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Too Many Tamales
Pupils investigate Mexican holiday celebrations and compare them to American Christmas holidays. They conduct a Mexican Christmas Scavenger Hunt. The activity uses a streaming video in order to engage students in the main objectives.
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Winter Wonderland
Students complete activities to learn about the winter season. In this seasonal activities activity, students listen to 'The Waltz of the Snowflakes' and discuss winter scenes. Students then use materials to construct a winter scene.
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Kwanzaa in the Classroom
You can teach your students about Kwanzaa using these interesting lessons.
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At the Crossroads
Third graders explore where South Africa is and then research details about the country to fully assess the background to the book, "At the Crossroads." They receive a map of Africa and color in the country of South Africa and list five...
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Seasonal Notepad Gift
Young scholars use technology to create a notepad gift. They practice following directions and helping each other. They share their notepad with the class before giving it to a relative as a gift.
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Patience and Self Discipline
Young scholars think about the importance of patience and self discipline in obtaining the things in life that will make us happy. Students complete various activities that get them thinking to themself, working in small groups about...
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Celebration Symbols and Their Meaning
Students develop a symbol that represents something they wish to celebrate or include in a celebration of their choosing.
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Where Is It?
Students practice their writing skills for describing place and location using prepositions. They find hidden objects and report to a recorder the exact directions for finding that object. Recorders write the directions.
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Flour of England, Fruit of Spain
Learners are shown an "Old Mother Twitchett" poster, and they review the riddle. They are introduced to "Flour of England" by viewing a poster. Students are asked if they have ever watched someone in their families bake a pie or cake....
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Missing Vowels
Students fill in the blanks with the missing vowels and write sentences using the words. They then examine how to identify words, spell them correctly, and write sentences using them.
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A Monster's World
Study African American inventor Jan Ernst Matzeliger and create imaginary monsters using texture.
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Spirit of Enquiry
The lesson includes guided questions to help students to think about their own behavior and purpose in life. They do this through a quiet time of reflection that can include the writing of ideas. Then students act out a play to...
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Shoe Shuffle
Young scholars review the "word choice" writing trait, and recall how to use descriptive words to paint a picture. They write a description of one of their tennis shoes without sharing it with classmates. They place a shoe on display...
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The Polar Express Experience
Explore the holiday classic "The Polar Express" with a variety of activities.
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A Day of Hanukkah
You can teach your students about Hanukkah using these fun activities.
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POP! Goes the Popcorn!
Students complete a variety of activities based on examining corn and popcorn as one of the major crops of Kansas. They journal the results of the multidisciplinary activities in this unit.
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Immigrants Who Built America
Students research the lives of ten famous immigrant Americans. They conduct research, and match names with the accomplishments of famous immigrants on a worksheet.
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Great North
Students view a video about the Arctic Circle, North Pole and Northern Europe. They locate areas using a map. They create a drawing of the countries where the Inuit live.
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Keeping Students Focused During the Holiday Season
There are easy ways to make the day before a school break fun, exciting, and productive.
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Holiday Activities for Everyone
There are ways to include all students, even those who don't celebrate holidays, in activities during the holiday season.
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Patchwork Paper Stockings
Youngsters create holiday stockings from construction paper and pieces of wrapping paper cut into squares. It's always nice to have a holiday craft, or two, up your sleeve during December. This craft is easy to implement, and the...
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Trees for Tomorrow
Students examine how to plan for prudent use of trees so that we never run out of this natural resource. They determine what the oldest wooden object in their home is and draw picture of it. They observe a cross section of a tree and...
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Scarterfield: Want to Learn How to Draw Cartoons?
This site offers free step-by-step lessons on how to draw various types of cartoons including animals, characters, cars, Christmas, Disney, Manga, Superheros, landscape, and much more. General information about drawing cartoons is...