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Beyond Paper Hearts guides students in exploring candy heart erosion, Valentine’s Day writing prompts, and other fun Valentine’s Day activities that inspire learning. These activities are easy for every learner to master and can turn your daily activities into unforgettable experiences.
Play word games with ELA’s Valentine’s Day activity
Valentine’s Day creates the perfect opportunity to incorporate creativity and kindness into ELA and reading lessons. Discover Valentine’s Day activities for students, like a quirky writing prompt, a Valentine’s Day word search, or a fun sentence challenge that meets CCSS writing requirements.
Easily adjust rigor by using sentence frames and word banks appropriate for younger learners, or by challenging older students to expand on ideas, revise voice and structure, and support their writing with evidence. Use these as a energizing warm-up, group exploration, or independent exercise to make learning feel like a celebration.
- spread love: Write some kind sentences and share positive thoughts about other classmates.
- Confession from the heart: Students respond to friendship prompts and share ideas with others.
- Write a thank you letter for a Valentine’s Day gift: Write a brief thank-you note to express your gratitude to school staff.
- take a sweet stance: Share and defend opinions in a light-hearted Valentine’s Day themed debate.
- Create a love emoticon story: Brainstorm and write a short story using Valentine’s Day emojis.
- speak from the heart: Perform or share heart-themed poetry in a poetry slam.
- compose a love poem: Students write an acrostic poem using Valentine’s Day or love.
Valentine’s Day: Roses Are Red Close Reading and Poetry Writing
Author: Lalula Lifelong Learning
Grade: second grade to fourth grade
This pack gives you an entire unit designed around poetry and Valentine’s Day. It starts with carefully reading and understanding the question. Students then create their own “Roses are Red…” poems.
Valentine’s Day Analogy PowerPoint and Self-Check Easel Activity
Author: Happy Educator
Grade: Grade 3 to Grade 6
Standard: CCSS RI.8.4, L.4.4, L.5.4
Created using Microsoft PowerPoint, this resource includes 46 pages and 20 easel activity pages. Interactive self-check slides support critical thinking and logical reasoning and can be used for whole class instruction or centers.
Roll a Story – Valentine’s Day Creative Writing Activity – Digital + Print
Written by: Lauren’s Language Arts Curriculum
Grade: Grades 6-12
Standard: CCSS CCRA.W.3, W.6, W.10
Available in digital or hardcopy format, this resource features colorable storyboards, story slide packs, colorable story templates, and editable instructions. You can start creating the story frame by having students roll real or digital dice.
Valentine’s Day Writing Prompts: 26 Activity Sheets, 52 Writing Prompts – Numbers
Author: Literary Shirley
Grade: Grade 7-9
Standard: CCSS W.7.2, 7.3, 7.4
This resource contains 26 worksheets and 52 writing prompts covering Valentine’s Day traditions and fun trivia. There are also editable card tasks and two rubrics.
Valentine’s Day Reading Activities for Middle and High Schools
Next to Yadi’s room
Grade: 7-10
Standard: CCSS RL.8.4, 9-10.1, 9-10.4
In addition to the answers, this seven-page PDF includes fun activities about the origins and stereotypes of Valentine’s Day. It also explores the author’s purpose and reasoning by analyzing an essay by Edgar Allan Poe.
Valentine’s Day Sentence Grammar Worksheet
Author: Charlene Tess
Grade: Grades 9-12
Standard: CCSS CCRA.L.1, L.2, L.3
In this asset you will find 20 different Valentine’s Day sentences that follow different sentence structures to help students identify patterns, phrases and clauses. You can choose to print the resource or assign a digital copy in Google Classroom.
Practice Spanish writing with Valentine’s Day tips
Let students write carefully spanish. Spanish Valentine’s Day prompts encourage simple sentences, familiar vocabulary and creative expressions and are fun for kids of all ages.
Plus, these Valentine’s Day activities for kids can be easily graded by providing sentence frames or word banks for younger children. To engage older learners, encourage them to expand their responses with descriptive language or use short paragraphs to explain their ideas.
- Love collage in Spanish: Create a Valentine’s Day collage and add a descriptive title.
- fill the heart: As a class, fill the bulletin board with short Spanish phrases about love.
- Match message: Students match Valentine’s Day pictures to Spanish phrases.
- Spanish poetry rearranged: Blending verses from a Spanish love poem and challenging students to organize them.
Valentine’s Day in Spanish Writing Activities for Grades 1, 2, and 3
Author: Pacito Pacito
Grade: 1-3
Enhance classroom culture by exploring Spanish writing and comprehension. In this pack, you get access to 11 writing activities, including creative writing prompts, friendship notes, and Venn diagrams.
Spice up your Valentine’s Day with math activities
From heart diagrams to holiday sequencing, Valentine’s Day Math brings the love of numbers to life. Add Valentine’s Day printables, themed word questions, pattern puzzles, or logic challenges as an engaging warm-up or centerpiece. Easily adjust the difficulty level to meet the needs of younger students by using exercises or similar questions. Challenge older students with multi-step problem reasoning tasks and practical applications.
- Cracking Cupid’s Code: Have students solve Valentine’s Day-themed coding and pattern challenges to display festive heart-shaped pictures.
- Solve love-themed logic puzzles: Use reasoning and deduction to complete logical activities centered on Love Day.
- Create equation heart art: Turn math equations into heart designs and patterns.
- Decipher secret love numbers: Complete the number questions to unlock Valentine’s Day phrases.
Fraction Task Cards | Valentine’s Day Theme | 3rd Grade
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Level: third
In this comprehensive package, teachers have access to 12 task cards, a recording sheet, and an answer sheet for straight fractions, equivalent fractions, comparative fractions, and more. The entire set includes 30 pages of 72 task cards for teachers to enjoy.
Feel the chemistry with Valentine’s Day activities
Turn candy hearts, red liquids, and desserts into hands-on science investigations. Students can test erosion with heart-shaped candies, explore dissolution rates, or examine density with colored liquids to reinforce key science concepts. Teachers can incorporate these activities into lab days or quick demonstrations, tying seasonal fun into lessons designed around NGSS.
- Observe the changes in the candy: Conduct melting experiments on different Valentine’s Day candies and record the results.
- Mix love potion: Combine different essential oils and explore the scents they create for the perfect love scent.
- Measure heartbeat: Track and analyze heart rate before and after activity to explore the body’s response to excitement and exercise.
- Layered sweet liquid: Make a rainbow Valentine’s Day drink by layering liquids of different densities.
Valentine’s Day Candy Heart Erosion Lab | Earth Science Experiment
Kimberly Scott Science
Grade: Grade 3 to Grade 6
Standard: NGSSMS-ESS2-2, MS-ESS2-1, 4-ESS2-1
This hands-on activity includes teacher background information, an activity page with two variables, a reading passage, and answer keys. It is designed to be completed in a 30-minute laboratory session.
Create a cross-curricular classroom Cupid using TPT
Add energy and creativity to your classroom this Valentine’s Day with activities that will engage everyone from shy kindergartners to senior students. These creative themed activities take learning beyond the ordinary and add a bit of energy while keeping students curious and excited. Explore more Valentine’s Day resources to add more creativity to your plans.
