Holiday Worksheets for 5th Graders

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Thanksgiving, Christmas and winter pages with 5th grade math, reading and writing, plus holiday puzzles and writing prompts.

The holidays and seasons year, in order

Through the school year, season by season. Each strand links to its holidays.

  1. Fall

    113 sheets ready

    Thanksgiving in November: food, family, gratitude, the harvest and the parade.

  2. Winter

    220 sheets ready

    Winter and Christmas, from December to February: snow and cold-weather science, holiday math, reading, puzzles and writing.

    Winter

    Snow, mittens and winter animals for counting, tracing, reading and writing, plus multiplication, fractions, decimals and science texts up to 5th grade.

    98 worksheets

    Winter math

    Snowy counting, word problems, color by number, line plots, area, fractions and decimals from preschool to 5th grade, with answer keys.

    36 worksheets

    Winter writing prompts

    Winter writing prompts for K⁠–⁠5 on lined pages ruled for each grade, plus 24 prompt cards.

    21 worksheets

    Winter word search

    Winter word searches at three levels: snow, weather, animals, clothes and sports, all with answer keys.

    16 worksheets

    Christmas

    Trees, ornaments, gifts and cookies for real skill practice from Pre-K to 5th grade: math, reading, writing and grammar, plus puzzles.

    122 worksheets

    Christmas for 5th Grade

    Christmas decimals, fractions, volume, coordinate graphing, expressions, long division, reading, writing and commas for 5th grade, with keys.

    10 worksheets

    Christmas math

    Christmas counting, addition, multiplication, division, fractions, decimals, volume and graphing from preschool to 5th grade, with answer keys.

    40 worksheets

    Christmas around the world

    Reading passages and activities about holiday customs in Mexico, the Philippines, Germany, Sweden, Australia, Japan, Italy and the UK.

    9 worksheets

    Christmas writing prompts

    Christmas writing prompts for K⁠–⁠5 on lined pages ruled for each grade, plus 24 prompt cards.

    18 worksheets

    Christmas word search

    Christmas word searches at three levels, from picture puzzles to hard 8-direction grids, all with answer keys.

    15 worksheets

    Christmas crossword

    Christmas crosswords at three levels, from picture clues to clue-only puzzles, each with a solution.

    9 worksheets

    Christmas word scramble

    Christmas word scrambles at three levels, with picture hints, word banks and secret messages, all with keys.

    6 worksheets

About holiday worksheets for 5th graders

These holiday worksheets for 5th graders keep the busiest weeks of the year full of real learning. Each holiday brings 5th grade skills: decimal and money word problems, multiplying fractions and mixed numbers, the coordinate plane, nonfiction reading and opinion and narrative writing.

Pages are organized by season. Thanksgiving and Christmas each have a page just for 5th graders, and Thanksgiving, Christmas and winter each have a math page that runs from preschool to 5th grade. Holiday word searches, crosswords and word scrambles come in easy, medium and hard levels, the writing prompt pages have a 3rd to 5th grade group, and Christmas around the world compares how families celebrate in different countries.

Every page is secular and prints in black and white. Pages with one right answer have an answer key, with sample answers for written questions.

Questions

What holiday activities work for 5th grade?

Pages that practice real 5th grade skills with a holiday theme: decimal and money word problems, multiplying fractions and mixed numbers, the coordinate plane, nonfiction reading and opinion and narrative writing. Puzzles and writing prompts make good early-finisher and party-day work.

Are there answer keys?

Yes, for every page with one right answer, including word searches, crosswords and scrambles, with sample answers for written questions.

Are the holiday pages religious?

No. Every holiday page is secular and inclusive. Thanksgiving pages are about food, family, gratitude and the harvest, and Christmas pages are about trees, gifts, snow and traditions around the world.