Formative Winter Holiday Toolkit

Resource: Engagement Kit

Check understanding throughout winter lessons

Use monthly activity calendars, interactive Formative assessments, and ready-to-use lesson routines to check understanding across subjects and guide your next teaching move.

What teachers can do with the kit

  • 1 Plan with three monthly activity calendars November 2026 through January 2027, with seasonal activities in math, ELA, science, and social studies.
  • 2 Teach six featured lesson sections Veterans Day, Thanksgiving, winter holidays, a reading log, a semester reset, and Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
  • 3 Check understanding in real time Review student responses during activities to choose a discussion, mini-lesson, or extension.
What’s inside

Activities and assessment examples

Find monthly activity calendars, holiday lessons, assessment examples, a New Year’s reading log, and second-semester reflection activities.

How to use it

Assign, check, and respond

  • ✓ Choose an activity from a monthly calendar
  • ✓ Introduce a topic or guiding question
  • ✓ Check student responses in real time
  • ✓ Use responses to guide the next step
Best for

Seasonal activities with formative checks

Teachers who want winter math, ELA, science, and social studies activities with opportunities to see what students understand during instruction.

Formative Winter Holiday Toolkit

Resource: Engagement Kit

Check understanding throughout winter lessons

Use monthly activity calendars, interactive Formative assessments, and ready-to-use lesson routines to check understanding across subjects and guide your next teaching move.

What teachers can do with the kit

  • 1 Plan with three monthly activity calendars November 2026 through January 2027, with seasonal activities in math, ELA, science, and social studies.
  • 2 Teach six featured lesson sections Veterans Day, Thanksgiving, winter holidays, a reading log, a semester reset, and Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
  • 3 Check understanding in real time Review student responses during activities to choose a discussion, mini-lesson, or extension.
What’s inside

Activities and assessment examples

Find monthly activity calendars, holiday lessons, assessment examples, a New Year’s reading log, and second-semester reflection activities.

How to use it

Assign, check, and respond

  • ✓ Choose an activity from a monthly calendar
  • ✓ Introduce a topic or guiding question
  • ✓ Check student responses in real time
  • ✓ Use responses to guide the next step
Best for

Seasonal activities with formative checks

Teachers who want winter math, ELA, science, and social studies activities with opportunities to see what students understand during instruction.

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