Description
Build a consistent start-of-day routine with purposeful daily practice.
- Grades: 2–3
- Format: Downloadable teaching resource
Learning Objective
Students will find text evidence, write responses supported by details, and create and interpret class bar graphs.
What's Included
- Morning Work: January Holidays Morning Work: February Holidays
- Morning Work: March Holidays Morning Work: April Holidays
- Morning Work: May Holidays Morning Work: June Holidays
- Morning Work: August Holidays Morning Work: September Holidays
- Morning Work: October Holidays Morning Work: November Holidays
- Morning Work: December Holidays
Ways to Use
Morning work, daily routines, or independent practice.
Preparation
Print the reading and writing pages. Set up a daily graph on a dry-erase board or chart paper and prepare sticky-note labels using the included template. Provide blank sticky notes for student graphing choices.
Standards & Skills
Source-listed alignment: RI.2.10, RI.3.10, W.2.1, W.3.1, W.2.2, W.3.2, W.2.3, W.3.3, 3.MD.B.3.








Jason B. –
My students are absolutely hooked on this resource, and so am I! It’s a great segway to our ELA block, and students love hearing about the diverse holidays, celebrations, and random things to celebrate.
Cheri N. –
literally so cute and so obsessed with how easy to use this is!
Angela W. –
This is a fun resource to use once in awhile. Sadly there are several errors, so I did not use all of them. I’m still picking and choosing which ones to use. It would be great if the pages were editable.
Taylor Y. –
I used this with my 2nd/3rd grade Emotional support students… they loved it!
Julie M. –
One of my learners loved working through these each morning to help him start his day on the right foot. This was perfect for him. Thanks!
Aleyah B. –
Absolutely love this! Gives kids the opportunity to read about a daily holiday as well as show text evidence to answers!
Brian P. –
These are great early finisher activities or bell ringers. I love that each day also comes with a creative writing portion that changes daily.
Katie S. –
We use this as morning work for my 10th grade special education students. They enjoy reading about the special days, and finding text based evidence is aligned with our goals and standards.
Great resource!
Teaching Special Ed –
I live this resource!! It’s provided some great daily practice for my students to read and look back in the text for details. The daily topics are very engaging and spark a lot of conversations.
angela johnson –
This was awesome! My students found it fun and engaging. It was useful and easy to use! Thank you for creating this resource!
Kelly R. –
Thanks so much for this fantastic resource…my students really enjoyed these activities! : )
Lorilee J. –
My students LOVE using this for their bellwork! I love that we get to start the day off with something positive – something people are celebrating. I also love the different cultures that are being represented. My third graders are just starting to come out of their ego-centricity and are very curious about people in different parts of the nation and the world.
Jessica B. –
The students love working on these in class. They love that everyday is some kind of holiday.
Chelsea S. –
This is a great activity for our high school self-contained students
L’erin D. –
These are great monthly bell ringers for in the morning. The students enjoy the different themes and topics of each month.
jonathan –
Thank you, L’erin!
Shannon James –
This is a perfect morning work! I love it! Thank you!
Michelle S. –
Excellent product by one of my favorite sellers! ?
Girl Nerd Teacher –
These are fantastic. I started using them with my students since the first day and they are loving it.
Monica D. –
Very helpful
Lisa R. –
Thank you! My class enjoys these activities.
jonathan –
Glad your class enjoys these, Lisa. Thanks for the feedback!
Julie
Stephanie S. –
An amazing resource.
Malissa C. –
Looking forward to using the product
jennifer smith –
This is great! I can’t wait til the holidays are over, so that I can use this with my class!
Sallie S. –
Wonderful product! You put in a great deal of time! I love the data pictures to go with the graph and the tips to make graphing easy and fun. I would recommend this more for second grade than third. Most of my readers would not be challenged by the text. But, I love the specific days and will use the comprehension to springboard off of.