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- Grade Range
- 4th - 5th
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Students recognize that the Christmas tree is one symbol of Christmas, then demonstrate their ability to identify symbols. They compare the lightstock (Christmas pyramid) with the Paradise tree and apply their knowledge about the history of ornaments. Full Review »
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- 6th - 12th
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Students consider the meanings of Christmas by reading an op-ed. As a class, they then create a sequel to the poem "A Visit from Saint Nicholas," in which "Mamma" tells a story about the history of Christmas. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 5th - 8th
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Students use the internet to examine how other countries celebrate Christmas. They practice saying "Merry Christmas" in different languages and create a flyer about the benefits of having a tree for the holidays. They also write a story about Santa Claus. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- Kindergarten - 2nd
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Students create a Christmas tree or wreath. They trace their hands on green construction paper, cut out the tracings, construct a tree or wreath using the tracings, and add additional decorations or messages. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 3rd
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Students listen to the different types of music used throughout the world for Christmas. Before listening to the music, they research the country they are interested in and practice singing the songs in a sing-a-long. They discuss and identify themes used in the music and describe music that illustrates fast/slow, loud/soft, high/low sounds. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 3rd - 6th
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Students examine how people around the world celebrate Christmas and compare and contrast those celebrations using a Venn diagram. Students use specific websites to research the Christmas celebration in other countries and write down facts and information they collect as well as illustrate the diagram with pictures representing the Christmas cultures of the two countries. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 3rd - 6th
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Students think about ways in which they can spread joy during the holiday season. They create poems in the shape of a Christmas tree. Pupils use formatting tools in Microsoft Word to format the text of the poem. Students discuss ways that they might show kindness to others during the holiday season or any time of the year. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 3rd - 5th
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Students do an activity called Santa's favorite Christmas Superstitions where they have to match the two halves of Christmas superstitions. They do another activity called Gifts. The teacher piles a small piece of paper, enough for everybody in the class to have as many as there are people in the class. Each person in the class writes the name of one classmate on each piece of paper they have. Next, the name they should write the gift they'd like to give that person. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 7th
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Students publish a letter and spreadsheet using the computer. They build a three-dimesnsional object with construction paper and develop a Christmas object using coordinates on a graph. Students compose a response in their journals. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 1st - 5th
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Students use a paint program to decorate a Christmas tree. They plan the tools and colours that they are going to use to decorate their trees on the provided Christmas tree template. Afterwards, they create a picture of the real tree in the Paint program. Full Review »