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The Magic School Bus Holiday Special

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students learn along with Ms. Frizzle's class. In this Magic School Bus lesson plan, students learn the importance of recycling as they explore how things can be reused or recycled again and again.
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Name That Tune

For Teachers 4th - 5th
In this holiday worksheet, students choose the tune to "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" or "Row Your Boat" and write a new holiday song. Students perform their creations.
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Christmas Addition

For Students 2nd
In this holiday addition worksheet, 2nd graders color in pictures of holiday symbols and solve regrouping addition problems. There are twelve addition problems on each page with a different illustration to color. There are five different...
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The Meaning of Passover Story Through Songs and Traditions

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Learners explore the meaning of Passover. In this holiday lesson, students participate in various learning centers that focus on the Passover holiday. The learning centers include simulating the feelings of slavery, listening to music by...
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Compare Holidays!

For Students 4th - 7th
In this holiday worksheet, students choose two different holidays to compare and contrast in a venn diagram and then writing a summary of their comparisons.
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Easter Monday

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this reading comprehension worksheet, students read facts about the Polish holiday, Easter Monday, and choose from multiple choice answers to evaluate comprehension. Students choose three multiple choice answers.
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A Christmas Carol Exploration

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders explore the history of Christmas by researching classic literature. In this holiday instructional activity, 7th graders read the story A Christmas Carol and discuss the tone of Charles Dickens' classic literary work....
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Dancing With Leprechauns Coloring Page

For Students K - 1st
Young artists color in the picture of the little girl and the leprechaun for the holiday of St. Patrick's Day. This would be a handy worksheet to have as the holiday approaches
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Here's My Family

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Family traditions help to instill personal values, social norms, and the warmest of childhood memories. Elementary and secondary learners share their favorite family traditions with a fun diorama project. Using modeling clay, they create...
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Memorial Day Challenge

For Students 3rd - 7th Standards
What do the American Revolution, Monday, and remembrance have in common? These are three of the 63 words you'll find in this word search dedicated to the major symbols, events, and features of Memorial Day.
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Mardi-Gras Mask

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Celebrate Mardi Gras in style with beautiful sparkling masks! Class members use provided materials to create their own Mardi Gras masks and then don their costumes for a fun masquerade.
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Intermediate Kwanzaa

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
As part of a study of holiday traditions, language learners read about the creation of Kwanzaa, the seven-day festival created by Dr. Maulana Karenga to celebrate traditional African values.
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Chinese New Year – Reading Comprehension

For Students 4th - 7th Standards
Traditions surrounding the celebration of the Chinese New Year are the focus of a reading comprehension worksheet designed for intermediate level language learners.
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Dreidel, Dreidel, Dreidel

For Students K - 5th
An interactive learning game challenges scholars to play a game of Dreidel with their peers or the computer. Small groups up to four take to the screen to digitally spin a dreidel and earn, or lose, gelt. After each turn, labels showcase...
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Hanukkah Gelt Hunt

For Students K - 5th Standards
A Hanukkah-themed learning game challenges players to find hidden gelt. Scholars examine festive pictures to locate hard-to-see gelt—chocolate coins— and click on them to earn points before the timer runs out. Levels become increasingly...
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Gobble Squabble

For Students K - 5th Standards
A Thanksgiving-themed interactive boosts addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division facts. Using the keyboard's arrows, players navigate a turkey through a maze, gobbling up as many berries as possible without getting tagged by...
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Turkey Touchdown

For Students K - 5th Standards
Touchdown! A Thanksgiving Day, football-themed learning game challenges mathematicians to answer addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division problems. After five correct answers, players aim and kick a field goal before the next...
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Christmas Present Hunt

For Students K - 5th Standards
An interactive game of hidden pictures challenges scholars to locate hard-to-find gift boxes. The number of presents increases and becomes harder to find as levels progress. A joyful reindeer praises players for a job well done. 
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Pilgrim and Wampanoag Daily Life

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd Standards
A lesson looks at the Pilgrims and Wampanoag tribe during the first Thanksgiving. Scholars compare and contrast information presented by an online activity then discuss their findings. Learners examine the two group's daily routines and...
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Unscramble the Winter Holiday Words

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this language arts worksheet, students observe 10 words which are scrambled. All pertain to winter holidays; the word Christmas is not mentioned and there are no graphics on the page. Students unscramble the words.
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Thanksgiving Activity

For Students 5th - 8th
Thanksgiving food doesn't have to be unhealthy! Learners read five situations about specific foods, ingredient substitutions, and ways to maintain healthy blood levels with a handy holiday learning exercise. 
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Holiday Help for U.S. Sevicemen Overseas

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars research what is possible locally and online to provide support for U.S. troops overseas during the holidays. Students also discuss what they would need to do to collect money or other items or launch a writing project.
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Create a Holiday: What Will it Be?

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Learners study holidays and culture. In this customs and traditions lesson plan, students create their own holiday based on traditions and holidays that different cultures currently practice.
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Holiday Activities for Everyone

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
There are ways to include all students, even those who don't celebrate holidays, in activities during the holiday season.

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