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The Christmas Countdown!

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Combine an exploration of Christmas with a review of basic counting. Learners count to twelve using visuals relating to the holiday. As a follow-up activity, you could have your class create their own counting books and illustrate the...
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Holiday: Christmas Games and Crafts

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Students access a variety of Christmas themed websites. They play online games and send e-mail letters to Santa. They complete word searches and read Christmas stories.
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Winter Holiday Attitude Adjustment

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students create kind sentences or compliments for each classmate in this feel-good lesson ideal for a Language Arts classroom just before Winter break. The lesson includes examples of positive comments and detailed instructions.
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Christmas Handprint Wreath and Other Holiday Hand Crafts

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students trace their hands and use the prints to create Christmas wreaths. They explore the history and development of the symbolism behind the Christmas wreath.
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HALLOWEEN - HOLIDAY FINE ARTS ACTIVITIES

For Teachers All
The pupils will demonstrate their understanding of crescendo; to achieve dramatic effect in singing the Halloween Song (basic technique used to provide mood in Music).
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Researching Another country's Holiday: Organizing and Recording Information

For Teachers 5th
Prior to this lesson, 5th graders will have collected notes from several sources. Students extend their note taking to include at least one example each of summarizing and paraphrasing. They record bibliographic information for each...
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ESL Vocabulary Activity

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this ESL vocabulary worksheet, students select the word that correctly completes a sentence. Students may check their results by clicking on a link.
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Hide and Survive: A Natural Selection Activity

For Teachers 5th - 10th
Students explore the theory of natural selection given certain scenarios. In this biology lesson, students graph data taken from the experiment. They explain the factors that contribute to the survival of the fittest.
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Halloween Fine Arts Activities

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders demonstrate their understanding of crescendo. They achieve dramatic effect in singing the Halloween Song. They sing this song with a gradual crescendo from beginning to end.
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Memorial Day: ESL Read Aloud Activity

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this Memorial Day read aloud worksheet, students read a short text about the observance of Memorial Day. There are no questions to answer here.
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Veterans Day Activity

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this Veterans Day learning exercise, students color a picture of a veteran and "talk about it" and answer 3 questions: what is a soldier, what kind of song do you think he's playing, and what patriotic songs do you know?
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String Of Lights

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students collect, graph and analyze data. In this statistics lesson, students compare data using different types of graphs. They make predictions, draw conjectures as they analyze bulbs used in a holiday light set.
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Holidays and Hotels

For Students 7th - 9th
Students pairs discuss common activities associated with vacations and hotels. In this language arts worksheet, students complete fill-in-the-blank and matching activities, as well as engage in conversation starters.
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How Do You Celebrate?

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Investigate the customs of Christmas, Hanukkah, and Kwanzaa with a holiday instructional activity. Pupils use a graphic organizer to compare and contrast the customs of each holiday before writing an informative paragraph about...
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Halloween for ESL Learners

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Pupils learn history of Halloween. They learn traditional activities of Halloween. They share the fun of Halloween through the Internet.
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A Comparison of the Celebrations of Cinco de Mayo

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students compare and contrast how Cinco de Mayo is celebrated in the United States and in Mexico. In this cultural comparisons instructional activity, students research holiday practices using Internet sites and then write persuasive...
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Holidays: Word Partners

For Students 7th - 8th
In this language arts worksheet, pairs of students, explore, discuss, and complete a variety of activities associated with holidays and traveling on vacation. There are matching and fill-int-the-blank questions.
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Total English Intermediate: Holidays

For Students 4th - 7th
In this holidays crossword puzzle learning exercise, students practice key vocabulary as they read the 7 clues to correctly fill in the word puzzle. Students also complete 2 holiday vocabulary activities.
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Halloween Crafts and Games

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Students access a variety of Halloween themed websites. They locate information on crafts, games and activities relating to Halloween. They complete world problems, write poetry and test reading comprehension.
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Christmas-Tree-Shaped Poems

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students create poems in the shape of a Christmas tree. They write an original poem detailing how a person can spread joy during the holiday season. The poem is formatted in the shape of a Christmas tree.
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Christmas Carol Project

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders create a researched presentation comparing and contrasting holiday celebrations from the period surrounding Charles' Dickens 'A Christmas Carol.' For this Christmas celebrations lesson, 8th graders discuss differences...
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Winter Holidays

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students investigate the traditions associated with winter holidays. They examine why most of the holidays are associated with light. They examine the origins and customs of these holidays before creating an original holiday.
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Thanks for the Memories

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students explore the importance of the family holiday meal, read and discuss "Pass the Turkey, Tamales, Kugel and Criticism" and write their own renditions of a fictitious family's holiday evening.
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Kwanzaa

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Pupils examine the holiday of Kwanzaa. In groups, they discuss "The Seven Principles" and the history of the holiday. They explore the objects that are used and what they represent. They end the instructional activity with a...

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