Beat the Winter Blues! Engaging Review Activities to Meet ALL Students’ Needs

What is the hardest time of the school year? For me, it’s January, February, and March.

There’s so much going on August through December. There’s the anticipation of back to school, starting fresh and looking forward to the year ahead. Then there’s fall and all of the upcoming holidays that students are eagerly looking forward to.

In April and May, summer’s on the horizon. The days are getting longer again, and students are getting antsy.

But January, February, and March… these seem to drag out the longest. You know the next break is spring break, but that seems so far away.

If you’re feeling it as a teacher, just imagine how your students feel. Let’s go through some activities that will help keep your students engaged.

JANUARY — You’re just back from winter break, it’s cold outside, and it can be tough to get the kids excited about school again. These activities can be spread throughout the whole month.

This New Year’s resolution writing resource includes FOUR fun goals activities to start off New Year’s in January. Create a Happy New Year bulletin board with the pennants and football that students make. Get your students engaged right away when you return from break!

This New Year’s collaborative coloring poster is perfect for your winter-themed bulletin board! Students practice rounding to the nearest 100 and use the code to color one of 25 blocks. All 25 blocks make a large poster that is 30 x 30 inches!

Students review grammar/parts of speech to color one of 36 blocks. Build a positive classroom community as students complete the blocks and put the poster together. The end result will look great on your winter bulletin board where you showcase your students’ writing skills!

10 COLOR BY NUMBERS for PLACE VALUE, ROUNDING, MULTIPLICATION, & DIVISION
2 pages PLACE VALUE review
2 pages of ROUNDING to the nearest 100/1,000
1 page ADDITION/SUBTRACTION review
3 pages MULTIPLICATION and DIVISION review
1 page FRACTION review
1 page TIME to the nearest minute review

These winter writing story elements task cards are perfect prompts to get your students writing creative stories! There are graphic organizers and final draft options for students to create their winter story.

Keep students engaged with writing during those days coming back from winter break! You get 6 descriptive writing prompts for winter. Each snowman prompt has a graphic organizer so students can organizer their thoughts.

Students answer questions related to the winter season. There are 34 total student pages in this resource. There are 3 different activities/options to meet the needs of your classroom.

Here’s a quick activity for students. It should be a review of basic multiplication for 3rd or 4th graders, and they should be able to complete it individually.

FEBRUARY — What can you look forward to in February? It’s only 28 days, and you may get a day or two off for Presidents’ Day. What about Valentine’s Day? I think it’s one of the hardest days of the year. The students are so excited to pass out valentines that it can be difficult keeping their attention. These activities might help!

Students practice identifying nouns, adjectives, verbs, and more! You’ll get 12 grammar color by code activities. You can use these as independent practice after teaching/reviewing a skill, and/or put them out for early finishers!

11 color by number activity worksheets
2 reviewing place value to 100s and 1,000s
3 rounding review – to the nearest 10, 100, & 1,000
2 multiplication review
2 division review
2 multiplication/division mixed review

These Valentine’s Day math candy hearts activities include worksheets for students to complete using Valentine’s Day candy hearts. Students create math charts and graphs (TALLY CHART, LINE PLOT, BAR GRAPH, PICTOGRAPH, FRACTIONS) using the colors of their candy hearts.

Students answer questions related to Valentine’s Day. There are 42 total student pages in this resource. There are 3 different activities/options to meet the needs of your classroom.

This product includes math and grammar review color sheets. Math concepts included are multiplication and division. Grammar concepts are parts of speech. These are great for checking for understanding or using as review. They could also be used with early finishers.

Students practice multiplication using arrays with heart images in this Valentine’s Day math resource. Students practice looking at rows of hearts and seeing how the repeated addition is related to multiplication. They also create their own array.

Let’s not forget about Presidents’ Day! These activities are perfect for practicing reading comprehension skills.

These reading comprehension activities are great for learning about George Washington.

4 pages of reading passage
12 comprehension questions
color by number comprehension activity
character traits that best describe Washington
2 different summary activities
Google Form quiz

These reading comprehension activities are great for learning about Abraham Lincoln.

3 pages of reading passage
12 comprehension questions
color by number comprehension activity
character traits that best describe Lincoln
Pick 6 summary activity
Close Reading fill in
Google Form quiz

This George Washington/Presidents’ Day escape room will take students on a FUN reading comprehension journey! This activity has students read about George Washington and complete challenges in order to ‘escape.’

