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Secret Santa Christmas Writing Prompts Unit

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You and your students will LOVE this Secret Santa Christmas Writing Prompts Activity!

Secret Santa Writer’s Workshop Unit is a classroom community-building service unit and writing unit. Students will become a “Secret Santa” for another student in the class. Students will have 10 writing prompts to write letters to their Secret Santa. They will also have 4 accountability writing prompts in which they report their acts of service to their teacher. At the end of the unit, the students reveal their Secret Santa with a fun activity!

Best of all? This Christmas Writing Prompts Unit includes lots of editable sections! You will type your students’ names only one time, and they will auto-populate as needed throughout the unit.

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WHAT’S INCLUDED IN THIS CHRISTMAS WRITING PROMPTS UNIT? 

  • Teacher Information & Preparation- All the unit information and preparation are clearly laid out so you know exactly what you need to do!
  • Secret Santa Intro Lesson Plan- This lesson plan is a fun way to introduce the unit using the original Secret Santa story. The lesson shows you how to lead from the story to the student becoming a Secret Santa to another student.
  • Christmas Writing Prompts Info- This page clearly lays out the two types of writing prompts: Secret Santa writing prompts and Report to Teacher Writing Prompts.
  • The Big Reveal Activity Lesson Plan– This Secret Santa reveal activity is a huge hit! The students will have a lot of fun guessing who their Secret Santa is with this social activity.
  • Original Secret Santa Story- An original Secret Santa story is included to introduce the unit. The story explains how Santa asked another boy to include his classmate and become a Secret Santa, and how the two boys ended up becoming friends!
  • EDITABLE Parent Letter- An editable parent letter has been added! It is typed into and ready to go so all you need to do is type your name and the date. You may edit the contents of the letter as well if you’d like.
  • EDITABLE Student Name Cards- Add your student’s names to the student name cards so they are ready for the students to draw a name to become a Secret Santa! FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE, you only need to type your students’ names into the document ONE TIME, and they will auto-populate onto the Secret Santa Recording Sheets AND the Reveal Cards! No need to type them out three times. Pretty cool, right? Color and black and white included!
  • EDITABLE Secret Santa Recording Sheet- This adorable recording sheet is for you, as the teacher! This helps you keep track as you deliver the letters. It is also inevitable that students will forget who they were assigned to, so it’s great to have your list handy. You can type the assigned classmate’s name, or print out the form and write them as the students draw names. Color and black and white included!
  • Secret Santa Daily Writing Prompts- 10 prompts PLUS 6 Editable Templates. These prompts are what students will use to write their letters to their assigned classmates. There are 10 prompts that students will use to write to their assigned classmates. (Example: “Tell your classmate one thing that you like about them. It can be a personality trait, a talent, or any sort of compliment. Use descriptive words!”) There are 10 pre-made prompts included, and 6 editable pages for you to create your own! Full-color versions are included for you to display using a SMARTBoard, Projector, etc. This makes it easy for students to see the prompts at all times. If you prefer, black and white versions to print out are also included.
  • Report To Teacher Prompts- 4 prompts PLUS 2 Editable Templates.The second kind of writing prompt the students will get is the “Report to Teacher” prompt. These keep the students accountable for looking after their assigned classmate as a Secret Santa. They also help you to see how the students are helping each other! (Example: “What is one kind of thing you have done for your classmate this week as their Secret Santa?”) There are four of these prompts pre-written and two editable templates for you to add your own! Full-color versions for projecting or black and white for printing are both included.
  • Student Writing Pages- MULTIPLE VERSIONS! These writing pages will be used for all of the writing prompts. There are two levels included. One is just lined for all text. Another includes fewer lines and a box for drawing a picture. There are 2 color varieties and a black-and-white version for each one!
  • EDITABLE Secret Santa Reveal Cards- The students’ names will automatically show up on these reveal cards to reflect what was typed into the initial student name cards, so they are ready to print! Just print them and cut them, and they are ready for the final reveal activity.
  • Student “Thank You” Writing Pages- After the Secret Santas are revealed, have the students write a thank you letter to the student who was their Secret Santa!

