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- 4th of July
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- Grade Range
- 5th - 6th
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Students research their assigned culture and investigate their cultures' holiday season. They create an outline to present to the class. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 2nd - 5th
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Students create holiday cards utilizing painting and word processing software. They create original artwork, insert it into a document and print it. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 6th - 8th
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Students create holiday story while working in cooperative learning groups, using Chris Van Allsburg's Polar Express as a writing prompt. Full Review »
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- 5th
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Students work in partners to research and create non-fiction books about December holidays for kindergarten students. They include information on the traditions, foods and history of Kwanzaa, Hanukkah and Christmas. Full Review »
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- 4th
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Students research December holiday customs from a variety of countries. They work in groups to access a number of bookmarked websites, take notes using a graphic organizer or Palm Pilots and prepare a written summary of their findings for presentation to the class. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 6th - 8th
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Students review the steps involved in the writing process. Individually, they write about their best Christmas holiday. They must use supporting details and use proper sentence structure. They share their stories with the class to end the lesson. Full Review »
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- 5th
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Students read and discuss a short passage about Vietnamese holidays. They independently read the passage and underline cultural words, then as a class complete a keyword chart using the cultural words from the passage. Next they complete a reading comprehension and vocabulary worksheet. Full Review »
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- 6th
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Students read and analyze an article about Vietnamese holidays. They read the article and underline words that indicate cultural information, complete a chart of cultural words, and answer and discuss reading comprehension questions. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 10th - 12th
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Students review vocabulary associated with French and American holidays. They are introduced to the subjunctive tense in French. They record themselves saying the French words and play the recordings back to listen for and correct errors. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- Kindergarten - 12th
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Students review basic music terminology and symbols. In an original art piece, they use whatever words and symbols they see fit. In groups, they write a school song for the holiday season and practice singing it together. They also examine the characteristics of a pentatonic scale. Full Review »

