Celebrate Mother’sDay with these puzzle activities for middle and high school students. Students won’t even know that they’re engaging in a close read! The puzzles require them to read the passage about the history and impact of Mother’s Day several times to answer the clues. Your class will enjoy the holiday content and still work on their skills — win-win! An answer key and a lesson plan are provided to ensure this resource is effortless to implement.
This resource is delivered as a PDF and is not editable
What’s included:
- Student reading passage
- Student puzzles (2)
- A Mother’s Day note to mom page
- A lesson plan and answer key
The Lesson:
- A warm-up question.
- Popcorn-style class discussion of prior knowledge about the holiday
- Activity: Student read a 2-page passage about the history of Mother’s Day and complete 2 puzzles. There is a word search — students have to uncover the words through clues and a crossword puzzle. Also included is a decorated page for students to write a note to mom.
- Conclusion: Students self-assess their answers.
This lesson is designed for a single 45-minute period and is appropriate for middle and high school students
*** The resource includes 6 pages.