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The Power of Personal Narrative

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed Standards
Personal narratives are powerful things. Whether told from the first-person or third-person point of view, whether in the form of an essay, a short story, novel, or video, whether fiction or fact, they capture readers and give them...
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Nose Like a Cherry: Understanding Similes and Metaphors

For Teachers 7th - 8th Standards
Clement Moore's "Twas the Night Before Christmas" models the power of descriptive language for middle schoolers. They identify the similes and metaphors in the tale and consider what these descriptions add to the story's emotional...
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Adjectives, Adverbs and Advertising

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students identify adjectives and adverbs and be able to use them correctly in a Christmas-related creative writing project. They work in pairs to cut out ads from a magazine to classify them as adjectives and adverbs.
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The Miracle of the First Poinsettia

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Connecting to literature and learning how to infer are two great reading strategies everyone needs to know. Here, the class will read along with the story The Miracle of the First Poinsettia, review folktales as a genre, and make...
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Holiday Newsletter

For Teachers 4th - 8th Standards
There are so many holidays celebrated around winter that it can be difficult to keep track. Consider having your class members design a newsletter highlighting a particular holiday, such as Christmas, Hanukkah, Martin Luther King Jr....
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Light Bulb Decorations

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Young scholars create light bulb decorations for the holiday season in this Art lesson for 4th through 12th grades. Emphasis is placed on creativity and artistic expression. Also a great activity for older students raising money for...
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Making Santas

For Teachers K
Students construct Santas. In this holiday instructional activity, students demonstrate how to cut with scissors and glue with glue sticks to create their own Santas from paper and felt. Students work on developing their fine motor skills.
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The Night Tree

For Teachers 2nd
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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Santa's workshop

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
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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The Elf Project

For Teachers 3rd
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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Santa Countdown Calendar

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students draw Santa's face on white paper, add color construction paper for his hat, and use the beard section for a "countdown calender" until the end of the month in this creative December activity. Each day another cotton ball is...
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Christmas Shapes

For Teachers Pre-K - K
In this recognizing shapes worksheet, students trace a rectangle, circle, triangle, square, heart, and moon. Students trace 6 shapes.
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Ordering Numbers to 1000 (G)

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this ordering numbers worksheet, students order the Christmas ornaments from lowest to highest using the lines on the right.
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Ordering Numbers to 1000 (D)

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this ordering numbers instructional activity, students order the Christmas ornaments from lowest number to highest number using the lines on the right.
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Recycled CD Christmas Ornaments

For Teachers K - 8th
Students make painted ornaments out of recycled CD's.
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Holiday Frame 2- Christmas

For Students K - 2nd
In this art worksheet, students color a picture in an oval holiday frame that is decorated with stars, ornaments and holiday greens. There are no directions given therefore they could use the frame to write a message in it.
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Christmas Ornaments

For Students 1st
In this color recognition worksheet, 1st graders color the ornaments according to the given colors. Students enhance their color recognition skills.
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Wiseman

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this Christmas coloring page activity, students examine a picture of a Wiseman bearing his gifts. Students color the picture.
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Three Kings (Coloring Page)

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this Christmas coloring page worksheet, students examine a picture of three kings on their camels traveling under a bright star. Students color the picture.
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Holidays, Christmas; Part 1

For Teachers 8th - 9th
In this foreign language worksheet, students look for the correct words to complete each of the 10 sentences. They are given two words to choose from and are directed to select the option that sounds more natural.
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A Special Christmas Present

For Students 4th - 10th
In this online interactive vocabulary instructional activity, students answer 9 fill in the blank questions that complete a story. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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Christmas Presents and Parcels

For Students 6th - 8th
In this literacy learning exercise, students look for the answers to the questions that are related to the concepts of buying presents and creating parcels.
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Tastes Like Christmas, Exploring Taste

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders explore the four familiar tastes and taste buds.
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Teaching Matter with The Wild Christmas Reindeer

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders learn the proper way to take measurements, explore the properties of objects and expand their vocabulary.

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