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Cinco De Mayo Lesson Plans

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Cinco de Mayo lesson plans allow teachers to discuss the history of this holiday, and engage students in a wide variety of activities.
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Mother's Day

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this holiday worksheet, studies write an essay titled "My Mother." Students also create an acrostic poem and illustrate personalized coupons for their mothers.
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Halloween Math Lesson Plan

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students practice their multiplication and division by creating a Witches Brew.  In this holiday math lesson plan, students utilize Halloween style ingredients to create a fun edible treat for themselves.  Students practice their...
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The Twelve Days of Christmas

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Students explore the origins of a traditional Christmas song. They adapt historic lyrics to have meaning in their lives today and fabricate, write, and illustrate an accordion book or card. They compare this song to the words of other...
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Merry Easter

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders create greeting cards to special persons for a special holiday.
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Government and Community Resources

For Teachers Higher Ed
Adult learners, with the assistance of flash/picture cards, explore a variety of United States holidays and social customs: Labor Day, Halloween, Thanksgiving, Hanukkah, Christmas, and more. In addition, they draw pictures illustrating...
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How Many Ways Can You Say Merry Christmas?

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students create a multicultural holiday bulletin board map! students research and study saying Merry Christmas in different languages. They correctly locate the countries on a world map.
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Christmas Tree Ornament or Gift Tag

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students create Christmas tree ornaments or gift tags. In this holiday art lesson, students reuse old Christmas cards, ribbon, and juice lids to make Christmas tree ornaments. Students may add glitter to their Christmas ornaments.
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Singles Awareness Day

For Students 5th - 10th
In this Singles Awareness Day learning exercise, students complete activities such as complete activities such as reading a passage, phrase matching, fill in the blanks, correct words, multiple choice, spelling sequencing, scrambled...
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My Halloween Book

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this holiday worksheet, students participate in a variety of activities related to Halloween. These include coloring a jack-o-lantern, reading a poem, and solving a pumpkin maze.
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Mother's Day Gift

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students create a Mother's Day gift. In this holiday art lesson, students use construction paper, glue, a photo, and an included poem to create an artistic Mother's Day gift. Students print out the poem and and place a picture of...
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Words in a Word

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
In this holiday vocabulary game, young scholars create words using the letters in "Merry Christmas." Students cut out letter cards and use them to make words to fit the 15 clues. Example: Bashful--- shy.
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Keeping Students Focused During the Holiday Season

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
There are easy ways to make the day before a school break fun, exciting, and productive.
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Christmas tips

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students integrate a wide variety of Christmas themes within this lesson. They research the background to the history of this holiday. Students create Christmas cards, crossword puzzles and write creative stories on their special...
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Holidays Around the World

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students use the internet to gather information about holidays around the world. They create a calendar with all of the holidays outlined and calculate the percentages of countries who celebrate each one. They design a greeting card to...
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Valentine's Day

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Students create a flower, poem, and mailbox for someone to open on Valentine's Day. In this Valentine's Day lesson plan, students also write Valentine letters.
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Folk Groups and Community Folklife

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students explore folk groups and traditions in their local community. In this folklife lesson, students list the folk groups they belong to and its traditions. Students write about their favorite tradition and may complete extension...
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Valentine's Day Word Search

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this Valentine's Day worksheet, students search for 30 hidden words about Valentine's Day, then choose 10 of the words and write a short story about the holiday.
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Stay in the Mix for Valentine's Day

For Teachers K - Higher Ed
Students understand the origins of Valentine's Day. In this injustices lesson plan, students read a story and recognize the injustices done on Valentine's Day. Students write about grade appropriate topics regarding injustices.
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Father's Day Acrostic

For Students K - 3rd
Fantastic? Friendly? Funny? What adjective will your youngsters choose for the first letter in father as part of this great Father's Day acrostic worksheet? 
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George Washington's Birthday

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students recognize George Washington and why his birthday is celebrated as a national holiday through pictures, a story, crossword puzzles, and other activities involving other presidents.
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Valentines Day Lesson

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
For this Valentine's Day worksheet, pupils will learn about Valentine's Day traditions in America. Students will learn Valentine's Day vocabulary and then practice a dialogue about Valentine's Day. Pupils will write a letter to a...
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Jewish Culture

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the Jewish culture by listening to a guest speaker who discuss holidays, religion, and key events. They recognize and write various vocabulary words to describe one Jewish Holiday in their journals.
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Adopted Grandparents

For Teachers K - 12th
Learners participate in an adoptive grandparent program. They visit a nursing home, and participate in various activities throughout the school year that involve writing, crafts, timelines, and music projects.