Christmas in France PowerPoint & Worksheets – Christmas Around the World France

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Struggling to find age-appropriate Christmas in France for your Kindergarten, 1st Grade, and 2nd Grade students? These Christmas in France activities are perfect for early elementary and are jam-packed with easy-to-use activities. 

With these engaging resources, students will be excited to learn about the history and traditions of  Christmas in France. These activities are a great way to study Christmas in France with your students and to experience the magic of the holiday season!

This Christmas in France pack includes:

• PowerPoint with 10 Slides
• Detailed Instruction Sheets
• Posters
• 8 Picture/ Word Cards
• KWL Chart
• 5-Page Mini Reader
• Brochure
• 5-Page Flip Book in Color & Black + White 
• Blank Writing Pages
• Writing Prompts
• Postcard
• Worksheets (Fill in the Blank, Word Search, Reading Comprehension)
• Answer Key

The Christmas in France PowerPoint provides real images and includes slides on:

• Map and Flag
• Traditions
• Food
• Decorations
• Saint Nicolas Day
• Le Pere Fouettard
• Epiphany

These activities are perfect to use in your literacy groups, whole group lessons, and small groups. They can also best be used for morning work, bell ringers, and independent practice.

The best part? These activities allow students to talk about the upcoming holidays, while still learning as winter break quickly approaches.

In my classroom…

• 1. Plane Ticket: Before the lesson, I pass out the plane tickets and students take a few minutes to fill them out. These make super cute keepsakes.
• 2.KWL Chart: Initially, students take about 5 minutes to complete the KWL chart, setting the stage for the lesson.
• 3.Graphic Organizer: Students are given the graphic organizers and they fill them out during the duration of the lesson.
• 4. Flip Book: As a whole class, students assemble the flip book that they will reference throughout the lesson.
• 5. PowerPoint: Immediately following, I show students the PowerPoint presentation. It encourages student interaction, questions, and comments.
• 6. Poster Display: I then read over the poster and display it in our classroom, so students can easily refer to it for visual support.
• 7. Word Cards: The picture/ word cards are placed in the writing center and on the board for students to reference.
• 8. Brochure Explanation: I give students instructions for a brochure activity. While students independently work on their brochures, I read the mini reader with my small groups.
• 9. Reading Comprehension: I read the reading comprehension sheet aloud to the class. Then, they independently answer the questions.
• 10. All About Worksheet: This can be filled out independently and works great for early finishers
• 11.Collaborative Learning: Students work with partners to complete fill-in-the-blank sheets, utilizing the flip book as a reference.
• 12. Word Search: Students work on completing the word search as an early finisher activity. (This would also be great when there’s a few extra minutes at the end of the day.)
• 13. Morning Work: Students use the writing prompts, writing sheets, and postcards at the start of the day. 
• 14. Snapshot Page: To end the lesson, students complete the snapshot page. This is a good tool to see how much they learned and also makes a great keepsake.

PLEASE NOTE: This is not all completed in one day. It typically takes a week to finish all of the activities. This is just a guide that I have put together based off of what I have found works with my students. These activities could be completed in a different order.