christmas game to review S blends? This Christmas Themed Go Fish S Blend Game is perfect for reviewing blends with your students! Great game to incorporate into your literacy centers and keep students engaged. This activity includes 2 sets of 32 Christmas themed s blend playing cards in color and black lined. Blends included in Go Fish game: sc, sk, sl, sw, sm, sn, sp & st

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Each of the playing cards is included in color and black lined.

• Teacher instructions - full instructions on how to play the game.

• 32 colored Christmas s blend cards.

• 32 black lined Christmas s blend cards.

Print, cut and laminate the Santa cards onto hard card stock paper for durability.

Alternatively the cards can be used as a matching activity or play as a game of memory.

Read & Match - Christmas Sight Words

In this activity students read the sentence and match it to the correct Christmas picture. It will assist them with their sight word recognition.

The sight words that are included in the cut and paste activities are: look, at, the, is, see, I, here, a, have, there, red

The Christmas Sight Word kit includes:

• 8 cut and paste activities - read the sentence and cut and paste the picture that matches.

• 8 answer sheets to cut and paste activities

• 1 Christmas Sight Words Sort - sort the sight words into the correct column: 2, 3 and 4 letters.

• 1 answer sheet to sorting activity

Draw & Solve - Number Stories

This Christmas theme number stories pack is Common Core aligned (K.OA.2, 1.OA.1) and consists of 6 addition word problems for students to solve. There are answer sheets for each of the word problems. In the addition word problems students read the problem and then solve it by drawing pictures. They then record their answer on the line below the picture.

Christmas Two-Step Word Problems Task Cards

hese Christmas theme {core aligned} task cards are a fun way to practice solving two-step word problems including addition and subtraction. The cards are great to use in math centers where students are engaged and working in small groups to solve the task cards. Students will record their answers on their student response sheet or alternatively they could use mini whiteboards.

Product Use

♥ Math centers

♥ Assessment

♥ Early finishers

This pack includes two sets in color and white background

• Teacher instruction sheet

• 20 two-step word problem task cards in color

• Duplicate set with white background and black lined clip art.

• Student response sheet and answer sheet

Simply print and laminate the task cards onto hard card stock paper for durability.

Four in a Row - Tens Frames - Christmas Games

This Connect 4 Christmas Themed Math Games is a fun way for students to revise concepts in numbers up to 20. The math games includes: 6 game boards with Christmas tens frames, set of candy cane numbers from one to twenty, teacher instructions, preparation and variations to the game. The Connect 4 Math Games are a great activity when undertaking Christmas activities in class. The Math games can be incorporated into your daily math centers.

Addition Task Cards

Winter theme {core aligned} addition number sentence task cards are a fun way to practice drawing pictures to match a number sentence and writing number sentences to match the pictures. These cards are great to use in kindergarten and first grade for students to play as a game of Scoot where they are engaged and moving around the room. This kit provides additional practice for students to consolidate their addition sums to twenty.

This pack includes:

• Teacher instruction sheet

• Product use

• Two sets of 32 task cards in color or with white background with colored graphics - first 16 task cards students draw a picture to match the addition number sentence. The remaining task cards students write a number sentence to match the picture.

• Student response sheet - two options to choose from for first 16 task cards. One with four boxes per sheet so students can draw larger winter pictures to match the sum. The other option is one response sheet for first 16 task cards which is great to use in game of Scoot and saves on ink.

• Answer sheets for all task cards

Differentiated Adding 3 Numbers Task Cards

Differentiated Winter theme {core aligned} adding 3 numbers task cards are a fun way to practice adding a string of numbers, missing addends and writing the missing numbers in a sum. These cards are great to use in first or second grade.

This pack includes:

• Teacher instruction sheet

• Product use

• Two sets of 32 task cards with colored graphics and winter background or with white background with colored graphics.

• Student response sheet

• Answer sheet for first 24 cards. Remaining task cards teacher will need to check as responses will vary.

Differentiated Task Cards Include:

• Task Cards 1 – 12- linking numbers to ten and adding the third number.

• Task Cards 13 – 24 - working out the missing number in a string of numbers.

• Task Cards 25 - 32 - working out 3 numbers that add to the total number

True or False - Addition and Subtraction Task Cards

inter Theme True or False Addition and Subtraction Equation Task Cards. These task cards are designed for first grade to provide your students with practice with understanding the meaning of the equal sign and determining if the addition and subtraction equations are true or false. These task cards align with the core standard: 1.0A.D7

This pack includes:

• Teacher instruction sheet

• Product use

• Two sets of 32 task cards in colored background or white background with colored graphics- each task card consists of an addition and/or subtraction equation. Students are to circle on their student response sheet if the equation is true or false.

• Student response sheet

• Answer sheets for all task cards

Subtraction Task Cards

Winter theme {core aligned} subtraction number sentence task cards are a fun way to practice drawing pictures to match a number sentence and writing number sentences to match the pictures. These cards are great to use in kindergarten and first grade for students to play as a game of Scoot where they are engaged and moving around the room. This kit provides additional practice for students to consolidate their subtraction sums to ten.