You May Also Enjoy my other Christmas Products to spread Christmas Cheer! 
– December ELA Sub Plans for Kindergarten 
– December ELA Sub Plans for 1st and 2nd Grades 
– December ELA Sub Plans for 3rd, 4th, & 5th Grades 

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You can check out my Ready to Go Sub Plans for grades Pre-K-6 by clicking here!

HAVE A QUESTION OR CONCERN ABOUT THIS PRODUCT?
Please email me before leaving feedback and I’ll try my best to help you out! You can email me at kelsey@wifeteachermommy.com.

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129 reviews for Secret Santa Christmas Writing Prompts Unit

  1. SparklyTeachables –

    Thanks! Great resource

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    • Educate & Rejuvenate (verified owner) –

      I’m so glad you enjoyed it! Thank you for your feedback!

  2. Courtney A. –

    Fun!

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    • Educate & Rejuvenate (verified owner) –

      Thank you! 🙂

  3. Heidi B. –

    Excellent product, thank you!

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    • Educate & Rejuvenate (verified owner) –

      Thanks so much! 🙂

  4. Paige H. –

    My students had a blast with this! Thanks!

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    • Educate & Rejuvenate (verified owner) –

      So glad! Thank you! 🙂

  5. Magnolia Teacher Resources and Coaching –

    Thanks!!

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      Thank you!

  6. Tricycles and Triangles –

    Thank you!

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    • Educate & Rejuvenate (verified owner) –

      Thank you! 🙂

  7. Yvette F. –

    Thank you. Timesaver

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    • Educate & Rejuvenate (verified owner) –

      Thank you for the feedback, Yvette! 🙂

  8. Cara’s Creative Playground –

    This is so fun!

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    • Educate & Rejuvenate (verified owner) –

      Thank you! 🙂

  9. Hema T. –

    I like this resource…So much fun!!!!

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  10. Organized Oasis –

    So much fun!

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  11. Rachel Dominguez –

    Thank you!

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    • Educate & Rejuvenate (verified owner) –

      Thank you for the feedback, Rachel!

  12. Lori D. –

    This was a precious activity for my students. They loved it!!

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    • Educate & Rejuvenate (verified owner) –

      Thank you for the feedback, Lori! 🙂

  13. Felicia A. –

    Loved this!

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  14. Anna F. –

    My students really enjoyed these.

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  15. Joyfully Uncommon –

    Very thorough. Great Christmas activity!

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  16. Heather L. –

    This was wonderful! Thank you so much!!!!

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  17. Diana Flores –

    Thanks!

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  18. Pachner in Primary –

    can;t wait to try this out!

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  19. Heidi B. –

    Excellent resource!! Thanks!

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  20. Ruth K. –

    I can’t wait to use this. It is going to tie in so well with our Random Acts of Kindness activities for November! Thank you.

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  21. erica wilson –

    great resource!

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    • Educate & Rejuvenate (verified owner) –

      Thank you, Erica! 🙂 Be sure to check out the brand new update! 🙂

  22. Shelby K. –

    So fun! I love building our classroom community with these types of activities 🙂

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    • Educate & Rejuvenate (verified owner) –

      Thanks, Shelby! Glad you like it! 🙂

  23. Paula V. –

    Cant wait to try this in my classroom. Love the idea of helping students and building a positive classroom community.

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    • Educate & Rejuvenate (verified owner) –

      Thanks so much, Paula! 🙂

  24. Michele G. –

    Fun for the Holidays! Kids are going to love being secret Santa!

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    • Educate & Rejuvenate (verified owner) –

      So glad they’ll love it! Thanks, Michele!

  25. Ahlayn Labuanan –

    Such a cute idea! Can’t wait to use this with my first graders.

