Can you believe it’s already February? For a short month, there sure is a lot to do! This month has so many great things to celebrate: Valentine’s Day, Groundhog Day, Presidents Day, Black History Month, and much more! Here are some fun February activities your students are going to love.

February Morning Message

There’s something special about consistency in the classroom for both teachers and students. Routines set your kids up for success. When they know what to expect, they can easily complete their tasks, which helps them to feel accomplished.

A morning message is a favorite routine for many teachers, and I bet if you asked their students, they would also agree. My morning message slides include daily quotes, questions of the day, a to-do list, and BITMOJI avatars. The avatars are the student’s favorite part! What’s not to love about setting the tone for the day with high energy and excitement for learning?

You can find step-by-step instructions for editing and personalizing your morning greeting HERE and HERE. It’s super easy and only takes a minute or two! Just add your morning routine, change the picture if you’d like, and post it for your students.

These February Morning Meeting and Daily Agenda Slides are ready for you to use. They are a great way to start your day with your students in an exciting and engaging way!

You’ll find that you can get more done in the morning, leaving you with less to do after school! If you are a fan of these BITMOJI Morning Greeting Slides, you can use them all year long! The BUNDLE has everything you need for the entire school year.

February Book Review Activity

Get ready for some excitement in the classroom! This writing activity allows students to share the books they have eagerly devoured. With the help of a guided planning page and checklist, students can easily create a well-rounded book review that includes a brief summary, personal opinion, examples that make you think, and a rating. And the best part? Once the review is planned, it can be transformed into a polished final version in no time.

But the benefits don’t stop there. These February Book Review Templates make for a stunning bulletin board display. Other students can explore the reviews and hopefully find their next captivating read.

Looking for a way to keep students engaged with books all year long? Don’t miss out on the BUNDLE, which offers new book reviews every month!

Groundhog Day Reading and Math Activities

Celebrate Groundhog Day with this NO PREP (Print and Go!) packet full of math and reading activities that will keep your students learning while enjoying this fun and special day! With a variety of math and reading skills to choose from, these engaging activities seamlessly combine student learning with history, math, reading, and ELA topics.

This Groundhog Day Math and Reading Packet includes reading comprehension practice, grammar review, and math activities for the entire month of February. Don’t miss out on the opportunity to keep your students’ skills sharp with over 20 different Groundhog Day-themed worksheets to choose from!

Reading/ELA Activities Include:

• Does a Woodchuck Really Chuck? (Main Idea & Supporting Details)
• Punxsutawney Phil (Using Editing Marks)
• The History of Groundhog Day (Reading Comprehension)
• Groundhog Day Vocabulary
• Groundhog Day Content Words and Meanings (Context Clues)
• Groundhog Day Word Search
• Groundhog Day Search the Web (Research Skills)
• Groundhog Day Color by Code (Parts of Speech)

Math Activities Include:

• Groundhog Secret Word Puzzle (Division with Remainders)
• Groundhog Day Word Problems (Multiplication and Division)
• What’s the Angle? (Identifying Angles)
• Division Squares (Basic Division Practice)
• Division Puzzle (Search and Find: Division Problems)
• Classifying Shapes (Classifying 2D Shapes)
• Groundhog Day Past Predictions (Data and Graphing)
• Groundhog Color by Code (Multiply and Divide)

February Activities for Reading 

Align your reading instruction with holidays and themes for an exciting learning experience!

We all know that students get super excited around the holidays. Who doesn’t want to throw in a few chocolate kisses and see if that cute little groundhog will show his face? With these February Close Reading Passages and Questions, you can incorporate these fun and special occasions into your reading instruction.

Close reading is a powerful strategy allowing students to immerse themselves in a text fully. By reading the same passage multiple times, students can uncover the author’s purpose and explore key elements of the text. This method develops essential reading comprehension skills like inferencing, citing evidence, and drawing conclusions.