After reading the passage, students go through FOUR challenges, referring back to the passage to find their answers.

This Abraham Lincoln/Presidents’ Day escape room is a FUN reading comprehension activity. Students will read about Lincoln and complete FOUR challenges to ‘escape’ the activity!

MARCH — There really isn’t much going on in March. If Easter and your spring break are in April, then St. Patrick’s Day and the beginning of spring are it. These St. Patrick’s Day activities are perfect for the first few weeks of March.

This St. Patrick’s Day collaborative coloring poster is perfect for your March bulletin board! Students practice their multiplication facts to color one of 36 blocks. All 36 blocks make a large poster that is 36 x 36 inches! Saying on the poster is: OUR WORK SHINES BRIGHTER THAN A POT OF GOLD!

These worksheets are perfect to do in March. Students practice identifying nouns, adjectives, verbs, and more!

You’ll get 12 grammar color by code activities. You can use these as independent practice after teaching/reviewing a skill, and/or put them out for early finishers!

8 COLOR BY NUMBERS for PLACE VALUE, ROUNDING, MULTIPLICATION, & DIVISION
3 pages of ROUNDING to the nearest 10/100/1,000
2 pages ADDITION/SUBTRACTION review
5 pages MULTIPLICATION and DIVISION review
4 pages WORD PROBLEMS – both one-step & multi-step
2 pages FRACTION review
2 pages TIME to the nearest minute review
1 page PERIMETER review
1 page AREA review

Students restate the question in their answer with these fun questions for March. Students answer questions related to St. Patrick’s Day. There are 34 total student pages in this resource. There are 3 different activities/options to meet the needs of your classroom.

This fun St. Patrick’s Day writing activity has students practice writing a five sentence paragraph! There are 3 different prompts — finding a four-leaf clover, a pot of gold, and a leprechaun hat.

This resource includes 6 descriptive writing prompts for St. Patrick’s Day. Each prompt has a graphic organizer so students can organizer their thoughts. This creative writing assignment can be completed a few different ways.

This resource includes NINE writing activities perfect for St. Patrick’s Day. You could complete all of them throughout the month of March, or choose which ones best fit your students’ needs. You could also differentiate for students.

These fun and simple writing and craft activities are perfect for St. Patrick’s Day and Spring. All three options could go along with St. Patrick’s Day. Or, you could do the four-leaf clover and pot of gold for St. Patrick’s Day and the rainbow for a spring writing activity.

This resource includes 20 St. Patrick’s Day acrostic poems. Each has a fun font, border, and art for students to make their own.

This fun St. Patrick’s Day writing activity is made for teaching students how to write a limerick! It includes lesson pages with original limericks, and worksheets for students to practice writing their own limerick. They would be a great addition to any St. Patrick’s Day displays you have up in your classroom.

As spring begins, these resources have activities that are sure to keep students focused on their learning.

1 elapsed time review
10 color by number activity worksheets
1 reviewing place value to 10s, 100s, and 1,000s
3 rounding review – to the nearest 10, 100, & 1,000
2 multiplication review
2 division review
1 multiplication & division review

These worksheets are perfect to do in March, April, and May. Students practice identifying nouns, adjectives, verbs, and more!You’ll get 12 grammar color by code activities. You can use these as independent practice after teaching/reviewing a skill, and/or put them out for early finishers!

These worksheets are perfect to do in March or April. Students practice identifying nouns, adjectives, verbs, and more! You’ll get 10 grammar color by code activities. You can use these as independent practice after teaching/reviewing a skill, and/or put them out for early finishers! The words included are non religious.

Students answer questions related to the spring season. There are 34 total student pages in this resource. There are 3 different activities/options to meet the needs of your classroom.

WOW! That’s a lot of activities that can help keep your students engaged during the winter months. You’ll love these activities because students will be reviewing important skills for math, writing, grammar, and reading.

These types of resources are also perfect for differentiation! Those students who need a challenge can do more, while those who struggle may only get one or two completed.

Are you in desperate need for engaging activities for early finishers? These will meet your needs because students will be working on concepts and skills they need to review, instead of just busy work.

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