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Kwanzaa
Students explore African American holiday of Kwanzaa, orally share ideas about whom they want to invite to classroom Kwanzaa celebration, create and print invitation to Kwanzaa using Publisher or Print Shop, and share completed...
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Abraham Lincoln
Students brainstorm different names of presidents and reflect upon the importance of the role in government. They demonstrate a knowledge of the important events in the life of Abraham Lincoln. Students conduct research into the founding...
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Too Many Tamales
Students investigate Mexican holiday celebrations and compare them to American Christmas holidays. They conduct a Mexican Christmas Scavenger Hunt. The lesson uses a streaming video in order to engage students in the main objectives.
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Veterans Day
Fourth graders research the origin of Veterans Day and its purpose in the life of Americans today. Students begin the lesson by looking up key vocabulary. The teacher uses a media presentation to create interest. The class composes...
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Christmas Play Dough Ornaments
Third graders investigate the basic ingredients that are involved in making play dough. They combine the ingredients in order to make their own play dough. Students use their hands and manipulate play dough to make an ornament.
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HANUKKAH: A Mini-Unit
Students engage in a variety of activities concerning the holiday of Hanukkah. The use of brainstorming important to generate ideas and tap prior knowledge. They move from brainstorming to a choice of other activities.
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"COUNTRY" CHRISTMAS AND OTHER HOLIDAY CELEBRATIONS
Sixth graders develop an understanding of Christmas traditions of other countries and well as the United States. They discover the meaning of other holiday celebrations and utilize computers and other technology as an integral part of...
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Handprint Angels
Students trace their hands onto white paper and cut them out. They create a holiday art piece by adding a "head" and a "body" and then decorating them to resemble an angel. (Their handprints become the wings.)
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Making Memories
Young scholars write reflective essays discussing some of their most poignant holiday memories. They illustrate their writing with original artwork and photographs to contribute to a class-designed holiday memory book.
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Invent a Holiday
Students compare their own special holidays and traditions and then use their imaginations to create their own holiday.
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The Ghost In The Graveyard
Students practice chasing and fleeing skills by playing the game Ghost in the Graveyard.
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The Twelve Ways to Fitness
Students work on their cardiovascular and muscular endurance by exercising to the song "The Twelve Days of Christmas."
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Fiesta
Students demonstrate an understanding of what a fiesta is by participating in various activities and conducting research.
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Decorate A Tree
Young scholars decorate a tree with ornaments which represent different locomotion skills such as crab walk, stretches, jump rope, and jumping jacks. Great for holiday week.
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Frame It!
Students make decorative picture frames for holiday gifts and use creative thinking skills to decorate frame patterns. They demonstrate ability in following directions.
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Why do we Dream of a White Christmas?
Students examine a reading selection on how the idea of a white Christmas was developed. In this ESL lesson, students share a class discussion about the article then complete several assignments to reinforce what they learned, including...
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Christmas Poetry
Middle schoolers explore writing using literary terms. In this Christmas poetry lesson, students write a poem about a Christmas tree or a snowman using at least one example of each: metaphor, simile, and personification.
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The History of Thanksgiving Day
Third graders study the history of Thanksgiving. In this holiday lesson plan, 3rd graders read about the history of Thanksgiving, complete vocabulary activities, and write a journal entry from the point of view of someone who lived...
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Turkey Feathers
Students demonstrate counting skills. For this number sense lesson, students glue numbered feathers onto a turkey pattern in numerical order.
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Kindness Certificate
Students demonstrate that gifts don't need to be bought. In this philanthropy lesson, students list types of gifts and create homemade gifts for family and friends from various materials.
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Kwanzaa Activities
Students listen to a book about Kwanzaa and discuss the holiday and its importance. In this Kwanzaa lesson, students make crafts after they read and discuss the story.
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Holiday and Seasonal Word Search
Students practice vocabulary and spelling. In this holiday lesson, students complete word searches focused on different holidays. 10 word searches are included.
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Holiday Count and Color
In this holiday counting worksheet, students count and color 6 different sets of objects. First, they read the directions and count the number of each object as instructed. Then, students color the correct number of holiday objects in...
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Holiday Maze: Presents
In this present learning exercise, students complete the maze by drawing a line from the present at the top to the gift bag at the bottom avoiding obstacles that lead to dead ends.