December 2021 - Creative Writing Prompt Activity

Grab this month's (December 2021) free creative writing activity to get your kids writing an interesting winter narrative about the relationship between the dog and the snowman in the picture. Make it simple by getting your students to write a short conversation between the dog and the snowman, or challenge them to write a story from the dog's perspective.


This free creative writing activity includes:

• A writing prompt with a picture
• Story requirement guidelines
• Story Challenge suggestions (optional)

Continue reading to grab this free writing resource. 

File Type
The file is in Microsoft PowerPoint format, which hopefully will suit many digital learning needs. But, if not, you can save the digital 'Prompt Card' from the document as an image onto your desktop and re-use the image in another file type that suits your virtual learning platform. 

Download your free Winter creative writing resource below or <click here to find in my TPT store>.

december_2021_writing_prompt_activity.pptx
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Preparation and Assigning

• Digital Use: delete the editable lines under the prompt, and then your students can type their story in that textbox section. They can add more slides if they wish to make their story longer! Otherwise, you can also copy and paste the visual prompt with instructions 'image' into another file type or platform that works best for your virtual learning style. --> To save the prompt digital 'card', right-click the image, click 'Save as Picture' from the drop-down menu, then rename the prompt card and save it into your preferred destination folder.

 

• Printable Use: Print the worksheet slides, make copies, and the prompt is ready to go!

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Story Guidelines & Challenges
The prompt card includes guidelines and suggestions to help your students with what to include in their story. Make the story challenge optional for extra credit points. 

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Check out some more fun Winter Resources to make learning fun for your kids!​

My Winter Wonderland Math Project

A$5.00

My Winter Wonderland is a fun way to practice a variety of math skills and helps your students to see how math is applied to the real world. Winter Math Project: My Winter Wonderland takes students through 10 exciting and educational levels to build and run their own magical Winter Wonderland.

In your download you will receive a pdf file, which contains:

- Teacher Instructions

- Printable Booklet for each student to use when completing the project

- OPTIONAL USE FOR DIFFERENTIATION: Stencil cut outs (measured to meet the area requirements in level 2) of rides, shops, restaurants, decorations and facilities. Students can cut and paste their purchases onto their land map instead of drawing in themselves. Custom options available too.

- A new pdf file marked 'easy' is included. This version of the project reduces the $$$ amounts.

Easy to prep for you! Plus, it's a fun way for your kids to do math too!

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Winter Math Mystery 8th Grade - Case of the Snowman Army

A$4.50

Winter Math Mystery: the Case of the Snowman Army. This math activity is a fun way to review and practice mathematical skills in the classroom or at home. Ideal for spiral review, consolidation, math centers, homework, enrichment, early-finisher or the sub-tub.

Easy prep! Just Print & Solve! Or go paperless with the new Google Slides option provided within your download.

Students must complete math worksheets to unlock clues. Then, use their powers of deduction to narrow down the list of possibilities to solve the mystery case!

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Winter Math Word Problem Prompt Cards - FREE

A$0.00

These Winter 'What's the question?' cards are great to help your students create their own winter themed math word problems. Differentiate this card set by setting the challenge to make word problems involving either multiplication, division, negative numbers for higher grades OR keep it to basic addition and subtraction for lower grades.

HOW TO USE

Each student receives a card and must create a math word problem that will result to the information given on that card. After the creating part, students swap their Halloween math word problems with other students. Once students complete the word problem, they check in with the creator to see if they answered it correctly!

CLICK HERE to learn more about using this resource on my blo

PREPARATION

Download, print, laminate and cut the cards. Store in a ziplock bag, small box, or envelope for easy reused and organization.

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Winter Math Mystery: The Case of the Smashed Snowmen

A$3.50

This Winter Math Mystery, the Case of the Smashed Snowmen, will engage and motivate your students to practice their math skills. This 5 W's Format Mystery does not require an elimination process. Instead, students solve a piece of the puzzle in each clue to discover the who, where, when, what and why in their investigation of the case. Students will need to cut out the picture answer on their clue sheet and paste to their Mystery Case file until all five are completed.