This bundle of February activities for teaching close reading and reading comprehension skills is designed to make your month a breeze. Say goodbye to hours of planning and hello to high-interest passages and engaging topics that will captivate your students.

1. Punxsutawney Phil: The World’s Most Famous Groundhog
2. Black History Month: Honoring Those Who’ve Changed History
3. Chocolate Addiction: The Science Behind This Sugary Treat
4. President’s Day: The Confusion About This Holiday
5. Bird Migration: The Facts Behind Why Birds Migrate

All of these close reading passages are available in both print and digital format for your convenience. Differentiated instruction is easy since each passage comes in two different levels to ensure your students’ needs are met.

Valentine’s Day NO PREP Math and Reading Activities for February

February is a busy month, and the week and days leading up to Valentine’s Day are no exception. They just might be the busiest of them all. Get it ALL DONE with this Valentine’s Day NO-PREP Packet for February! This skills review pack covers both ELA and math skills! Did I mention it was PRINT & GO? It’s a win-win for sure!

These no-prep activities for February are perfect to use for morning work, centers, independent practice, homework, and any time you need to review one of these important skills.

Here are some of the skills that your students will work on with these activities:

• multiplication and division
• lines, angles, and rays
• factors and multiples
• prime and composite numbers
• main idea and supporting details
• inferencing
• reading comprehension
• vocabulary
• context clues
• parts of speech

The best part?

This resource requires NO PREP and is easy to use. Add these high-interest and engaging activities to your lesson plans throughout the month of February!

Your students will love these fun Valentine’s Day activities, and you’ll love the ease of planning. NO PREP – just print and go!

FREE Valentine’s Day Math Mazes

Do your students need to practice finding equivalent fractions and simplifying fractions? Grab these FREE Valentine’s Day-themed math mazes! Enter your name and email address below, and I’ll send them straight to your inbox!

President’s Day Literature Unit

Engage your students this February with a study of the Presidency. Use this President’s Day Literature Unit read-aloud, So, You Want to be President by Judith Saint George. Your students will love digging into this book with the extension activities. This is a wonderful way to connect social studies and language arts.

This literature unit will have your students working on vocabulary, opinion writing, reading for details, comparing and contrasting, point of view, and more. Incorporate this unit right before President’s Day! It’s a nice change of pace from the traditional focus on Abraham Lincoln and George Washington.

Valentine’s Day Digital Stickers

I haven’t found a child yet who doesn’t enjoy having a special sticker displayed proudly at the top of their work.  You don’t have to be teaching face-to-face to utilize stickers, either. Digital stickers are a favorite amongst students who are completing digital work. They love receiving digital stickers and collecting them in their digital sticker book, especially after a fun February activity!

These 20 Valentine’s Day Digital Stickers make it easy for you to reward your students doing virtual learning or while grading digital assignments. All you have to do is copy and paste the digital stickers onto student work in Google Slides™, Google Docs™, or you can even click on the camera to add a sticker in Seesaw™.

Valentines from the Teacher (FREE DOWNLOAD)

Looking to add some sweetness to your classroom this Valentine’s Day? Treat your students to a special surprise with these FREE Valentine’s Day cards designed for teachers to give to their students! Candy suggestions are also included to make the day extra special for each student.

These FREE Valentine’s from the Teacher gives you five different options to choose from. And it’s free too! Here are just a few of the student Valentine’s you can grab in this packet.

• Valentine’s Day Pencil Toppers (You’re So Sharp!)
• Valentine’s Day Extra Gum (You are EXTRA awesome, Valentine!)
• Valentine’s Day Pencil Wrapper (You’re just WRITE for our class!)
• Valentine’s Day Snack Size M & M’s Pack (Wishing you a Most Marvelous Valentine’s Day)
• Valentine’s Day Gum, Gumball, or Blow Pop (Valentine, You Blow Me Away!)

Save these February Activities

Save these fun and engaging February activities to your favorite classroom Pinterest board and come back throughout the month.