What do Ebenezer Scrooge, the Grinch, and Frosty the Snowman have in common? They're all characters from beloved holiday movies that viewers revisit in the play Every Christmas Story Ever Told (And Then Some!). Scholars conduct research...

Students view the wordless book The Snowman.  In this Snowman book activity, students discuss the events in the pictures of the book.  Students write a sentence with illustration to respond to the book.  Students paint...

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.

Students are read different books about the holidays and gingerbread houses. They review a planning sheet on how to build their own gingerbread house. They must follow the steps in order and share their house with their classmates.

Students trace their family history back to their great-grandparents and examine where their family is from and what types of jobs their ancestors had. They also define different terms used to describe family relations such as...

First graders create glyphs (symbols or icons) which represents them, and read the glyphs of others using a legend to explain the data on the glyphs.