Preparation and Materials Required:

• No Prep required, just print, photocopy, and go!
• Your students will need pencils, scissors, paper, and some coloring pencils.
• NEW: Google Slides link added to the 'Teacher Instructions' page to assign the worksheets digitally

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Winter Math Mystery: Case of the Snowman Army - 3rd Grade Edition

A$4.50

Winter Math Mystery: the Case of the Snowman Army. This math activity is a fun way to review and practice mathematical skills in the classroom or at home. Ideal for spiral review, consolidation, math centers, homework, enrichment, early-finisher or the sub-tub.

Distance Learning Update: I've added a Word Document within the folder that contains a Google Doc link to share this resource with your students via Google Classroom or Drive.

Students must complete math worksheets to unlock clues. Then, use their powers of deduction to narrow down the list of possibilities to solve the mystery case!

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Winter Math Mystery: Case of the Snowman Army - 4th Grade Edition

A$4.50

Winter Math Mystery: the Case of the Snowman Army. This math activity is a fun way to review and practice mathematical skills in the classroom or at home. Ideal for spiral review, consolidation, math centers, homework, enrichment, early-finisher or the sub-tub.

Distance Learning Update: I've added a Word Document within the folder that contains a Google Doc link to share this resource with your students via Google Classroom or Drive.

Students must complete math worksheets to unlock clues. Then, use their powers of deduction to narrow down the list of possibilities to solve the mystery case!

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Winter Math Mystery: Case of the Snowman Army - 5th Grade Edition

A$4.00

Winter Math Mystery: the Case of the Snowman Army (5th Grade Edition). This math activity is a fun way to review and practice mathematical skills in the classroom or at home. Ideal for spiral review, consolidation, math centers, homework, enrichment, early-finisher or the sub-tub.

Distance Learning Update: I've added a Word Document within the folder that contains a Google Slides link to share this resource with your students via Google Classroom or Drive.

Students must complete math worksheets to unlock clues. Then, use their powers of deduction to narrow down the list of possibilities to solve the mystery case!

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Winter Math Mystery: Case of the Snowman Army - 6th Grade Edition

A$4.50

Winter Math Mystery: the Case of the Snowman Army. This math activity is a fun way to review and practice mathematical skills in the classroom or at home. Ideal for spiral review, consolidation, math centers, homework, enrichment, early-finisher or the sub-tub.

Easy prep! Just Print & Solve! Or go paperless with the new Google Slides option provided within your download.

Students must complete math worksheets to unlock clues. Then, use their powers of deduction to narrow down the list of possibilities to solve the mystery case!

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Winter Math Mystery: Case of the Snowman Army - 1st Grade Edition

A$4.50

Winter Math Mystery: the Case of the Snowman Army. This math activity is a fun way to review and practice mathematical skills in the classroom or at home. Ideal for spiral review, consolidation, math centers, homework, enrichment, early-finisher or the sub-tub.

Distance Learning Update: I've added a Word Document within the folder that contains a Google Doc link to share this resource with your students via Google Classroom or Drive.

Students must complete math worksheets to unlock clues. Then, use their powers of deduction to narrow down the list of possibilities to solve the mystery case!

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Winter Math Mystery: Case of the Snowman Army - 2nd Grade Edition

A$4.50

Winter Math Mystery: the Case of the Snowman Army. This math activity is a fun way to review and practice mathematical skills in the classroom or at home. Ideal for spiral review, consolidation, math centers, homework, enrichment, early-finisher or the sub-tub.

Video intro and ending included.

Distance Learning Update: I've added a Word Document within the folder that contains a Google Doc link to share this resource with your students via Google Classroom or Drive.

Students must complete math worksheets to unlock clues. Then, use their powers of deduction to narrow down the list of possibilities to solve the mystery case!

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