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    • Educate & Rejuvenate (verified owner) –

      Thanks, Ahlayn! 🙂

  26. Nicole L. –

    i can not wait to introduce this to my students next week. they are always writing note anyway what a great way to end before christmas

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    • Educate & Rejuvenate (verified owner) –

      So glad to hear this, Nicole! Hope they have so much fun! 🙂

  27. Colleen M. –

    This activity is perfect to sneak in a little more writing, AND community building right before the break! Thank you for the update! The autofill feature was great. I can type my students’ names as many times as I need to…but to do it once and be done was handy!

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    • Educate & Rejuvenate (verified owner) –

      Thank you, Colleen! So glad you like it!

  28. Diana I. –

    Thanks

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  29. Loretta F. –

    Love this! Kids are having so much fun!

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  30. Lanetta S. –

    Thank you

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  31. Colleen Khani –

    This is a great way to build classroom community. If your students want to do a grab bag, this is the perfect way to turn it into a valuable lesson. Thank you!

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    • Educate & Rejuvenate (verified owner) –

      Thanks so much, Colleen! 🙂

  32. Aimee H. –

    Great!

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  33. Tina W. –

    I can’t say enough about how great this activity was for my 5th and 6th grade classes! I paired each class with a class from a different grade. My 5th graders were secret santa writers with 1st graders, and my 6th graders were secret santa writers with 3rd graders. I teamed up with the younger grades to also help them with their writing. It worked beautifully! We wrote to each other for the last 2 weeks until Christmas break, and on the last day, we revealed ourselves to each other at a Christmas cookie decorating party. We also gave each other a little treat to go with each letter. I can’t begin to tell you how just in a short time, all the students improved with their writing. The teachers of the younger grades were amazed at the improvement of writing among their students in just a short time too through this very worthwhile activity. It was such a success that we are going to continue writing to each other through pen pal journals. Thank you so much for your time in putting this wonderfully fun and educational activity together for all of us teachers out here! I will definitely be using it again next year!

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    • Educate & Rejuvenate (verified owner) –

      Oh, I absolutely loved reading this! Thank you so much for sharing, Tina! I’m glad that it was fun for the students and helped their writing improve in such a short amount of time. I am hoping to create some similar themed writing sets for other holidays in the future, so if you have any suggestions, feel free to send them my way! 🙂

  34. Courtney O. –

    My 5th graders LOVED this unit. We did not use the report to teacher letters, but they had a great time writing to someone else in the class and keeping it a secret. We even did a small gift exchange before Christmas break to finish up the unit. This supplemented my Language curriculum perfectly.

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    • Educate & Rejuvenate (verified owner) –

      That sounds like a lot of fun! Thanks for the feedback! 🙂

  35. Sue C. –

    We had a great time with this during the last few weeks of December. Next year I am going to start it earlier in the month to let the students write more clues to each other.

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  36. Casey Norman –

    Super cute!

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  37. Kimberly B. –

    The kids loved this! We saved them all then created a books for each other.

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    • Educate & Rejuvenate (verified owner) –

      I love that idea! Thank you for the feedback, Kimberly!

  38. Camilla B. –

    What a fun idea! Didn’t find it until it was too late for this past Christmas but have plans use next year!

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  39. Missy H. –

    What a wonderful too to encourage children to be kind to one another. Thank you!

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  40. Goldilocks’ Basket –

    This was an awesome holiday activity! It really helped my students to be thoughtful toward each other and focus on giving more than receiving during the holiday season. The editable templates were so easy to use and made the experience perfectly personalized to our classroom!

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    • Educate & Rejuvenate (verified owner) –

      So glad you loved it! Thanks so much for the feedback!

  41. Kimberly B. –

    Great product!

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  42. Sabrina M. –

    Thank you!

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  43. Leona –

    Great!

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  44. Sarah Calaway –

    Love this!! Thanks!

