Christmas & winter lessons that still teach.

December is the hardest month to keep kids focused, so these units lean into the season without turning into a week of fluff. A Christmas Carol and The Gift of the Magi are real literature units with SCRs, ECRs, tests and slide decks, aligned to Common Core and TEKS.

Teaching younger grades? The winter packs below cover reading passages, phonics centers and story problems, all ready to print.

9 resources, each one yours to keep once you buy it

A Christmas Carol Drama Unit: Elementary + Middle School Tracks, Original Readers' Theater Script, 2 Slide Decks, SCR & ECR

The ultimate A Christmas Carol unit with two tracks: elementary (4–5) gets an original readers' theater script adapted from Dickens; middle school (7–8) works with the Horovitz play plus workhouse history and Dickens comparisons. Drama elements, connotation, conflict, theme, tests, SCRs, ECRs, body biography and one-pager projects, character art and 2 slide decks. CCSS + TEKS.

Curriculum unit · 4–8 · $15

Story Seasons: Winter Fiction Reading Passages

10 original winter stories for grades 3–4, each with multiple choice, vocabulary in context, a theme question and a rotating activity, plus a standards page and answer key.

Reading passages · 3–4 · $4

The Midnight Snow Train: Winter Math & Literacy Unit

14 math and 12 literacy activities with a winter night train theme: patterns, measuring, tallies, ten frames, graphing, time, sight words, rhyming, an emergent reader, sounds and writing.

Printable unit · K–1 · $6

Rocket the Reindeer: Math & Literacy Pack

Eight activities with Rocket, a shy little reindeer: graphing, story problems, measurement, a read-aloud story, an emergent reader, a snack recipe, how-to writing and a sight word game.

Printable unit · K–1 · $4

Hats Off, Snow Friends! CVC & CCVC Center

A winter phonics center with 42 snow friend and hat match-ups (30 CVC, 12 CCVC), a short vowel sort, recording sheets and no-prep word work.

Literacy center · K–1 · $4

Story Problems All Year: Winter & Holidays

40 original addition and subtraction story problems within 20 for Holiday Season, Winter Wonderland, Winter Celebrations (Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Diwali and Ramadan) and Valentine's Day, with full show-your-thinking pages, notebook strips and answer keys.

Math word problems · K–2 · $6

Hello, New Year! Doodle Goal Posters & Planners

Two styles of doodle New Year posters (dated 2027 and a reusable blank year), plus a brainstorm page, goal action plan, one-word page, February check-in and a HELLO NEW YEAR banner.

Writing activity · 3–5 · $3

January Daily Journal Prompts (K–2)

20 January journal prompts for K–2, each on a K page and a 1st–2nd page, plus a student cover, word wall and checklists.

Writing prompts · K–2 · $3