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Northwest Coast Indians: Winter Celebrations Potlatch

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Upper elementary learners engage in a study about the Potlatch as a Northwest Coast Indians social custom. Groups of pupils plan their own Potlatch ceremony; incorporating activities and creating gifts much like the ones that the Indians...
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Snowman in Winter Sequence Writing

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Young scholars develop a creative snowman using step-by-step stickers. They write a short story about the snowman they have created, explaining the sequence they used to create their snowman. Students present their completed story in...
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Fall and Winter Religious Celebrations

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students discover the unique beliefs and celebrations of the five major religions in the world. In groups, they discuss the terms associated with each religion and are read books about their celebrations. They create their own dharma...
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What Does Your First Day of Winter Look Like?

For Teachers K
Students brainstorm the characteristics of winter. Using an email program, they share their characteristics of winter with those in another part of the country. They compare and contrast each letter they receive with their own criteria...
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Winter Holiday Ideas

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Students celebrate winter holidays. In this winter holidays lesson, students have a Hanukkah party and make latkas, celebrate Christmas by making Christmas tree cones, and observe Kwanzaa with a special activity. A game, a song, a...
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Winter Olympics 4x4 Boggle Word Game

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this word game instructional activity, students use the boggle word board to create as many words about the Winter Olympics as possible. Students write the words on the lines.
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Exploring Seasonal Shadows and Sunlight

For Teachers 5th - 8th
What can shadows tell us about the changing season? Over several months, astronomy learners record length and position of an outdoor object's shadow, such as a flagpole. They apply the data to a growing hypothesis and note the...
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Bill Nye Video: Earth's Seasons

For Students 4th - 8th
In this earth's seasons worksheet, students answer fill in the blank questions after seeing Bill Nye's video. Topics include the rotation of the earth around the sun, the tilt of the earth, the time zones and sunlight.
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Book Study: The Mitten

For Students 1st - 3rd Standards
Looking for a set of resources to compliment a reading of The Mitten by Jan Brett? A fun winter resource has everything from story sequencing and writing prompts to a parts of speech sort and a mitten flap book. The activities are great...
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Make a Snowman

For Students Pre-K - 3rd
Do you want to build a snowman? Of course you do! A fun and easily navigated game provides face pieces, hats, scarves, arms, and other fun accessories for young learners to create their perfect winter friend.
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Antonym Snowmen

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Pupils demonstrate their understanding of antonyms. They create snowmen and write antonyms on them. Then present their snowmen and antonyms to the class. This is a seasonal theme instructional activity.
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Family Traditions

For Teachers 2nd Standards
Honor family traditions with a instructional activity that examines the variety of winter celebrations. Class members discuss their family's traditions then complete a cut-and-paste practice page in which they match a picture to the name...
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Sands of Time

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Twelfth graders explore an application of integration. A calculus lesson prompts class members to find the length of the day where they live during the winter and summer solstice.  Using data relating to the solstices at...
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Snowman

For Students Pre-K - 5th
Add a snowy touch of holiday flair to your classroom celebration of winter holidays with a coloring activity showcasing a snowman equipped with a blank space for creativity to take over.
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The K20 Chronicle, Lesson 1: What Makes a Good Article?

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Good news articles are engaging, informative, and often compelling. In the first lesson of the four-part series, young journalists analyze and evaluate news stories about former NBA player Enes Kanter Freedom. They learn about the...
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Brainstorming and Creating a Graphic Organizer Using Kidspiration

For Teachers 4th
Although focused on the winter ecology at Crater Lake, this lesson could be tweaked to use as a exploration of any region. After a visit to Crater Lake, learners discuss topics relating to winter in this area, such as the behavior of...
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Come to My Resort

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students in a French II class use new vocabulary terms that are related to items and activities found in summer and winter resorts to create a brochure about a resort in a French-speaking country.
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Weather and Climate: storms

For Teachers 9th
The main types of storms are described in this presentation and characteristic facts are given. The main details thunderstorms, tornadoes, hurricanes and winter storms formations are listed. Geographical features that affect weather...
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Brrrr!

For Students 1st
In this winter coloring worksheet, 1st graders read the sentence and trace the words thermometer, temperature, and freezing. Students then color the picture.
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By the Fire...

For Students K - 2nd
In this winter-themed coloring learning exercise, students color the scene of people by a fire and then respond to 3 short answer questions.
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Logging Camp

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this winter-themed coloring instructional activity, students color the scene of people at a logging camp and then respond to 2 short answer questions.
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Winter Bubble Map

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
In this organizational chart instructional activity, students complete a bubble map for ideas on the winter holidays. Students write or draw for things they see in winter.
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Do Trees Create Heat in the Winter

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders develop an experiment to measure the temperature on several parts of a tree to determine if there is a difference in surface temperature. They practice the process of scientific method to find out if trees create heat in...
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The Winter Olympics

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this Olympics word search worksheet, students read 24 words that pertain to the sports in the winter Olympic games. Students find the words in a word search puzzle.

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