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  45. Brooke L. –

    This activity was awesome! I used this all of December along with my letter writing unti. This was also a good activity to do during the season of giving by allowing my students to “give” each other some uplifting words. LOVED IT!

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  46. Rachel G. –

    Love it, love it, love it!! My students enjoyed this so much!

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  47. Michael D. –

    Thank you for sharing!

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  48. kristen L. –

    loved this

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  49. Sara Wood –

    Used these templates for a Secret Santa event I did with my 4th graders. They had such a blast & loved the Christmas themed notecards 🙂

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  50. Creative Coach Collection –

    Love it

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  51. Jenna L. –

    Love the idea to build our classroom community!

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  52. Kristen H. –

    Exactly what my class needed! Everything you need to implement the activity is included. Editing works flawlessly. Type and print!

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    • Educate & Rejuvenate (verified owner) –

      Thank you, Kristen!

  53. Laura C. –

    My students were super excited about doing this. Several snow days made us shorten it to only one note, but they still loved it!

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  54. Jenny W. –

    THANK YOU!

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  55. Krystal Wiliams –

    Great Resource!

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  56. Caroline M. –

    Such a fun way to provide a great classroom culture!

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  57. Robyn S. –

    This is such a great resource to help reinforce kindness to all.

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  58. Paula E. –

    My class loved doing this.

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  59. Candice H. –

    Great resource

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  60. Lindsey Humphries –

    This is a great activity to use in December. My students were really excited to do this. They were excited to do kind things for each other as well. I really enjoyed this and would recommend this to anyone.

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  61. Katie D. –

    The kids loved this!

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  62. Megan R. –

    Perfect for our class Secret Santa gift exchange!

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  63. Jaclyn G. –

    Fun to use!

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  64. Misty C. –

    Thanks

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  65. Kim K. –

    Great writing activity. Thank you.

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  66. Anne L. –

    Great resource!

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  67. Kelly D. –

    Super fun!

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  68. Analee K. –

    Fun, interactive, new concept

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  69. Kristen M. –

    Great resource!

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  70. Bedazzled Barkley –

    Thank you!

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  71. Rebecca L. –

    Great to use around the holidays. Thanks!

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  72. Lyndsey C. –

    My students enjoyed this activity!

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  73. Kayleigh P. –

    Can’t wait to use this with my students this year!

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  74. alysha Edwards –

    Great Resource!

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  75. Tina L. –

    Looking forward to seeing how much my students are going to enjoy this. Thanks!

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  76. Kathy Henderson –

    Thanks!

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  77. Chalcee N. –

    Great!

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  78. Catie L. –

    We just started our Secret Santa and the kids are loving it!

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  79. Stuck In The Middle With MrsD –

    thank yiou

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  80. Leila P. –

    This resource provides a personal purpose to write and helps to build class community. Thanks!

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  81. Carol W. –

    My class is in desperate need of some positive classroom community building! I have been wanting to do a Secret Santa type activity, but because of the socioeconomic status at my school, I didn’t think it was possible. This is such a great idea and I’m so excited to introduce it and see it come together in the coming weeks!

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  82. Richelle T. –

    Thank you!

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  83. Grade 2 Hullabaloo –

    This is a creative way to engage students in writing and thinking about others. I love it. Great work!

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  84. Emilia M. –

    thank you

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  85. Tracey Lake –

    Fun activity for one of my 12 days of Christmas.

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  86. Carla C. –

    Great resource!

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  87. Jennifer M. –

    Such a fun way to spread kindnesses duringvthe christmas season

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  88. Brenda W. –

    We did this instead of buying presents for each other. Most of the kids really enjoyed it. I had a few who balked at writing, but that’s not your fault. :0) Well written! Thank you!

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  89. Kristie D. –

    We loved doing this throughout the month of December.

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  90. Kristen S. –

    This was great!

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  91. Katie W. –

    This was AWESOME to use with students. Really promotes classroom kindness and unity.

