Description

Christmas Poetry – Writing Holiday Haikus – A Simple, Joyful December Writing Activity

 

Make December writing meaningful and easy with this ready-to-use Holiday Haiku pack! Students learn the 5–7–5 haiku pattern with clear instruction, kid-friendly examples, festive vocabulary support, and publishing pages. Perfect for whole-group lessons, literacy centers, fast-finishers, or a calm holiday activity during a busy month.

 

This resource includes everything you need to teach haiku poetry in one place: teaching pages, shared-reading models, differentiated word banks (picture-supported and leveled), draft pages, and holiday-themed final copy paper. Students draft several haikus, choose their favorite, revise, and publish a polished final poem—perfect for hallway displays or writing portfolios.

Holiday Haikus is low-prep, easy to implement, and engaging for all writers.

 

What’s Included

• ✔ Haiku explanation page (kid-friendly + holiday-themed)
• ✔ Step-by-step writing guide with an example
• ✔ 1 polished haiku example page
• ✔ 3 shared-reading haikus for modeling
• ✔ 4 holiday vocabulary pages (picture + leveled lists)
• ✔ Blank vocabulary page for student choice
• ✔ Five final publishing pages
• ✔ Teacher suggestions for use

 

Why Teachers Love It

• Low prep
• Perfect for December stations or whole-group lessons
• Strong models make writing accessible
• Vocabulary boosts reluctant writers
• Display-ready final pages

 

Bring some peaceful, purposeful holiday writing to your classroom—your students will love creating their own festive haikus!

 

If you’re building a joyful holiday writing block, don’t miss these classroom favorites:

• Christmas Word Games for quick skill practice

• Christmas Acrostic Poetry for another easy, festive poetry form

• Polar Bears & Penguins for meaningful nonfiction reading and writing

• Christmas Team Writing for high-energy collaboration

• Write a Christmas Story for guided narrative writing

• Snow Day Adventure for a cozy, imaginative winter mini-unit