Have your students practice their skills while learning about and celebrating the end of Ramadan with these Eid activities!
Known as “the festival of breaking the fast”, Eid al-Fitr is the last day of Ramadan—in 2025, it falls on the evening of Saturday, March 29 (lasting through Sunday the 30th). Celebrating cultural holidays in the classroom helps students of all backgrounds feel included in your class. As the end of Ramadan approaches, teach your students about this holiday and help Muslim students feel seen with the help of these activities.
Eid Reading Comprehension Activities
Have many students who aren’t familiar with Ramadan or Eid al-Fitr? Teach them about this special holiday while they practice their reading abilities with these reading comprehension Eid activities for elementary and middle schoolers!
Eid ul-Fitr Reading Comprehension for Grades 3-4
Teach your students about the end of Ramadan and the importance of Eid ul-Fitr (the alternate spelling of Eid al-Fitr) while helping them practice their reading comprehension with this ELA Eid resource! This short text explains the reason behind Ramadan fasting and Eid ul-Fitr traditions, including the community aspect of celebrating and breaking the month-long fast.
Ten open-ended questions follow the reading passage. This allows you to implement the activity in whichever format you wish. To emphasize the community aspect of the celebration, have your students popcorn read and discuss as a whole class about the celebration! Alternatively, you can have them answer the questions on their own to practice their writing skills.
Created and made available for free download by Ozair Teaching Materials.
Ramadan and Eid Reading Comprehension for Grades 4-5
If you want to teach your older elementary students about Eid al-Fitr traditions while having them practice reading on their own, this next activity is the perfect resource!
This page-long passage dives deeper into aspects of Ramadan, including which types of people are not expected to fast and what other activities are culturally encouraged during the holy month. It also describes why dates are eaten for iftar and why Eid is so important. Following the passage is a set of 12 multiple-choice questions, making this a perfect independent exercise that you can go over as a class!
Created and made available for free download by WorksheetsPLUS.
What is Eid? Reading Comprehension for Middle Schoolers
Have middle schoolers who need extra reading comprehension practice? This activity is the perfect way to help them exercise their ELA abilities while learning about Eid and why it’s such an important holiday to Muslims.
Similar to but at a higher reading level than the activity above, “What is Eid” dives into what people do for Eid al-Fitr in particular. From the special prayer to start off Eid, Salat al-Eid, to the many types of food commonly eaten throughout the celebration, this informative text explains why it is such a special holiday. The set of six open-ended questions following the passage are the perfect opportunity for students to practice short answer-writing!
Created and made available for free download by Elky Education.
Eid Activities for Math Practice
Get your elementary students in a celebratory mood about math with these Ramadan & Eid-themed math activities!
It’s Time for Eid al-Fitr! Ramadan Word Problems
Elementary students working on adding/subtracting time will get in some much-needed practice with this set of over thirty word problems. These Ramadan and Eid-themed problems deal with time conversion and basic operations with time, perfect for independent work or group work with themed, holiday fun!
This resource comes with 20 simple problems, 5 multi-step problems that may be better to work through as a class, and two “challenge problems” that tackle time zone conversion. This activity’s emphasis on different people celebrating the holiday throughout the world demonstrates to students how the celebration connects people who live hundreds of miles apart.
Created and made available for free download by Simply Maple.
Eid Mubarak Decimal Conversions Coloring Sheet
The final Eid activity in our collection is a fun, hands-on activity for classrooms learning about converting fractions and decimals. The assignment is simple—students will color in a graphic of a mosque based on a color key, requiring them to match the fractions assigned to each portion of the image to corresponding decimals in the key.
If your students have been kept busy with worksheets or math projects, this activity is a great way for them to release their creativity at the end of class while still practicing those key skills.
Created and made available for free download by Noor Hassan.
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We hope you found the above Eid activities educational and engaging! Inviting your students to learn about and celebrate Eid in the classroom will aid in developing an open-minded group of students who are aware and welcoming of cultures other than their own. It also shows appreciation for Muslim students, helping them feel included and valued. Our aim is for the above activities to help educators do so while enhancing their curriculum!
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