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Newsela Winter Holiday Toolkit

October 12, 2026

Resource: Engagement Kit

Build critical thinking into winter lessons

Use monthly content calendars, cross-curricular activities, and printable organizers to help students read, discuss, research, and write about seasonal topics.

Printable kit

Winter Toolkit

Newsela ELA Paired texts and poetry
Newsela Social Studies History and cultural inquiry
Newsela STEM Seasonal science activities
Newsela Writing Evidence-based written responses

What teachers can do with the kit

1 Plan with three monthly content calendars November 2026, December 2026, and January 2027, with linked readings, activities, and videos.
2 Teach four featured lesson sections Veterans Day, Thanksgiving, winter holiday lessons, and New Year’s poetry.
3 Use five printable student pages Organizers for central ideas, comparison, paired texts, prior knowledge, and poetry responses.

What’s inside

Seasonal lessons and printables

Find activities on Veterans Day, Thanksgiving, Hanukkah, the winter solstice, Christmas, Kwanzaa, and New Year’s poetry, plus monthly calendars and printable organizers.

How to use it

Choose a topic, then teach

✓ Pick a topic from a monthly calendar
✓ Read an article or paired text
✓ Guide annotation, discussion, or research
✓ Use a printable to capture student thinking

Best for

Cross-curricular winter planning

Teachers planning ELA, social studies, STEM, and writing lessons from November through January, with activities that connect seasonal topics to classroom skills.

All resources Engagement Kits

Newsela Winter Holiday Toolkit

October 12, 2026

Resource: Engagement Kit

Build critical thinking into winter lessons

Use monthly content calendars, cross-curricular activities, and printable organizers to help students read, discuss, research, and write about seasonal topics.

Printable kit

Winter Toolkit

Newsela ELA Paired texts and poetry
Newsela Social Studies History and cultural inquiry
Newsela STEM Seasonal science activities
Newsela Writing Evidence-based written responses

What teachers can do with the kit

1 Plan with three monthly content calendars November 2026, December 2026, and January 2027, with linked readings, activities, and videos.
2 Teach four featured lesson sections Veterans Day, Thanksgiving, winter holiday lessons, and New Year’s poetry.
3 Use five printable student pages Organizers for central ideas, comparison, paired texts, prior knowledge, and poetry responses.

What’s inside

Seasonal lessons and printables

Find activities on Veterans Day, Thanksgiving, Hanukkah, the winter solstice, Christmas, Kwanzaa, and New Year’s poetry, plus monthly calendars and printable organizers.

How to use it

Choose a topic, then teach

✓ Pick a topic from a monthly calendar
✓ Read an article or paired text
✓ Guide annotation, discussion, or research
✓ Use a printable to capture student thinking

Best for

Cross-curricular winter planning

Teachers planning ELA, social studies, STEM, and writing lessons from November through January, with activities that connect seasonal topics to classroom skills.

All Resources Engagement Kits

Newsela Winter Holiday Toolkit

Resource: Engagement Kit

Build critical thinking into winter lessons

Use monthly content calendars, cross-curricular activities, and printable organizers to help students read, discuss, research, and write about seasonal topics.

Printable kit

Winter Toolkit

Newsela ELA Paired texts and poetry
Newsela Social Studies History and cultural inquiry
Newsela STEM Seasonal science activities
Newsela Writing Evidence-based written responses

What teachers can do with the kit

1 Plan with three monthly content calendars November 2026, December 2026, and January 2027, with linked readings, activities, and videos.
2 Teach four featured lesson sections Veterans Day, Thanksgiving, winter holiday lessons, and New Year’s poetry.
3 Use five printable student pages Organizers for central ideas, comparison, paired texts, prior knowledge, and poetry responses.

What’s inside

Seasonal lessons and printables

Find activities on Veterans Day, Thanksgiving, Hanukkah, the winter solstice, Christmas, Kwanzaa, and New Year’s poetry, plus monthly calendars and printable organizers.

How to use it

Choose a topic, then teach

✓ Pick a topic from a monthly calendar
✓ Read an article or paired text
✓ Guide annotation, discussion, or research
✓ Use a printable to capture student thinking

Best for

Cross-curricular winter planning

Teachers planning ELA, social studies, STEM, and writing lessons from November through January, with activities that connect seasonal topics to classroom skills.

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