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Happy April Fool's Day!

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Grab students' attention with these lesson and activity ideas on April Fool's Day.
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How to Incorporate April Fool's Day into Your Teaching

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Celebrate the merriment of April Fool's Day without the mischievousness.
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April Fool's Day

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore tradition and the month of April by participating in practical jokes. In this United Kingdom holiday activity, students discuss the birth of April Fool's day and what it means to the people of England. Students research...
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April Fool's Day

For Students 7th - 8th
For this April Fool's Day worksheet, students read or listen to a passage, then match phrases, fill in the blanks, choose the correct words, unscramble words and sentences, write discussion questions and conduct a survey about this day.
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April Fool! Scavenger Hunt

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this April Fool's Day worksheet, learners utilize the Internet to access one specific website to find the answers to five short answer questions about the history of April Fool's Day.
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April's Fools Day

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students examine the activities associated with April Fool's Day. They read and explain the jokes and hoaxes from around the world using their own words. They create their own jokes that could be used on April 1.
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Backwards Day

For Teachers Pre-K - 5th
Young scholars create ways to do things backwards. For this cross-curriculum lesson, students participate in various backwards activities for an entire day. Young scholars recite the alphabet backwards, spell their names backwards, and...
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Spring Alphabetizing Worksheet

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this alphabetizing worksheet, students read 10 words in a word box that pertain to the season of spring. Students alphabetize the words. Some begin with the same letter.
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Some British Festivals and Holidays

For Students 6th - 7th
In this British holidays activity, learners complete a 15 question on-line interactive exercise about festivals and holidays in Great Britain. Students read a date and tell what holiday is celebrated on that day.