This pack includes:

• Teacher instruction sheet

• Product use

• 2 sets of 32 task cards in color or white background with colored graphics - first 16 task cards students draw a picture to match the subtraction number sentence. The remaining task cards students write a number sentence to match the picture.

• Student response sheet - two options to choose from for first 16 task cards. One with four boxes per sheet so students can draw larger winter pictures to match the sum. The other option is one response sheet for first 16 task cards which is great to use in game of Scoot and saves on ink.

• Answer sheets for all task cards

Simply print and laminate the task cards onto hard card stock paper for durability. Print a class set of student response sheets.

Christmas Theme Teen Number Task Cards

These Christmas theme {core aligned} task cards are a fun way to practice teen numbers. The cards are great to play as a game of Scoot where students are engaged and moving around the room. This kit provides additional practice for students to identify teen numbers in tens frames, base ten blocks, place value and counting Christmas themed pictures.

Product Use

♥ Math centers

♥ Assessment

♥ Scoot

♥ Early finishers

This pack includes two sets in color and white background with colored clip art:

• Teacher instruction sheet

• 32 task cards in color - students record teen number on their student response sheet.

• Duplicate set with white background and colored clip art - 32 task cards

• Student response sheet

• Answer sheet

Teen Numbers Memory Game - Christmas Theme

These Christmas teen numbers memory games are perfect for reviewing teen numbers and place value! This common core aligned kit consists of two memory games in both color and black lined to save on ink! Teen number anchor charts are also included to display on your bulletin board. Great games to incorporate into your math centers or stations during the month of December!

How to use this product

♥ Play as a game of memory/concentration - independent, pairs, small group or whole class

♥ Matching activity - independent, pairs, small group or whole class in your math centers or stations

Product Includes

Two sets of the following are included in color and black lined:

• Teacher instructions

• Memory Game 1 includes - 9 pairs of Santa themed teen numbers with matching parts (e.g. 1 ten 1 one)

• Memory Game 2 includes - 9 pairs of reindeer themed teen numbers in word form and BASE 10 blocks.

• Teen Numbers Anchor Chart - Display on your bulletin board

Instructions for Memory Game

1. Print, cut and laminate heading cards onto hard card stock paper for durability.
2. Place the cards face down onto the carpet or desks.
3. Students take it in turns to turn over two cards.
4. If the teen number cards match, then the student keeps their cards, and has another turn.
5. The student keeps turning over two cards at a time until, the cards don't match.
6. Then it is the next players turn.
7. The winner is the person with the most cards at the end of the game.

Matching Activity

Alternatively the cards can be used as a matching activity.

There are two anchor charts included in this kit with a definition of teen numbers.

The anchor charts can be displayed on the bulletin board.

Please see the preview for a closer look at some of the game cards.

Four in a Row - Christmas Games

This Christmas Game is a fun game to incorporate into your daily centers! The Christmas game includes: 30 game boards with various Christmas pictures, a set of pictures to call out, teacher instructions and preparation. The object of the game is to connect 4 pictures in a row vertically, horizontally or diagonally. The first person who connects 4 in a row is the winner.

Sorts - Christmas & Winter

Winter & Christmas Sorting pack is a kit of no prep printables! There are 17 cut and paste sorting worksheets for students to consolidate their understanding of nouns, verbs, adjectives, syllables, sight words, odd/even numbers and shapes. Answer sheets are included for each of the sorts.

Editable Christmas Signs

These Christmas theme editable signs are perfect for setting up your groups for the festive season. The editable Christmas signs can be used for literacy signs, math signs, daily messages, group table points or any other purpose you wish to use the signs for. Included in this pack are 13 editable Christmas signs with decorative Christmas/Winter theme backgrounds and cute clip art and frames.

The signs include:

• 6 Christmas editable signs with Chrismas zoo animals.

• 7 Christmas editable signs with funky Candy Kids

Similes

This Winter pack includes:

• anchor chart - what is a simile

• 8 black and white Winter & Christmas themed figurative language worksheets - complete the simile

• 8 colored Winter & Christmas themed worksheets - complete the simile

• 8 Winter & Christmas themed writing paper for students to write descriptions - black and white only

Silly Sentences - Christmas & Winter Theme

This silly sentences pack is sure to get your kids laughing and they will have a ball mixing and matching various sentence beginnings to endings to create funny sentences.

Wouldn't you laugh, writing some of these silly sentences:

A skinny Santa Claus swam like a mermaid.

Gymast Rudolph blew down a candy house.

A funky skater boy swallowed a snowman.

There are so many more funny sentences that your kids can create. This pack includes 24 sentence beginnings and endings sentence parts. Most of the sentence parts are either Christmas or Winter themed. Students can join any sentence beginning with an ending to create a silly sentence. See thumbnail and preview for examples.

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