Newsela Winter Holiday Toolkit

October 7, 2025

Resource: Relevant Instruction

Keep students engaged through winter break and ready for a strong new year

Use seasonal lessons, reading challenges, printables, planning tools, and cross-curricular activities before and after winter break.

What educators can do with the toolkit

  • 1 Plan timely winter instruction Use holiday lessons, seasonal texts, book studies, and cross-curricular activities from November through January.
  • 2 Keep students reading and writing Assign monthly reading challenges, novel-study writing activities, discussion prompts, and printable response pages.
  • 3 Reset routines after winter break Use vision boards, implementation planning tools, account checklists, and daily content calendars to start the new year with focus.
What’s inside

Winter-ready classroom resources

Reading challenges, novel studies, writing activities, holiday lessons, STEM experiments, printables, Luna guidance, and planning tools.

How to use it

Choose a seasonal need

  • Before-break lessons
  • Holiday instruction
  • Independent practice
  • New-year classroom reset
Best for

Winter classroom planning

Teachers, instructional coaches, curriculum teams, and administrators supporting instruction from November through January.

Newsela Winter Holiday Toolkit

Resource: Relevant Instruction

Keep students engaged through winter break and ready for a strong new year

Use seasonal lessons, reading challenges, printables, planning tools, and cross-curricular activities before and after winter break.

What educators can do with the toolkit

  • 1 Plan timely winter instruction Use holiday lessons, seasonal texts, book studies, and cross-curricular activities from November through January.
  • 2 Keep students reading and writing Assign monthly reading challenges, novel-study writing activities, discussion prompts, and printable response pages.
  • 3 Reset routines after winter break Use vision boards, implementation planning tools, account checklists, and daily content calendars to start the new year with focus.
What’s inside

Winter-ready classroom resources

Reading challenges, novel studies, writing activities, holiday lessons, STEM experiments, printables, Luna guidance, and planning tools.

How to use it

Choose a seasonal need

  • Before-break lessons
  • Holiday instruction
  • Independent practice
  • New-year classroom reset
Best for

Winter classroom planning

Teachers, instructional coaches, curriculum teams, and administrators supporting instruction from November through January.

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