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Letters From Santa
Seventh graders practice the use of word processing software and writing skills. They read letters to Santa from a second grade class and compose an answer that is grammatically correct. Afterward, they cut and paste, save the file to be...
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Dear Santa Claus
Learners watch the video Santa Claus is Coming to Town and create letters asking questions to Santa Claus. Other students answer the letters of their classmates.
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Flip Camera Christmas Lessons and Ideas
Students use a Flip camera to complete various projects about Christmas. In this Christmas and technology lesson plan, students write and record letters to Santa. Students write letters to Christmas characters and record them. Students...
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Holiday Writing Prompts
Students experience and practice their writing skills during the holiday season. They express themselves in a variety of ways including writing about a favorite part about the holiday break, what's the best gift you've ever gotten and...
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Columbus Day (Native American Perspective)
Teach your class the perspective Native Americans had on Christopher Columbus. They will examine the effects of Christopher Columbus' exploration on the Native Americans using a reading theater and a carousel brainstorming activity. They...
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The Elf Project
Sixth graders create elves in order to respond to Santa letters from first graders.
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WHAT EL CHUPACABRAS MEANS TO ME
Students explore hispanic ficticious characters and compare them to the anglo culture.
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My Own Backyard
Students explore and react to the painting The Road to Santa Fe. In this interacting with art lesson, students locate various objects in the painting. Students copy the angle of objects by using their bodies. Students discuss light and...
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The Elf Project
Third graders research elves and create their own elf description which they use to write back to the first graders Santa letters.
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Letters to Home
Seventh graders research historical events and everyday life in Texas in 1836-1837. They write a letter using Mr. Mitchell's perspective.
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The Night Before Christmas
Students, after reading and discussing the book, "The Night Before Christmas," explore, examine, and study about the letters of the alphabet and the sounds they make. They primarily assess the letter 'D' by inquiring which animals guided...
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Frontier Forts
Seventh graders study frontier forts. In this Kansas history lesson, 7th graders research the history and conditions of Fort Leavenworth, Fort Scott, Fort Riley, Fort Larned, and Fort Hays. Students write letters from the perspective of...
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A Traditional Christmas in England
Ninth graders examine a Christmas in England. In this English culture lesson, 9th graders read an article and answer guided reading questions. Students write an email to their teacher about their traditional Christmas in their house.
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Letter Writing With the Jolly Postman
Students need to know how to write a greeting letter.
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Waking Up, Stepping Out
Students examine cultural differences. In this Peace Corps lesson, students compare their culture to Nepali culture as they read and discuss Waking Up, Stepping Out by Steve Iams.
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Merry Christmas Writing Centre
Learners create a Christmas list and design a Christmas card.
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Create an Illuminated Alphabet Word Book
Students create a class alphabet book. In this letter recognition activity, students use line and color to draw an object whose name begins with a specific letter. Students use adjectives to create a sentence describing the object or...
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Waking Up, Stepping Out
Young scholars focus on a rich and colorful description of a culture unfamiliar to most of them. They compare the similarities and differences they find between Nepali culture and their own and determine our similarities as people can...
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A Christmas Project
Seventh graders publish a letter and spreadsheet using the computer. They build a three-dimesnsional object with construction paper and develop a Christmas object using coordinates on a graph. Students compose a response in their journals.
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Create an Illuminated Alphabet Word Book
Students create a class alphabet book or "ABCDarium," a book that uses images of animals or objects to illustrate each letter of the alphabet.
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Completing a Christmas Story
Students discuss with teacher how to complete a short story and the elements necessary: characters, settings, themes, and plots. They then use the worksheet to complete the short story.
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Yellow Journalism in the Spanish-American War
Students write a newspaper based on events in the year 1898 using Yellow Journalism, the exaggeration of facts or events.
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The Wedding of a Mountain
Learners examine the differences between weathering, erosion, and deposition as it pertains to mountains.