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Students can practice their fine motor skills with this fun worksheet where they will cut along the winding path of a train. They can also color the pictures before cutting.

This 5th-grade article about bird nests is perfect for students studying animal habitats, aspiring birdwatchers, or anyone in need of a little reading comprehension practice!

For this writing prompt, students will identify 3 challenges Ellen is facing in chapters 5 and 6 and describe how they are impacting her life. Directions instruct students to use specific examples from the text, as well as complete sentences.

This writing prompt asks students to put themselves in Annemarie's shoes and describe her feelings, as well as how they would have acted if they were in the same situation.

Students must understand the meanings of the words in order to complete this vocabulary activity using words from chapters 4 through 6 of Number the Stars.

In this section of the book, the vocabulary terms are: sprawled, disdainfully, belligerently, synagogue, dubiously, imperious, tentatively, and seldom. Have your students cut out the cards to play a variety of study games or just glue them together and use them as flashcards.

Reflect on chapters 4 through 6 of Lois Lowry's Number the Stars with these questions, which include both multiple choice and short answer.

Complete this crossword puzzle by using the clues and optional word bank to choose the correct vocabulary words for each location in the puzzle.

Complete this crossword using vocabulary words from this section of Number the Stars. There are clues and an optional word bank to help students complete the puzzle.

The vocabulary terms for this part of the book are contempt, sulking, prodded, obstinate, Resistance, impassive, solemn, trousseau, dawdled, haughtily, and kroner. Use these cards in a variety of ways to practice them.

This worksheet includes a mix of multiple choice and short answer questions, as well as a chart to fill in to help make sure students understand key concepts and topics from chapters 1 through 3.

This section's vocabulary worksheet is a matching activity. Students will match the vocab words to their definitions.

Students will use evidence from the text to support their answers to this writing prompt about the King of Denmark and how he is perceived.

Assign your students this writing prompt to have them practice both their reading comprehension and comparing and contrasting skills.

This step-by-step snowman is the perfect pre-winter-break activity to get students in a festive mood!

Take it one step at a time to draw a Christmas reindeer. Feel free to add a red nose if your want it to be Rudolph!

Follow the eight steps to complete a realistic drawing of a nutcracker.

Take it one step at a time and draw a festive Christmas tree. Even the most beginner artists will succeed with these easy-to-follow directions.

This printable is a fun, step-by-step guide to drawing a Christmas elf.

Cut out the four steps and glue them in the correct order to practice caring for your clothing.

The step-by-step instructions on this page show you how to draw an elf.

This reading passage is all about the axolotl. Despite the adorable animal's popularity, this salamander can only be found in the wild around one lake in Mexico City! Find out more interesting facts with this reading comprehension worksheet.

This worksheet provides examples of each of the three types of bravery. Students will write the correct type on the line provided next to each example. Definitions are provided at the top of the page for reference.

This worksheet describes the three types of bravery: physical, psychological, and moral. It then asks students to write about a time they showed each of these three types.

Have your students read this short passage on bravery and then respond to the questions. These questions encourage deep reflection about the meaning and importance of bravery.

The worksheet presents a variety of realistic scenarios that could present an opportunity to lie or be dishonest. Students will read each scenario and then decide which of the four options best shows honesty.

This short reading passage describes what it means to be honest. Five short answer questions follow, asking students to reflect on what being honest and truthful means to them.

Students will write their own acrostic poem, using each of the letters in the word honest for the first letter of each line.

This survey-style worksheet offers 12 personal statements for students to reflect on. They will circle whether they feel they are true always, sometimes, or never.

This fill-in chart has 4 examples of being dishonest and 4 examples of being honest listed in the Cause column. Students will complete the Effect column with examples of what might happen because of each cause.

Circle whether you agree or disagree with the statements about honesty, such as, "It is always better to tell the truth," "Being honest shows bravery," "Everyone tells lies sometimes," and more. These thought-provoking statements can be discussed amongst the class for a valuable learning opportunity.

On this worksheet, students will read pairs of sentences and circle the one that does not have a vague pronoun.

Identify the vague pronouns in these sentences, and then rewrite each sentence with a clear antecedent. There are multiple ways to fix these sentences.

With this worksheet, students will practice differentiating between vague and not-vague pronouns. They will have to identify which pronouns in sentences are vague.

This short nonfiction article discusses various animals and why and how they spit! The high-interest text is paired with three comprehension questions.

This friendly-looking whale is a great activity to practice cutting skills. Students can color it in before cutting along the dotted line and gluing it to a new piece of paper.

Encourage your students to work slowly and carefully while cutting along the lines to neatly cut out this dinosaur. They can color it in too!

Bring out the coloring supplies and color this bear any way you please. Then cut it out and glue it to another sheet of paper.

Cut out the shapes provided. Then glue them to another piece of paper to build a house. Be sure to color your creation too!

Cut along the wavy lines to follow the path of the balls.

This worksheet requires students to look at the tags on three of their shirts. They will draw each shirt and circle or write the size of the piece of clothing.

With this early learning worksheet, students will color items of clothing according to the directions.

This poem evokes imagery and makes it easy for the reader to visualize what the poet is writing about. Students will answer questions about the content, complete a vocabulary crossword, and respond to a writing prompt.

Follow the step-by-step instructions to draw this Pilgrim hat.

This worksheet features 8 easy-to-follow, step-by-step instructions to draw a cornucopia.

Learn or reinforce the understanding of the vocabulary words for this section of the book by completing a fun crossword puzzle activity.

This set of questions includes 6 multiple choice questions and 4 short responses for students to complete.

Practice recognizing beginning sounds and their letters with this worksheet. Students will color or dab the letter each word starts with.

Color the letter that makes the beginning sound of each picture on this early learning worksheet. Pictures are of easily recognizable things and include a barn, frog, cookie, and watermelon.

Mark the letter that makes the beginning sound of each word. Words include zebra, snowman, bat, house, flower, cake, and more.