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A New Twist on Father's Day Activities

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Father's Day activities can give students a way to find out about their ancestry and learn more about special people in their lives.
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Fathers Day Alphabetical Order Challenge Worksheet

For Students 2nd - 4th
For this online interactive Father's Day worksheet, students examine 16 father-related words then write them in alphabetical order on the lines provided. This worksheet may also be printed for classroom use.
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It's All in the Family with Mother's & Father's Day

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Learners interview family members to make a family tree for a Mother's or Father's Day card. In this family tree activity, students read Love You Forever and discuss love within families. Learners view Genealogy Resources on the Internet...
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Father's Day Acrostic Poem

For Students 1st - 6th
In this online interactive language arts worksheet, students write an acrostic poem regarding fathers using the letters FATHER. This worksheet may also be printed for use in classrooms.
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Friendship Cinquain

For Students K - 6th Standards
Invite your class to share their appreciation of one another through the work of a Valentine's Day cinquain poem. Scholars use their knowledge of their classmates to describe them through adjectives, action verbs, and a complete...
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Father's Day

For Students 5th - 10th
In this Father's Day worksheet, students complete activities such as reading a passage, phrase matching, fill in the blanks, correct words, multiple choice, spelling, sequencing, scrambled sentences, writing questions, survey, and...
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Papa's Got A Brand New Bag

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Young scholars design and promote technological devices for Father's Day gifts that reflect evolving social trends. They consider the new image of dads cast by today's media and advertisements and its influence.
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Johnny Appleseed Theme Unit: Day 3

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students participate in a variety of activities surrounding a thematic unit on apples and Johnny Appleseed.
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Holiday Paper Projects for Kids

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
No matter what time of year it is, there's a holiday craft to make! Kindergartners construct several holiday craft projects in a series of holiday art lesson. They complete several paper projects such as 4th of July flags,...
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Bringing Animal Issues Into the Classroom

For Students K - 3rd
Here's an excellent packet of worksheets that delves into animal issues, and also covers the people who work in the community who help animals, such as veterinarians. There are thought-provoking questions associated with photographs of...
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Grandparents Day

For Students 2nd - 5th
In this Grandparents Day activity worksheet, students use the 12 clues to identify the words needed to complete the crossword puzzle.
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Print-Making Card Designs

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students explore print making. In this art and print making lesson, students listen to biographical information about Leonardo da Vinci, then define "mirror image" as a technique used by this artist. Students cut out magazine pictures...
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Searching for Meanings Benath the Surface of the Poem

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Learners read "Soccer Until Dusk". As a class, they discuss the various settings and actions in the poem and discuss the life in Guatemala and compare it with the United States. To end the lesson, they complete a journal reflection...
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Identifying Family

For Teachers K
A reading of Stella Blackstone’s, Bear’s Busy Family launches a genealogy writing project. Young researchers use key words from the story, daddy, sister, uncle, etc., to write stories to illustrate and combine into a family book. While...
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Home School Connection

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students explore responsibility by participating in a jobs activity. In this housekeeping lesson, students identify the work and preparation that needs to be done at their home if they are going to learn in a home schooling environment....
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National Turkey Off to Disneyland

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Young scholars share their holiday traditions, then read about an American Thanksgiving custom. For this current events lesson, the teacher introduces the news article with a discussion and vocabulary activity, the students participate...
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Thomas Jefferson's Concept of America

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students study Thomas Jefferson's concept of America. They read a chapter from the book, Thomas Jefferson's America, and discuss its main events comparing it to current events. Role-playing a citizen from the 1790s, they write a letter...
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Let's Go Golfing

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students bring their visions for golf courses to life. In this scale model lesson, students research golf courses online, plan golf courses on grid paper, and then create scale models of the courses they planned.
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Skills for Building Healthy Relationships

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students create skits showing relationship problems and discuss how communication, cooperation, and compromise can build strong relationships.  In this healthy relationships lesson, students are given a scenario to act out in small...
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Digging Deeper: Mission San Sabá

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders view a painting of the destruction of Mission San Saba in Texas. They discuss the painting and identify information that they can infer from the painting.
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Funology: Holiday Arts and Crafts

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This resource has crafts and activities for holidays. Ideas are listed by holiday. Most can be done with common classroom and household supplies with little adult help.