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Holiday Math Lesson Plans and Activities

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
December is filled with holiday traditions using numbers. Here are some holiday math lesson plans that you can do with your students.
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Eight Ways to Learn All About Me

For Teachers Pre-K - 3rd
Activities designed to encourage young ones to learn who they are and how to express themselves.
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Lesson Plan
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The Cat in the Hat is 50!

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Have your class react to a number of statements about The Cat in the Hat, then read a news article about a special event honoring the birthday of the popular book. The teacher introduces an article with a discussion and vocabulary...
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Narrative Prompt

For Students 8th Standards
Reading about history is nothing like experiencing it firsthand. Encourage your eighth graders to do the next best thing with a historical narrative prompt, in which they describe the experience of a first-time traveler on the...
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Printables
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Teacher Created Resources

The First Thanksgiving Book

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Looking for a Thanksgiving week activity? Try this seven-page printable book documenting the story of the first Thanksgiving. Each page (1/2 sheet) has a short text along with a picture kids can color in.
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Worksheet
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Easter Sunday

For Students 5th - 10th
All questions in this Easter Sunday worksheet involve the religious significance of the holiday. Students complete twelve activities such as phrase matching, fill in the blanks, spelling, sequencing, scrambled sentences, writing...
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PPT
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Exploring Four Empires of Mesopotamia

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Discover what life was like under each of the four main empires that ruled ancient Mesopotamia. Kids can read along or take notes on the Akkadian, Babylonian, Assyrian, and Neo-Babylonian empires. Notes include dates, key rulers,...
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Trading Pumpkins

For Students 7th Standards
Can you imagine a pumpkin patch without pumpkins? Learners read how Tammy's family solves their problem in a cooperative way, followed by a set of 10 reading comprehension questions.
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PPT
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The Five Major Religions

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Your 7th graders will have no problem understanding the similarities and difference in the tenets of the world's 5 major religions. This PowerPoint covers the history, major players, and philosophy of Christianity, Islam, Buddhism,...
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Genetic Disease: Putting DNA to Work

For Teachers 7th - 12th Standards
Scientific knowledge of genetic information has grown quickly over the last decade. An interactive lesson has learners research the role of science and medicine in diagnosing and treating genetic disorders. They consider the job of the...
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Writing
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Judaism - Yom Kippur Newspaper Article Writing Frame

For Students 8th - 10th
In this writing frame worksheet, students imagine they are journalists reporting for a local newspaper. Students write an article about Yom Kippur that illustrates their knowledge of the Jewish religious festival.
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Holidays

For Students 3rd - 8th
In this holidays activity, students choose the correct word to complete the sentences about different holidays around the world. Students complete 10 multiple choice questions.
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Lesson Plan
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Good Timing

For Teachers 5th - 10th
Students investigate time, how people measure it, and how it influences our lives. They complete an online Webquest, analyze various calendars, answer discussion questions, and identify references to time in a newspaper article.
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Creating a Reading Community in Your Classroom

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Pupils evaluate and reflect upon the books that they are reading, and recommend favorite books to other readers in the class. They also write book reviews to reflect their attitudes about the books they read, and nominate books they...
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Interactive
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Various words: 76

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this fill in the blanks worksheet, students choose the correct word to complete the sentences. Students complete 10 multiple choice questions.
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Lesson Plan
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Chinese Dragons

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students discover the world of the Chinese dragon by creating their own festive dragon using texture, line, shape, pattern, and color. This lesson is ideal for the early-elementary classroom and includes a recommened reading list.
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Worksheet
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Capitalization

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this capitalization worksheet, students rewrite sentences correcting the capitalization mistakes. Students rewrite 12 sentences on this worksheet.
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Lesson Plan
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HANUKKAH: A Mini-Unit

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Young scholars engage in a variety of activities concerning the holiday of Hanukkah. The use of brainstorming important to generate ideas and tap prior knowledge. They move from brainstorming to a choice of other activities.
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Worksheet
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Spotlight on Australia 1

For Students 5th - 8th
In this Australia facts instructional activity, students use the Internet or library to help them respond to 10 short answer, multiple choice, and true or false questions.
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Lesson Plan
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Freedom Fighters Throughout American History

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students use the internet to research people who have contributed to the cause of freedom. They identify examples of freedom which are important to them and categorize them. In groups, they create a timeline of the Freedom Fighters and...
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Hunt the Fact Monster: October # 3

For Students 4th - 5th
In this internet research worksheet, students search the internet via the Fact Monster website for facts about Columbus, Halloween, Bats, Africa, and Walt Disney movies and answer 5 multiple choice questions.
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Mardi Gras

For Students 5th - 10th
In this Mardi Gras learning exercise, students complete activities such as read the passage, match the phrases, fill in the blanks, choose the correct word, multiple choice fill in, correct the spelling, put text in correct order,...
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Lesson Plan
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Guess Who's Coming to Dinner

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Learners create Thanksgiving menu and pre-dinner blessing or ritual that is sensitive to five different imaginary Thanksgiving guests from a variety of backgrounds.
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Worksheet
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Halloween

For Students 12th - Higher Ed
In this holiday worksheet, learners read about Halloween. Students answer 10 questions about the reading and 3 questions about their own related experiences.