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Dia de Los Muertos
To honor El Dia de los Muertos, scholars work together to create Day of the Dead displays—paper sugar skulls and banners—that bring a festive and memorable flare to the classroom.
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Memorial Day
In this literacy worksheet, students find the words that are part of the vocabulary list for the theme of the word search puzzle.
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Hanukkah
How much does your class know about the Jewish Festival of Lights? Young learners practice Hanukkah vocabulary, including latkes, Judea, sufganiot, and gimel, in a series of word puzzles.
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Christmas Puzzle
In this literacy worksheet, students find the words that are missing in the word search using the theme of Christmas. The skill of spelling is emphasized.
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Groundhog Day Word Search Puzzle
In this holiday worksheet, students locate and identify various vocabulary terms related to Groundhog Day. There are twelve words located in the puzzle.
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How to Write a Repetition Poem
A repetition poem is the focus of a lesson that challenges scholars to compose an original piece. To add meaning to their poem, authors choose words to repeat at the start of most lines.
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St. Patrick's Day -- History and Traditions
For this St. Patrick's Day worksheet, students answer questions about the history and traditions of the holiday. Students complete sentences about the history and traditions and a word search.
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Remembering Martin Luther King Jr.
In this word search worksheet, students find the words related to Martin Luther King Jr.'s life and work. Students locate 40 words.
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Martin Luther King Jr. Day
In this word search worksheet, students find the words related to Martin Luther King Jr.'s life and work. Students locate 12 words.
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New Year's Eve
In this language arts word search, students will be searching for words that pertain to New Year's Eve. Students will locate 39 words pertaining to the holiday.
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Columbus Discovers America
In this word search worksheet, students identify the words related to the discovery of America by Christopher Columbus. Students find 20 words in the word search.
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Spanish Culture Lesson - Cinco de Mayo
Learners role play the characters and events which led to the holiday of Cinco de Mayo. In this Cinco de Mayo lesson, students dance the "La Raspa" dance. Learners complete a Cinco de Mayo word search.
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Words That Will Haunt You
Students create taxonomies of Halloween-related terms. Drawing from their compiled vocabulary lists and previous reading, they compose personal essays of their own memories of the holiday. Students present their essays at a...
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Thanksgiving
For this Thanksgiving word search, students look for 25 words which pertain to the holiday. The puzzle, which has a word bank, has an intricate turkey design.
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Costumes
In this theater worksheet, middle schoolers find the words related to the subject of costumes for a play. The answers are found while clicking the button at the bottom of the page.
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Halloween
In this English learning exercise, students answer questions about Halloween. The students also find 13 related Halloween words in a word search. The questions are about Halloween traditions and history.
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Holiday: Christmas Games and Crafts
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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Halloween
In this holiday activity, students find the words that are related to the holiday of Halloween and the answers are found by clicking the button at the bottom of the page.
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Happy St. Patrick's Day!
In this holiday worksheet, students find the words that are associated with the holiday of St. Patrick's Day. The answers are found at the bottom of the page.
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Thanksgiving
In this holiday worksheet, middle schoolers find the words that are associated with the Thanksgiving holiday and the answers are found at the bottom of the page.
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A Turkey for Thanksgiving - Lesson #2
Second graders investigate realistic fiction, holiday celebrations, making tally charts. In this multi-disciplinary lesson, 2nd graders listen to a story about Thanksgiving and one about the Chinese New Year to develop an understanding...
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Christmas
In this holiday worksheet, students find the words that are related to the day of Christmas and the answers are found by clicking the button at the bottom of the page.
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Christmas Puzzler
In this holiday worksheet, learners find the words related to Christmas and the answers are found by clicking the button at the bottom of the page.
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Ghostly Post Puzzle
In this holiday worksheet, students find the words that are related to Halloween and the answers are found by clicking the button at the bottom of the page.