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Gingerbread Baby Ornaments #4
Learners are read the story "Gingerbread Baby". They use patterns from the book's website to use as templates for ornaments. They use clay and colors to make the ornaments and give them to someone as a gift.
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Christmas Around the World: Similarities and Differences
Students examine the similarities and differences of Christmas celebrations around the world. They watch a video, conduct Internet research, and develop a Powerpoint Presentation to present to the class.
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Christmas Board Game
Students play a Christmas themed board game to review holiday vocabulary. They practice their fluency by talking in small groups about whatever the board game square topic brings up for no less than two minutes (or they must move back 3...
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The Night Tree
Second graders explore the book, Night Tree, by Eve Bunting. They read and discuss the story, identify what the tree did for the animals, create a food chain for animals to hang on a tree, and decorate a tree at school.
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The Elf Project
Third graders research elves and create their own elf description which they use to write back to the first graders Santa letters.
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Bah Humbug
Students listen to two famous stories about people who do not like Christmas, and then create a Venn diagram to compare and contrast the main characters.
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Millennium Santa!
Third graders decide what would make Santa look modern and in style. They write a descriptive paragraph that another student then reads. They try to draw the image conveyed in the writing. They read the paragraphs and match them with the...
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Counting Down to Christmas Vacation
Students cover a snowman with cotton balls to count down the days to Christmas vacation.
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The Christmas Tree, Just Where Did it Come From?
Students research how Christmas trees became part of the American Christmas tradition.
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Looks Like Christmas: Exploring Sight
Young scholars participate in various hands-on activities to determine what life is like without the sense of sight.
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Naughty or Nice?
Students practice computer skills by generating Christmas lists and communicating with Santa using the Internet.
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Recycled CD Bulletin Board Christmas Tree
Students create a bulletin board display of a Christmas tree out of painted CDs.
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Christmas Celebrations
Second graders view a video of the Nutcracker ballet and then compare and contrast holiday celebrations in Germany and the United States. They use the computer to write a paragraph exploring their observations.
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Christmas ESL
Students practice speaking and reading in English and are introduced to some vocabulary and traditions connected to Christmas celebrations.
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Christmas-Tree-Shaped Poems
Students create poems in the shape of a Christmas tree. They write an original poem detailing how a person can spread joy during the holiday season. The poem is formatted in the shape of a Christmas tree.
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True or False? A Quiz About Four December Celebrations
Students take a quiz on brief histories of Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, and Las Posadas. They, in groups, research four December celebrations and then test their comprehension.
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Lesson Five: Identifying Christmas Trees
Stuudents distinguish between pines, spruces and firs they may see in their homes, by recognizing key characteristics such as shape, arrangement of needles and colouring. They recognize these same characteristics in trees growing outside.
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The Christmas Tree
Pupils recognize that the Christmas tree is one symbol of Christmas, then demonstrate their ability to identify symbols. They compare the lightstock (Christmas pyramid) with the Paradise tree and apply their knowledge about the history...
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Christmas-Tree-Shaped Poem Cards
Students create holiday cards with poems in the shape of a Christmas tree. The poems tell how students spread joy this holiday season.
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Decorate A Tree
Learners decorate a tree with ornaments which represent different locomotion skills such as crab walk, stretches, jump rope, and jumping jacks. Great for holiday week.
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Santa's workshop
Students are split up into groups of 3-4 kids, they write one story problem for each catagory: Santa's workshop, Reindeer Barn, Mrs. Claus' Kitchen. They read their story probems to the class and award points to the other teams for their...
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Mexican Version of The Night Before Christmas (Middle, Language)
Students read a poem aloud called the "Mexican Version of the Night Before Christmas. They enact the scenes of the poem. They discuss variations of this poem both in English and Spanish.
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Frame It!
Learners make decorative picture frames for holiday gifts and use creative thinking skills to decorate frame patterns. They demonstrate ability in following directions.
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NFE Christmas Quiz
Sixth graders explore the details of Christmas. For this Christmas history lesson, 6th graders participate in a bingo quiz on Christmas. Students complete a worksheet after the quiz.