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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Kindergarten Writing: Narrative Prompt

For Teachers K
What is special about summer (fall, winter, or spring)? Using a bag filled with season-related items (for summer items like sunglasses, a swimming suit, etc.) the class take turns taking out one item. A discussion of how each item might...
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Activity
Curated OER

Activity Guide for Snow

For Teachers K - 3rd Standards
Create a cross-curricular learning experience around a shared reading of Cynthia Rylant's book Snow. From writing poetry and a singing a song about snow, to creating paper snowflakes and solving math story problems, this resource uses...
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Writing
Curriculum Corner

My Book of Poems

For Students 2nd - 3rd Standards
Copy all pages to create a book of poems during a poetry study. From alliteration to cinquain to acrostic poem, your class won't run out of templates for writing poems! Each sheet serves as a template for an entire book of poems. Other...
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Worksheet
Coloring Squared

Christmas Presents—Practice Multiplication

For Students 3rd Standards
What's covered in wrapping paper and sits under the Christmas tree? Have your third graders solve each multiplication square to figure out what color the each box should be. Once all the squares are colored, young mathematicians discover...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Winter is All Around Us

For Teachers K - 1st
Students present what they have learned on Antartica. Students identify deciduous and evergreen trees and plants; identify and study about the habitats of animals that migrate, hibernate, and adapt; study the Aurora and Aurora Borealis...
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Activity
Novelinks

The Winter’s Tale: Bio Poem

For Teachers 11th - 12th Standards
Readers of Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale demonstrate their understanding of the play by selecting a character and crafting a bio poem that reveals his or her fears and aspirations.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Winter Clothing

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
After listening to a reading of The Snowy Day, by Era Jack Keats, language learners use a SMART board and drag the appropriate vocabulary word to the correct clothing article. They then record and illustrate the new vocabulary words in...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Complete the Picture: Snowmen!

For Students Pre-K - K
Finish the winter wonderland with your preschoolers. They trace pine trees and the tops of mountains to complete the snowy drawing. Have them color their paper and display the drawings during a winter unit!
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Worksheet
Holiday Zone

Months and Seasons

For Students K - 2nd Standards
Tis' the season to develop children's fine motor skills with this simple handwriting worksheet.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

In the Winter

For Teachers K
Students are read a book about winter activities. They create a drawing of their favorite activity to do in the winter and practice copying a sentence telling what it is.
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Writing
Curated OER

Writing Bug- A Seasonal Story

For Students 4th - 5th
In this writing worksheet, students think about what they like to do during their favorite season as well as decide what is their least favorite season. Students read the story starter and finish the story.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Winter Picture

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this writing prompt worksheet, learners look at a picture with 2 penguins and then write a story about the picture on the lines provided.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Snow, Sweat and Tears

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students, in pairs, explore the sports featured at the Winter Olympics and prepare related news broadcasts.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Jeffrey and Sloth

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students listen to the story Jeffrey and Sloth and explore the six traits of writing. In this six traits of writing lesson plan, students practice doodling as a method of brainstorming ideas. Students then discover the importance of...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

CD Snowman

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Students design and produce snowmen.  In this winter lesson, students use CD's to create 3 dimensional snowmen.  Students discuss the senses of sight and touch as well as compare their craft snowmen to a real snowman.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Winter Olympics 4x4 Boggle Word Game

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this word game worksheet, 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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Lesson Plan
ESL Kid Stuff

Christmas Lesson 2

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
Wrapping presents, singing Christmas carols, writing Christmas cards and learning holiday vocabulary are all wrapped into this one exciting ESL lesson.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Animals In Winter

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students read story Animals in Winter, and explore similarities and differences in how humans and other animals prepare for survival in winter. Students create class book that compares and illustrates different ways humans and animals...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Acrostic Book Report

For Teachers K - 8th
Students read the story Wild Horse Winter and construct acrostic poems. In this poetry lesson, students use adjectives and events in the text to develop an acrostic poem.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Reading Research!

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students observe the pictures in non-fiction books that focus on animals in the winter. In addition, they also listed to some read aloud books about hibernation, migration, adaptation and dormancy. Students draw pictures and write notes...
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Organizer
Curriculum Corner

Holidays Around the World

For Students 4th - 5th Standards
Celebrate traditions and cultures around the world with a set of worksheets and printables. Fourth and fifth graders can create booklets or simply participate in individual studies of specific holidays in different countries. From lined...
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Activity
Curated OER

Snowflake Catching

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students catch snowflakes. In this science lesson, students use black construction paper to catch snow that is falling and then write about the experience. A game, a song, a craft, and a recipe are all included with the lesson.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Chucky Chickadee: Bird and Breakfast Meet the Winter Friends

For Teachers K - 1st
Students compare and contrast the attributes of winter birds. In this winter bird lesson, students examine the physical attributes of Black-capped Chickadees, Cardinals, Blue Jays, Flickers, Juncos, Nuthatches, and Tufted Titmouses as...
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Lesson Plan
Virginia Department of Education

Weather Patterns and Seasonal Changes

For Teachers K - 2nd Standards
Get your class outside to observe their surroundings with a lesson highlighting weather patterns and seasonal changes. First, learners take a weather walk to survey how the weather affects animals, people, plants, and trees during...