February 14th is fast approaching! Upper elementary students eagerly await the fun-filled day to pass out Valentine’s cards they have bought or prepared with love. Valentine’s Day is full of candy, chaos, and heartfelt fun in the classroom! While students are busy celebrating friendship, teachers must prepare to embrace the chaos. Luckily, there are many educational and free Valentine’s Day activities for upper elementary. Sprinkling in a few of these resources during your classroom celebration will bring in the academic fun! 

Valentine’s Day for Students

Upper elementary students are at the perfect age for celebrating Valentine’s Day. In third through fifth grade, Valentine’s Day isn’t all about romance and love. Honestly, it’s about friendship and showing others how much you care. 

There is always anticipation building up around the Valentine’s card exchange. Students are ready to exchange the carefully picked cards for their friends and classmates. This can make it difficult for students to focus. However, keeping students on some routine can help! These free Valentine’s Day activities will help channel their energy into learning essential skills while calming their nerves for the big exchange. 

Celebrating love and friendship can be celebrated beyond February 14th. Luckily, the Valentine’s Day Reading Passages are great for the whole week! Students will enjoy practicing their close reading skills while reading about the science behind chocolate. 

Free Valentine’s Day Math Mazes

It is important to keep the learning fun and light during holidays like Valentine’s Day. Teachers know how hard it would be to introduce a new skill during a day of celebration. This is precisely why fun, themed worksheets that review concepts are perfect! 

Fraction Review 

Math is a subject that students always need practice with, especially fractions. Thankfully, there are Free Valentine’s Day Math Mazes to ensure students’ fraction skills stay sharp! Each math maze covers a specific fraction skill for upper elementary. For instance, there is a maze for equivalent fractions and one for simplifying fractions. Students will have much fun working through each fraction and following the maze to the next! 

Math mazes are a great way to kick off the celebration. They can easily be used for morning work. However, they are extra fun when you use them in a friendly competition and race to see who finishes first! Teachers do a great job of recognizing students’ hard work. These Valentine’s Day Digital Stickers are a fantastic way to show students recognition and praise. 

No-Prep Fun

Teachers always have so much to prepare for classroom celebrations. Luckily, the Free Valentine’s Day Math Mazes are completely no-prep! The festive heart-filled pages are ready to print, making them perfect for February 14th. 

Sometimes celebrating can be so much fun that students may need a bit of quiet time. Thankfully, the Valentine’s Day No-Prep Packet has over seven math review activities and eight reading and ELA activities. These activities review essential skills students need to master, as well as give students time to decompress from all the celebrating. 

Free Valentines from the Teacher

Of course, not everything in the classroom must be academic. Creating a caring classroom is also essential. What better day to show students how much you care about them than on February 14th! 

Students love giving and getting Valentine’s Day cards and treats from their friends. However, getting a Valentine from their teacher would put the icing on top of their fun-filled day! Thankfully, these free Valentines from the teacher are the perfect student gifts. 

This freebie that you can snag below gives you five Valentine’s options to choose from. Specifically, there are printable cards to attach to Blow Pops, Extra gum, cool pencils, or a student favorite-M&Ms. Since teachers know their students best, you can choose which option best fits your classroom. Honestly, no matter which option you choose, students will be pumped to see a sweet Valentine from their teacher inside their card box! 

If you really want to add sugar and spice to your Valentine’s Day, this Valentine’s Day Coupon Booklet will do just that, well, minus the sugar. It has over twenty non-candy coupon cards for students to redeem! For instance, it has a no homework coupon, lunch with a friend coupon, sit in the teacher’s chair coupon, and so many more. Indeed, this is a gift that keeps on giving even after Valentine’s Day. 

Any holiday students celebrate in the classroom is incredible. Students appreciate all the work teachers put into making these celebrations memorable. Thankfully, snagging the free Valentine’s Day activities above will ensure students feel extra special and keep them focused on academics.

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