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  92. Latosha B. –

    This was a wonderful community building activity! I highly recommend this for all classrooms!

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  93. Sharon S. –

    This was a great purchase. Engaging and applicable.

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  94. Christine Budach –

    my kids loved this!

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  95. Elisabeth L. –

    Thank you!

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  96. Samantha N. –

    Great!

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  97. Snapshots of Sixth Grade –

    Thank you so much for such a great resources to use right before the break! They had a blast using this and I won by getting them to write 🙂

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  98. Lovely Little Classroom –

    Great resource! Thank you!

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  99. Primary Bliss –

    What a great way to promote the idea that giving is more important than receiving. Thanks for such a great product!

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  100. Rebecca M. –

    This was an easy and quick way to get my students to write a little more and think outside of the box! My students LOVED doing this, but they especially loved the reveal. Thanks!

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  101. Stephanie F. –

    My students loved this resource. It helped them with their writing skills, as well as spreading kindness to each other. I look forward to using this every year.

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  102. Jennifer S. –

    This was a great unit to end the semester with. My students enjoyed so many of the activities, but really liked the reveal activity!

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  103. Kaitlyn K. –

    Fun themed writing activity for the holidays. Really helped to reinforce kindness in a fun way!

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  104. Sarina K. –

    Super fun project

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  105. Lindsay Binford –

    Students were so excited about this!

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  106. Cheryl F. –

    My students enjoyed having a Secret Santa! It was nice having a Secret Santa that they didn’t need to buy presents for. The daily notes were very much appreciated!

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  107. Sarah S. –

    My students love being secretive and surprising others! This was perfect for them!

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  108. Renee D. –

    Fun activity to share christmas cheer!

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  109. Rebecca R. –

    Super addition to our holiday fun.

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  110. Dana M. –

    fun and engaging seasonal resource.

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  111. Cynthia H. –

    Great resource – thanks!!

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  112. Amy K. –

    Great resource! Thank you!

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  113. Alicia D. –

    great activity

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  114. Jennifer H. –

    This was fun for the children to learn to write! Thank you!

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  115. Morgan C. –

    I love using these with my students! This one was just as great and the students always love them!

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  116. Mrs Skenzick’s Classroom –

    These pages were so fun! Thanks!

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  117. Maria H. –

    I love it! My scholars were very engaged.

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  118. Emily R. –

    My students are loving writing secret letters to each other! This is a great activity! Thank you!

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  119. Lacee W. –

    I love using the secret student at the beginning of the year, so I decided to give it a try at Christmas. I just loved it and so did the kids!

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  120. Jordin M. –

    My students loved writing to a secret student as their secret santa. It was fun and the prompts were great

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  121. Shelia L. –

    Great resource!

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  122. Kristina M. –

    My students were so excited to write to their classmates. Because my special ed class is small, we picked new partners each day to keep the surprise going.

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  123. Sheila Morris –

    Fun way to complete our Secret Santa during the Christmas season. Thanks!

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  124. mary B. –

    We are using this activity with our students during the weeks leading to Christmas break. Someone in the reviews suggested having them do it with multiple secret santa partners which we have been doing.

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  125. kidsread2me –

    Great writing activity to engage students in around Christmas! They enjoyed it.

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  126. Denise C. –

    I’ve been using this resource for several years now, and it always sparks excitement in the classroom! I love the text editing and name populating features, as well as the instructions on how to start it as well as how to do the big reveal. The writing prompts and thank you cards are such a nice way of reinforcing the focus on kindness and generosity!

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  127. Melinda C. –

    My students are thoroughly enjoying writing their Secret Santa letters every day. What a wonderful way to spread kindness during this hectic time of year.

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  128. Lily Eichert –

    I always wanted to do a secret Santa writing unit. This was the push I needed.

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  129. 2nd Grade Dragons –

    My class loved this! It was a fun part of our December!

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