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Lakeshore Learning

Winter Bear Warm-Up

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
Don't be left out in the cold, ensure young learners are prepared for the winter weather with this clothing activity. After introducing them to different clothing items using the provided picture cards, students sing a song before...
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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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Curriculum Corner

Book Study: The Mitten

For Students 1st - 3rd Standards
Looking for a set of resources to compliment a reading of The Mitten by Jan Brett? A fun winter resource has everything from story sequencing and writing prompts to a parts of speech sort and a mitten flap book. The activities are great...
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Lesson Plan
Diane Venzera

Kwanzaa Celebration: Celebrating Family, Community, and Culture

For Teachers K - 3rd
Kwanzaa is the focus of a three-part lesson that celebrates the history and traditions of the holiday. Before lighting the Kinara, scholars listen to a read-aloud of Seven Candles of Kwanzaa by Andrea Davis Pinkney. Learners express...
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Teach Engineering

Dress for Success

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Dressing for success is not always about looking sharp. Sometimes it is about staying warm and dry. Present your class with an activity that challenges groups of pupils to design a layered material for blizzard conditions. The teams test...
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Curated OER

Winter vs. Summer

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students explore the seasons. For this winter and summer lesson, students read The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats and Summer by Maria Ruis. Students compare the 2 seasons as they create t-charts, try on seasonal clothing, and create collages.
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Curated OER

Winter Survival Kit

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders construct a winter emergency kit for their parents' car and list five things to do or not to do when stranded in a car during the winter.
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Curated OER

Winter

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explore the concept of hibernation. For this winter lesson, students read Time to Sleep by Denise Fleming and discuss the content of the story. Students participate in classroom activities that require them to develop their...
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Polk County Education

Winter Survival/Hike

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Hibernation isn't just about staying fed, it's about staying warm. Young environmentalists explore the importance of staying warm in the wilderness with a short lesson about surviving in the wild. Using gelatin to represent warm-blooded...
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National Association of Teacher Educators for Family and Consumer Science

Consumerism in the Classroom: Effective Strategies for Today's Teenage Consumers

For Students 9th - 12th
Help class members become savvy consumers with a series of activities that has them analyzing marketing strategies, comparing the value of brand name versus off-brand clothing, and considering the advantages and disadvantages of shopping...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Will I Use This in Winter?

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this winter activity worksheet, students trace the words for each picture and then color the pictures of the things they might use in the winter.
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Curated OER

Winter Holiday Activities Extravaganza

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students define culture and explore elements that are part of the custom or culture of a place.  For this holiday lesson, students identify the cultures they participate in.  Students identify the differences in people's cultures....
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Education.com

Back to School

For Students Pre-K - K
Which of these things doesn't belong in the group? Figure out which item is out of place in groups of four items, including school supplies, winter clothes, and sports equipment.
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National Gardening Association

Migration Mishaps

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Elementary ecologists pretend to be migratory hummingbirds. They fly between wintering and nesting grounds, trying to reach a habitat haven. In a musical-chair fashion, some birds will miss out, and are removed from the game. To further...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Clothes Cloze

For Students 4th - 6th
In this clothing cloze activity worksheet, students read a 5 paragraph selection and fill in the blanks in the piece with words from the provided word bank.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Japanese Ghost Stories Activity Worksheet and Progress Test

For Students 8th - 12th
For this Japanese Ghost Stories activity and progress test worksheet, students respond to a total of 16 multiple choice, matching and fill in the blank questions pertaining to Japanese Ghost Stories.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Clothes Cloze

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this Cloze activity worksheet, students fill in the blanks with the vocabulary words about clothes. Students write about winter clothes, summer clothes, footwear, clothes shopping, and laundry.
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Capo Beach Calvary

The Messiah Is Born

For Teachers K - 3rd
Use this simple nativity lesson in pre-kindergarten through third grade to familiarize children with Bible verses by way of a hands-on learning activity and coloring page. 
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Curated OER

Winter at Valley Forge

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students assess the events leading up to the American Revolution. In this United States History lesson, students read "Crossing the Delaware: George Washington Fights in the Battle of Trenton," then discuss the highlights in the story....
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Ohio State University

Exploration Activities with Electrostatic Interactions

For Teachers 11th - 12th Standards
Step out of the 21st century and discover protons and electrons through observation. Using common materials, participants continually adjust their explanation of charges. The final assessment requires pupils to design their own...
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Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media

American Indians and their Environment

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
People could take a page in ingenuity and survival from the Powhatans. Deer skins became clothes, and the members of the Native American group farmed the rich Virginia soil and hunted in its forests for food. Using images of artifacts...
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Outdoor Learning Center

Outdoor Survival

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Which of the following can you survive without for the longest time: water, food, or a positive mental attitude? The answer may surprise you. Guide learners of all ages through games, activities, and discussions about surviving in the...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Seasons--Measurements of Time

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this seasons worksheet, students read a short article on the 4 seasons, put the 4 seasons in correct order 4 times and then draw a summer picture and a winter picture in the 2 boxes provided.
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Curated OER

Get Your Skates On

For Teachers 1st - 12th
Students enjoy winter activities. In this field trip opportunities instructional activity, students may visit the Royal Botanic Gardens, Bocketts Farm, Clapham Common, or the Dinosaur Museum online or in-person.