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Decorate A Tree

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Young scholars 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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Descriptive Writing

For Students 5th - 6th
In this writing worksheet, students color and design an ornament and then describe their ornament on another sheet of paper. Students, after all the ornaments have been hung up on the board, attempt to match the descriptions to the...
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Looks Like Christmas: Exploring Sight

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students participate in various hands-on activities to determine what life is like without the sense of sight.
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Printable Poem Starter: If You Were an Ornament

For Students 2nd - 3rd
Students have the opportunity to finish a Christmas-themed poem about an ornament hanging on a tree. The first two lines establish a simple rhyme scheme that students can follow as they finish the poem. The worksheet includes a picture...
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How Do You Celebrate?

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Investigate the customs of Christmas, Hanukkah, and Kwanzaa with a holiday instructional activity. Pupils use a graphic organizer to compare and contrast the customs of each holiday before writing an informative paragraph about one...
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Advent Calendar

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students create an advent calendar. In this Christmas activity, students use cut out Christmas trees to create an advent calendar. Students use stickers and velcro to complete the calendar.
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A Haring Holiday

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars create a holiday ornament. In this Keith Haring art instructional activity, students use paper mache to make 3-dimensional ornaments that resemble his work. Young scholars cut out felt shapes of babies, dogs and angels...
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Standing Snowmen

For Teachers Pre-K - 3rd
Students practice their arts and crafts by creating Christmas projects.  In this holiday instructional activity, students utilize construction paper, glue and scissors to create a 2-D image of a snowman.  Students create 2 more snowmen...
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Holidays, Christmas-Part 2

For Teachers 8th - 9th
In this foreign language worksheet, students select the correct word from a pair of given alternatives. All of the 10 sentences are about Christmas. Students are directed to select the most natural sounding choice.
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5 Sense Bear

For Teachers Pre-K
Students become familiar with their five senses through the creation of a sense bear.  In this five senses lesson, students create a bear and add cinnamon and a candy cane to the bear.  Students use their five senses with this bear...
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Light Bulb Santa

For Teachers 2nd - 8th
Young scholars create light bulb Santa's using old light bulbs, acrylic paints, ribbon, and cords in this art lesson for the second through eighth grade classroom. This is a great activity to do before winter break. A picture of the...
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Picture Word Book

For Teachers Pre-K
Students create a book. In this vocabulary and word identification activity, students make a book by gluing pictures on construction paper, then the teacher writes words in the book to label each picture.
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Thanksgiving Mural

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students create a mural of the history of Thanksgiving. In this holiday lesson, students recall the history of Thanksgiving and create a mural of the holiday using large paper and crayons.
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Integrating Art Into Other Content Areas

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Here are some ideas to help add an art lesson to every math, science, social studies, or language arts unit.
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Wilson Bentley and Snowflake Crystals

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders read the book, 'Snowflake Bentley' by Jacqueline Briggs Martin. They gather and make a list of information about snowflakes and crystals. Then they make their own real crystal snowflake creation and observe the crystals...
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Fact and Opinion 3: Post Test

For Students 4th - 6th
In this fact and opinion worksheet, learners answer multiple choice questions about facts and opinions where they identify sentences and identify facts or opinions. Students complete 10 multiple choice questions.
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Lenses and Mirrors

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Students investigate lenses and mirrors showing how they bend and reflect light waves.