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Global Goodwill Holiday Project - From Scholastic, read about holidays around the world, and then add to the "Gift Box Message" board with a holiday wish for world peace or share about your holiday customs. (Great incentive to read and respond to global audience, any grade level) Online Shopping Spree - Students "shop" online and keep track of purchases using a spreadsheet program. Estimating, review of place value, finding an average, use of graphs, computer skills with spread sheets are practiced. (PUSD standards included, grades 5 and up) Celebrating Chanukah - Students learn about the significance of the holiday of Hanukkah, and the teachings of Judaism. They answer questions and do games and puzzles to reinforce they have learned. (PUSD standards included, grades 4 and up) European Christmas - Students learn about the Christian holiday of Christmas as it is celebrated in Europe. They label a map, develop icons, record research on a graphic organizer. Then they invent and write about a holiday custom of their own. (PUSD standards included, grades 5 and up) Cookie the Magic Rabbit - This online story for younger students allows them to add their names (first only) to be part of the story. (no standards attached, grades 3-5) Looking for the "Real" Jesus in Art and Archaeology - Part of a cyberguide for The Bronze Bow, students research Jesus on an acclaimed NOVA site, and then search the National Gallery of Art for an image that they will use to illustrate an acrostic poem that they write. (PUSD standards included, grades 5 and up) Who's That Knocking on Christmas Eve? Written and illustrated by Jan Brett Celebrations MiniUnit, Consumerism and Holidays - Suggested by Linda Foote, a unit in which students look at how much holidays are commercialized. Best Christmas Pageant Ever - Materials to accompany this wonderful holiday story include: project ideas, comprehension tests, grammar worksheet, essay topics. From Teacher Vision. (no standards attached, grades 4-7)
AIMS math/science puzzles - check the monthly calendar for free activities with worksheets and solutions. December will feature holiday activities. Shakespeare's Twelfth Night - From Teacher Vision, materials to guide students through the play. (high school) Collections of Holiday Resources Origins and Meanings of Christmas Items Make a snowglobe to send to your friends Flight of the Season - game to deliver gifts as quickly as possible (improve mouse skills?) for Orisinal. Christmas games for younger students. Christmas cards for younger students. Play spin the deride and listen to the song. Awesome Clipart for Kids - free Christmas clipart, backgrounds, banners, icons, lines, fonts, midis, skins, theme sets, wallpaper and coloring pages North Pole Times Stories - 7 well known Christmas stories retold. Naughty or Nice - a quick way to check your status on Santa's list. Santa's Post Office - Send a postcard to Santa with you wish list. Ellie Taylor - International Potluck - Students make a flag from a country of their ancestry. Additionally, they make a quilt square with symbols that represent traditions in their family. On the day of the feast, each student brings in a crock pot with a dish from "their country" and the class has a feast and share their quilt squares. Michelle Manos, Debbie Sawyer - Jingle Mingle - We take about 4 days to do 2 rotations per day in which students participate in different holiday activities within our mall. These activities include art, reading, writing, and math activities. AIMS integrated math Christine Overson - Catmass Carols - We sing
Christmas carols that have been rewritten to be about cats. Wreck
the Halls, Collar Bells are some of our favorites. Christmas
tree, oh Christmas tree your ornaments shine so temptingly...are a sample
of the lyrics.
Denise
Hogan
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