Holiday Plans

Limit how much new content you try to teach in week leading up to the break, their minds will not absorb much of it.  Develop activities to do that coincide with a holiday.  Use the activities sparingly so when a holiday comes along it is fresh and new for the students.  For Thanksgiving I have a set of plans that I pull out each year that keeps my planning at a minimum and keeps my students engaged as they have not seen it before.