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Brain Boosters-Money & Addition with Regrouping
If a leprechaun finds 39 cents, what are the possible coin combinations? A St. Patrick's Day math activity is a great way to keep the class excited about the holiday, but also keeps them focused on the math lesson too. By using addition...
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Calendar Activity
In this calendar activity activity, students use a calendar to complete questions on "Mermaid Toy Shop." An answer key is included on page 2.
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Math: Collecting and Analyzing Date
Children count how many of an activity they can do in a row, such as ball tossing and record the date and count. Children track over a period of time and graph results.
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Fireworks: A Whole Group Activity for November Fifth, Diwali, New Year's Eve, or the Chinese New Year
In this holiday elapsed time worksheet, students determine a method to calculate how much time it would take to set off a box of 28 fireworks if one must allow six minutes for each fireworks. They determine what time they would need to...
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Pi Day
In this Pi Day instructional activity, students complete activities such as reading a passage, phrase matching, fill in the blanks, correct words, multiple choice, spelling sequencing, scrambled sentences, asking questions, take a...
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Green Food Graph
Students explore graph making by investigating St. Patrick's day food. In this holiday food lesson plan, students discuss their favorite green foods in honor of St. Patrick's day. Students create a graph based on the data of which green...
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Calendar Activity
In this calendar worksheet, students complete word problems based on the November calendar given. Students complete 5 word problems.
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Coin-a-copia: A Thanksgiving Glyph Activity
Young scholars explore glyphs that are pictorial representations of data. Students collect and display data about themselves and a variety of other topics. Young scholars practice using a legend to analyze and interpret data.
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Calendar Activity
In this calendar activity, students look at a calendar page of the month of May and answer short answer questions about it. Students complete 5 questions total.
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Tis the Season for Turkey Math
Put a mathematical twist on the classic turkey-related projects.
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The Christmas Countdown!
Combine an exploration of Christmas with a review of basic counting. Learners count to twelve using visuals relating to the holiday. As a follow-up activity, you could have your class create their own counting books and illustrate the...
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String Of Lights
Students collect, graph and analyze data. In this statistics lesson, students compare data using different types of graphs. They make predictions, draw conjectures as they analyze bulbs used in a holiday light set.
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Three Easy Steps to Help Your Pupils Avoid the Summer Slide
By engaging parents in their kids’ learning over the summer, you can help make sure your pupils kick the summer slide to the curb.
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Thinking About Thanksgiving: Lessons Across the Curriculum
Bring two integrated curriculum resources about Thanksgiving to an elementary social studies unit. The first activity focuses on Squanto's contributions to the early Pilgrims' survival with a gardening activity in which learners add fish...
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A Gift to Give
Young scholars investigate the holiday Kwanzaa by drawing pictures. In this cultural tradition lesson, students discuss the history and actions that take place during the holiday of Kwanzaa. Young scholars draw a picture of a gift they...
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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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Halloween Graphitti
Pupils complete multi-curricular activities in a Halloween themed lesson. In this Halloween lesson, students examine newspaper ads to find prices of pumpkins and use them to complete a stem and leaf plot. Pupils find the diameter,...
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Hello, Fractions!
Third graders discover fractions through the use of pattern blocks, literature, website activity and making a fractional pizza.
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Mathematics: Building Fractions Game
Third graders improve their fractions skills by playing a game using dice and pattern blocks. Additional resources include several books dealing with fractions, such as "Eating Fractions" and "Gator Pie." Another activity for students...
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Easter Fun Alphabetical Order
In this Easter words activity, students read a list of 16 words that pertain to the Easter holiday. Students put the words in alphabetical order.
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Arbor Day Maze
In this Arbor Day-themed activity worksheet, learners help the boy find his way to the shovel through the maze.
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Home Sweet Home Maze
In this animal-themed activity worksheet, students use their problem solving skills to help the owl find his way to the tree through the maze.
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Different Ways We Celebrate
Young scholars examine a variety of ways that families celebrate winter holidays. They complete a graphic organizer comparing Christmas, Hanukkah, and Kwanzaa, and write a five-sentence paragraph about one of the holidays discussed. ...
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Estimate How Many Seeds Are In a Fruit or Vegetable
Help mathematicians estimate how many seeds are in a given vegetable or fruit. They are divided into pairs and estimate the amount of seeds in a whole fruit without seeing the inside. They then cut the fruit or vegetable in half and...