Students dramatize scenes from the picture book Turk and Runt. In this holiday instructional activity, students view the book Turk and Runt and identify the events of the text. Students dramatize scenes from the text to demonstrate...

Second graders examine the use of synonyms. In this synonym lesson, 2nd graders listen to a read aloud of Splendiferous Christmas and ring a jingle bell each time a synonym is used for a word mentioned in the book. They write synonyms on...

Students complete activities with the story Spookley the Square Pumpkin. In this holiday instructional activity, students listen to the story and create their own Spookley pumpkin with Popsicle sticks and paints. They use their character...

In this Cinco de Mayo worksheet, students write an acrostic poem about the holiday using each one of the letters. Students complete 11 lines in the poem.

Julius Caesar need not be Greek to kids. The background information and suggestions for teachers, as well as the activities for learners, make this curriculum guide a must-have for your Shakespeare curriculum library.

Students engage in a creative project of making a birthday card for the school principal. The cards are to be presented to the principal as part of a celebration in the classroom with cake and ice cream. Students brainstorm in order to...

In this literacy worksheet, students practice solving the word search puzzle that is based upon Earth Day. There are extension activities.

In this counting Christmas trees worksheet, students practice counting from one to five by counting each of the Christmas trees out loud on the worksheet.

Students pretend they are visiting a relative in the Chuuk nation of Micronesia. Using their knowledge of the 4th of July, they compare and contrast the holiday to the Chuuk's independence day. They create travelogues that outline...

Pupils pretend that they are visiting a relative in Micronesia and compare its Independence Day with the U.S. holiday. They compare the two countries' flags while older students in grades three through five create travelogues. Younger...

Students explore the Jewish culture by listening to a guest speaker who discuss holidays, religion, and key events. They recognize and write various vocabulary words to describe one Jewish Holiday in their journals.

Students study historical facts about slavery and investigate slavery in the world today. They study the holiday of Passover and about organizations that help enslaved people in the world.

Students build gift boxes using recycled christmas cards, ribbon, glue, and hole punchers in this Holiday Art lesson for the middle level classroom. Six christmas cards are needed for every box and the lesson can be modified for younger...

Learners choose a country to research. They incorporate a graphic organizer like Kidspiration/Inspiration to plan their research. Students create a presentation using Keynote or an Apple works table to present their information to the...

Students perform for the class a four-part arrangement of the holiday song Jingle Bells (provided) with each student performing one part of the arrangement. This instructional activity requires the use of a networked keyboard lab.

In this social studies learning exercise, 4th graders complete a word scramble using words associated with Memorial Day. Students have seven words with which to work with associated with the given holiday.

In this holiday visual discrimination worksheet, students match four Christmas pictures in one column with the identical ones in another.

In this Easter words worksheet, students unscramble 15 words that pertain to the Easter holiday. There is no word bank provided and there are no pictures on the page.

Students create a turkey using paint, a small paper plate, and a toilet paper tube.

Students practice moving in general space and to increase listening skills.To enhance movement during this activity ask them to perform a variety of different locomotor skills as they move throughout the space.

Students demonstrate counting skills. In this number sense lesson, students glue numbered feathers onto a turkey pattern in numerical order.

Students explore writing using literary terms. For this Christmas poetry lesson, students write a poem about a Christmas tree or a snowman using at least one example of each: metaphor, simile, and personification.  

This worksheet provided students with the lyrics to the song, Auld Lang Syne. Students are suggested to repeatedly sing the song until they have memorized it. A link to an audio file is included.

Learners examine a reading selection on how the idea of a white Christmas was developed. In this ESL instructional activity, students share a class discussion about the article then complete several assignments to reinforce what they...