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How Much Electricity Do You Use Each Year
Learners relate the usage of common household appliances to coal usage. They examine the example of how much coal is used each year by a typical family of four to operate various appliances.
Curated OER
Chinese Lantern Festival - Social Studies
Students explore the culture and heritage of their own and other groups. They explain ways communities celebrate New Year's. Students explore how and why individuals and groups pass on and sustain their culture and heritage. Pupils...
Curated OER
We're Building Bridges to School Readiness!
Students participate in the activities their teaching initiates from the packet for classroom behavior, social skills, and learning environments.
Curated OER
Narrow It Down: Books
Students ask yes-no questions to identify a secret book. In this asking questions lesson plan, students ask yes or no questions about books to identify a secret book. Students identify the book and then read one of the example books.
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Happy Hanukkah!
In this Hanukkah crossword activity, students read the 18 clues that relate to Hanukkah. Students use the word bank to complete the crossword puzzle.
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Happy Hanukkah!
For this Hanukkah crossword worksheet, students read the 18 clues that relate to Hanukkah. Students then use the clues to complete the crossword puzzle.
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Chabad Lubavitch: The Jewish Calendar
A storehouse of resources about the Jewish calendar from the educational wing of the Lubavitch Hasidim movement. Choose to view information about particluar holy days. View a current calendar page (by day, week, or month) to see events...
Institute for Dynamic Educational Advancement
Web Exhibits: Calendars Through the Ages: Announcing the Sky
Well-organized website depicts the "Fascinating history of the human endeavor to organize our lives in accordance with the sun and stars." Gives an overview and specifics of the basis of calendars through the ages.
Reading Rockets
Reading Rockets: National Poetry Month
This site offers extensive resources for teaching poetry. Find interviews with poets, ideas for poetry lessons, book lists, and ways to use poetry across the curriculum. There are also resources specifically for National Poetry Month....
Scholastic
Scholastic Internet Field Trip: Calendar Math Activities
This website offers plenty of links for activities around the topic of calendar math using estimation, measurement, and computations.
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: The Hebrew, or Jewish, Calendar
An encyclopedia entry about the Jewish calendar with information on the history of the calendar as well as on the modern Jewish calendar, which dates from 3761 BCE. Names of the months, length of the months, leap years, and similar...
Chase Young, PhD
Dr. Chase Young, Ph D: Reader's Theater Script: January Is the First Month [Pdf]
In this activity, a reader's theater script for Jean Brabham McKinney's January is the First Month is provided. Six (or more) speaking parts are provided.
Mex Connect
Mex Connect: Mexico's Fiesta and Holiday Calendar
Great resource for all types of holidays throughout Mexico. A key conveniently marks them as you choose each month. Additional links give even more info.
Math Is Fun
Math Is Fun: 12 Month Calendar
Customize and print a calendar that starts which the month and year of your choosing and covers twelve months.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: May Is "Get Caught Reading" Month!
This site offers two ideas for lessons/activities for students during "Get Caught Reading" month. It was taken from ReadWriteThink's calendar on May 1, 2007, and includes activities, web links, and a bibliography.
Mex Connect
Mexconnect: Mexico's Fiesta & Holiday Calendar: Year 2000
A month by month calendar of holidays and fiestas in Mexico, in both English and Spanish.
Scholastic
Scholastic Internet Field Trip: Calendars & Time Measure
Study the math and history involved in the development of the 12 month calendar. There are lots of links to informative time and calendar websites to assist you.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Study Jams! Math: Measurement: Using a Calendar
This site provides great practice on the concept of using a calendar and elapsed time. Students can first learn about the topic by watching a step by step instruction video that also points out areas of concern. Finally, students can...
Other
Livius: Caesar's Calendar Reform
A selection from Plutarch that highlights Caesar's desire to reform the calendar and how he came about with the changes he enforced.
Institute for Dynamic Educational Advancement
Web Exhibit: The Jewish Calendar
This website gives very detailed information about all aspects of the Jewish calendar.
NASA
Nasa: From Stargazers to Starships: The Calendar
A lesson plan that gives an overview of solar and lunar calendars, their history and lore. Also, of the day and the month, and their relations to the rotational period of the Earth and the orbital period of the Moon.For versions in...
Ohio State University
Ohio State University: A Brief Introduction to the Islamic (Hijri) Calendar
Provides background information about the Islamic Calendar, also called the Hijri. Explains the differences between the Gregorian calendar and the Islamic Calendar; lists important holidays and the months of the Islamic year. Provides...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Interactive Calendar
Students will explore a calendar through an interactive PowerPoint. They will apply this knowledge independently on an actual calendar.
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