Diwali: Festival of Lights

Teach your students how the words diya, rangoli, gift, and feast relate to Diwali, and have them practice tracing and writing the words on this worksheet.

Students can color the pictures, write the vocabulary words to complete the sentences, and cut out and attach the pages to create their very own Diwali mini book.

Look for words like thankfulness, rangolis, lunar, moon, and more in this Diwali-themed word search.

This Diwali word search is a bit harder than our easy version. It features longer and more advanced terms such as Princess Sita, Prince Rama, enlightenment, incarnation, and Narakasura.

Teach students the basics of Diwali with this nonfiction passage. For those at a 4th grade or higher reading level, it makes great independent work. For those at lower levels, you may wish to read the article as a group and have them answer the questions either independently or together.

Written for more advanced readers or to be used as a guided classroom activity, this article gives details about Diwali and its celebrations as well as the story behind the holiday.

Diwali's date is based on the phases of the moon. It always happens during the new moon. With this worksheet, students will fill in the different phases of the moon and write the date that Diwali falls on this year.

Use this Venn diagram to compare and contrast Diwali to another holiday, noting both similarities and differences.

This worksheet gives students a brief description of what a rangoli is and instructs them to design their own. With a dotted grid, students can easily include flowers, diyas, or other design elements in their rangoli.

Use your favorite shades to color in this intricate rangoli design.

This rangoli coloring page features diyas around an intricate design.

If your students enjoy coloring in rangolis, here is another Diwali-themed coloring page with one!

Add or subtract to find solutions to all of the problems on the page. Then color according to the key to create a beautiful rangoli.