First Day of Winter Activity Pack: Tilt and Latitude

Read the fact sheet first, since the other pages use it. Use the math and writing pages across solstice week or as a science center.

Eight pages after the cover: a Solstice Science Fact Sheet, Label the December Solstice diagram, Daylight by Latitude (a table from Quito to Utqiagvik), Decimal Snowflakes with a snowfall table, Compare Solstice Customs (Yalda Night, Dongzhi and Inti Raymi), an opinion writing plan, Which Hemisphere on December 21? and a Solstice Vocabulary Cloze. Answer key included.

Yes. We made it for 5th Grade holiday activities, and it works the same at home or at school. Families print it for one child and keep it where they will use it every day. Teachers print a copy per student or one for the whole room, whichever the day needs.

2 printable resources, all free to preview. There are 30 Winter Solstice resources in all, from Preschool to 5th Grade, gathered on our Winter Solstice activities page. Downloads are included with a ClassWeekly free trial, and every page prints on standard 8.5 x 11 paper.

These are written for 5th Grade students, roughly ages 10-11. Many teachers also use them a grade up for review or a grade down as an extension, so use the preview to judge the fit for a particular child.

Yes. Nothing here assumes a classroom of 25, so they work the same one-to-one at the kitchen table as they do in a 5th Grade classroom, a learning center, or a tutoring session.