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Hand-Painted Paper Fruits and Vegetables
First graders create hand painted fruits and vegetables to hang in the Sukkah, a temporary shelter used during the Jewish Holiday, Sukkot. They are excited about the creation of the works of art and the lesson engagement is high being...
PreKinders
Fruit Loops Graph
Math can be sweet and delicious! After decorating a picture of a gingerbread house, kids graph how many Fruit Loops® they use by color.
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Rice Wreaths
Students create rice and glue holiday wreaths in this Art lesson ideal for the 1st or 2nd grade. The lesson can be adapted for older or younger students and includes an ingredient list and step-by-step directions for siccessful...
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pOETRY cUBS
Pupils develop an appreciation for different styles of poetry. It is also an excellent way to introduce a holiday, season, or theme. They also learn different techniques for memorization.
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Make Art Class Merry With Creative Christmas Art Activities
Kids get hands-on with seasonal crafts through Christmas art activities!
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Christmas Lesson Plans
Students learn about the Christmas season through music, research, and other activities.
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Thanksgiving Math Lessons: Count Your Blessings!
Thanksgiving math can be a way to delve into the true meaning of the holiday.
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Making The Holidays Special
Students examine ways in which holiday television specials reflect some of the religious, historic and cultural themes of the holidays on which they focus. They create their own holiday television specials in groups, each focusing on a...
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Books for Teaching about Cultural Diversity Through Celebrations
Learn about different holidays, including Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, La Posada, by listening to stories. After reading about each holiday, they participate in a discussion and complete a fun activity.
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Cookie Sharing
Students create a cookie that is inspired by their holidays. They write a paragraph explaining why the shape represents their holiday.
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The Fall Wordsearch
In this literacy activity, students find the words in the word search puzzle that are focused around the subject of the fall season.
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Want to Save a Sheep This Season?
Students investigate facts about sheep. They watch a video about the sheep industry. Students research practices in the wool industry. They discuss alternatives to wool. Students participate in humane education activities.
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Seasonal Analogies
For this analogies worksheet, students read and analyze seven analogies and choose the appropriate multiple choice word that completes each one correctly.
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Seasonal Notepad Gift
Students use technology to create a notepad gift. They practice following directions and helping each other. They share their notepad with the class before giving it to a relative as a gift.
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ESL Holiday Activity-Labor Day
Several resources are provided through this website about Labor Day. Elementary learners read two short paragraphs, then complete matching, fill-in-the-blank, multiple choice, spelling word scramble, ordering events, and survey...
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Seuss for All Season
In this special occasions worksheet, students answer short answer questions about themselves and special things they like to do. Students complete 6 questions.
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Ramadan (Islamic Holiday)
Learners recognize that different groups of people have celebrations unique to them. They identify countries on a map where Islam is a dominant religion. They demonstrate their understanding of fasting and abstinence.
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A Charlie Brown Christmas
Produce your own version of the 1965 animated television special A Charlie Brown Christmas using the script provided by this resource.
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Mardi Gras
Learn about the festivity of Mardi Gras with a series of reading and writing assignments. As class members read a passage about the history of Mardi Gras and the way it's celebrated around the world, they answer comprehension questions,...
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Facts of Halloween
From Catholicism to candy corn, this presentation has it all when it comes to Halloween. The history of the holiday is discussed in these slides, as is the stories behind seasonal traditions (trick-or-treating, jack-o-lanterns). The...
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Color by Numbers - Christmas Tree
In this Christmas color by number worksheet, students enjoy the holiday season and practice their numeral recognition skills by coloring in a Christmas tree.
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The Polar Express Experience
Explore the holiday classic "The Polar Express" with a variety of activities.
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How Many Ways Can You Say Merry Christmas?
Students create a multicultural holiday bulletin board map! students research and study saying Merry Christmas in different languages. They correctly locate the countries on a world map.