There are so many holidays celebrated around winter that it can be difficult to keep track. Consider having your class members design a newsletter highlighting a particular holiday, such as Christmas, Hanukkah, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, or President's Day. Then when a holiday pops up, you can send these specially-crafted messages to families and other classes! 

Concepts

valentine's day, Holidays, winter

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Additional Tags

winter, valentine's day, new year's day, social studies

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Pros

• Includes suggested required components to include in newsletter, as well as a rubric
• Can download and edit document

Cons

• Instructor will want to review guidelines to include more specific requirements where appropriate
• You may wish to edit multimedia requirements to fit technological knowledge of your class

Common Core

W.4.2.a W.4.4 W.5.2.a W.5.4 W.6.2.a W.6.4 W.7.2.a W.7.4