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Using Holiday Songs to Enhance Lessons

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Holiday songs can be fun and educational.
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A Holiday Card in KidPix

For Teachers K - 3rd
Young scholars create a holiday card using computer software.  In this computer card making lesson, students design an original holiday card using a variety of tools.  Young scholars navigate the software utilizing various tools.
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Children's Theatre of Cincinnati

A Charlie Brown Christmas Study Guide

For Teachers K - 6th
Bring A Charlie Brown Christmas to social studies, language arts, math, science, and art class! Learners ponder the meaning of Christmas trees, write about Christmas during the original release of the television special,...
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Christmas Syllables

For Students K - 1st
Readers say the word for the four Christmas images given. Then they listen for the syllables, count them, and circle the number that matches. There are four pictures with numbers. Use this theme to get in the holiday spirit!
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Holiday Flier in Publisher

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students use Publisher in this lesson plan to make a holiday flier. In this technology lesson plan, students create a holiday flier. Students choose fonts, use clipart, use grammar and spelling check, and save to their work to a flash...
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Karaoke in the Classroom

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
In this word recognition lesson plan, students use a karaoke program to read and sing songs, enhancing their sight word recognition. Students preform these songs to each other. This could also be a fun way to introduce new...
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Sounding Out, Holiday Relay

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students explore word sounds by participating in a visual relay game. In this vocabulary identification game, students create holiday themed images and cards based on the different holidays in a year. Students place the cards and images...
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J. Paul Getty Trust

Narrating a Family Tradition

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
After examining a piece of art, scholars discuss what they see, paying close attention to details and space. A read-aloud introduces the topic of family traditions. Pupils interview their family members about a tradition in preparation...
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Vanderbilt University

Dia de Los Muertos

For Teachers 3rd - 12th Standards
To honor El Dia de los Muertos, scholars work together to create Day of the Dead displays—paper sugar skulls and banners—that bring a festive and memorable flare to the classroom.  
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World Music Day

For Students 5th - 10th
In this World Music Day worksheet, students complete activities such as reading a passage, phrase matching, fill in the blanks, correct words, multiple choice, spelling, sequencing, scrambled sentences, writing questions, survey, and...
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International Jazz Day

For Students 5th - 10th
In this International Jazz Day worksheet, students complete activities such as reading a passage, phrase matching, fill in the blanks, correct words, multiple choice, spelling, sequencing, scrambled sentences, writing questions, survey,...
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Inspire Your Heart With Art Day

For Students 5th - 10th
In this Inspire Your Heart With Art Day worksheet, students complete activities including reading a passage, matching phrases, fill in the blanks, correct word choosing, multiple choice, sequencing, unscramble the sentences, write...
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Thanksgiving Holiday

For Teachers 1st
First graders explore American culture by participating in arts and crafts activities. In this Thanksgiving instructional activity, 1st graders listen to music based upon the Thanksgiving tradition and examine images of the first...
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A Charlie Brown Christmas

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Produce your own version of the 1965 animated television special A Charlie Brown Christmas using the script provided by this resource.
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Lao Design: Lotus Flower Constructions

For Teachers K - 4th
Students create lotus flowers in 3-D designs applying Lao art techniques. Following a teacher demonstration, they assemble their own lotus flower candleholders and the teacher arranges a group flotation in a body of water. Students...
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A Variety of Christmas Activities

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
In this Christmas worksheet learners complete a variety of holiday activities. Students follow directions to color some bells, put holiday events in order, and make a Rudolph head.
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Oklahoma City Public Schools Native American Student Services

A Story of Survival: The Wampanoag and the English

For Students Pre-K - 4th Standards
Redesign your holiday celebrations with the aid of a lesson plan booklet packed with facts, images, maps, activities, and readings about the three-day feast that marked the English settlers' first successful harvest.
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Predict and Clarify with The Old Woman & Her Pig

For Teachers K - 1st
Primary readers predict and check for understanding by using comprehension strategies. Prepare readers the first day by frontloading vocabulary and using pictures to visualize the words. On the second day, read the story The Old Woman...
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A Renaissance of Jazz and Poetry

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Learners explore, analyze, study and read a variety of poems and listen to jazz that have their roots in the Harlem Renaissance. They then discuss the similarities and differences of themes in the works of different poets and composers.
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A Horse of a Different Color

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Elementary schoolers explore the wide variety of horse coat colors and reproduce an existing color as well a create their own horse coat color. There are two fine worksheets embedded in this plan that learners use to crete these coat...
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Consulate General of Ireland

St. Patrick's Day - Lá Fhéile Pádraig

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
Youngsters use their imaginations and the story of St. Patrick to design original artwork for the holiday, by portraying where they think St. Patrick would have visited in the United States or illustrating what St. Patrick's Day...
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Thanksgiving Mural

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students create a mural of the history of Thanksgiving. In this holiday activity, students recall the history of Thanksgiving and create a mural of the holiday using large paper and crayons.
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Making Christmas Cards

For Teachers K - 1st
Students construct Christmas cards for loved ones. In this holiday lesson plan, students use various art materials such as construction paper, sequins, buttons, cotton balls, and felt to decorate a Christmas card.
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The Twelve Days of Christmas

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders investigate the holidays by performing a song with their class.  In this Christmas activity, 4th graders recite some of their favorite Christmas songs and read the lyrics to the song "The Twelve Days of Christmas."...

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