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Free Christmas-Chanukah-Kwanzaa research
Christmas Writing Activity
Have students think about issues around the world this holiday season and have them pick a "gift for the world". Use this with your current events in December or review the social issues you have learned about. I had students read newspapers and watch the news. Students picked an event as inspiration to make a wish for the world.In previous years I had students read their ideas aloud at our assembly and place them on an artificial tree that I had at the front. Students will:1) Write a paragrap
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4th - 7th
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Diwali FREEBIE from Holidays Around the World grades 1-3
Diwali is just one holidays from our Holidays Around the World Unit. If you teach this lesson plan in its entirety, we promise you will be hooked!Students will learn about Diwali in this fun and engaging unit. The lesson starts with an engagement activity to get students excited to learn more about the holiday. We've even included a text with photographs about Diwali that can be projected or printed. Through reading, answering text dependent questions, note taking, and writing, students will bec
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1st - 3rd
Diwali FREEBIE from Holidays Around the World grades 4-6
Diwali is just one holidays from our Holidays Around the World Unit. If you teach this lesson plan in its entirety, we promise you will be hooked!Students become familiar with Diwali in this fun and engaging unit. We've even included student text for Diwali! Through reading, note taking, an oral presentation, an art project, and writing students complete research about Diwali. Purchase our entire Holidays Around the World Unit so students can continue their research on these 4 additional holiday
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4th - 6th
Christmas Around the World Project
This Around the World freebie has 8 different countries to research on how Christmas is celebrated. The format is simple for students to fill out while they research. Christmas Around the World is fun to do in December, but if the month gets too busy, it really is not something you want to carry into January if the project does not get finished. You can have students research all 8 countries or just a few. There are pages for the United States or Canada, Mexico, Australia, England, Germany, Keny
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2nd - 4th
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Christmas Around the World - Internet Scavenger Hunt
Get your students excited about the holidays by learning about Christmas traditions around the world. This activity provides an opportunity for students to surf the web and broaden their understanding of the world around them. Check out my Around the World Readers' Theater by highlighting the URL below and right click and open link.
http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Christmas-Around-the-World-Readers-Theater-1002788
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4th - 6th
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Note-taking form for "Christmas Around the World" project
This is the note-taking form I created for my students to use when preparing their "Christmas Around the World" multimedia presentations each December. They are able to organize their research and notes in this packet and then transfer it effectively to their KeyNote/PowerPoint slides.
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1st - 8th
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Holiday Compare/Contrast FREEBIE
This FREEBIE is just 1 of 8 leveled activities from my Holidays Around the World Enrichment Menu packet: http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Holidays-Around-the-World-Gifted-or-Enrichment-Menu-for-K-5.
Comparing and contrasting are higher-level thinking skills for any topic. Here’s a simple ready-to-go way to nurture your students’ critical thinking skills at holiday time… great for Gifted, fast finishers, differentiation, and enrichment!
• Choose two holidays to study (Christmas, Kwan
Grades:
K - 6th
My Holiday Traditions Journal
My Holiday Traditions Journal is a four page document containing three journal entries. The first looks at what holiday the student celebrates with their family. The second has the student interviewing a family member about holiday traditions when they were younger. The third is a chance to journal about traditional holiday food.
These activities are aligned with the Common Core State Standards for K-2 (Language Standards 1 and 2 and Writing 2 and 8). The second activity also is aligned w
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K - 2nd
Holidays Around the World
Holidays Around the World(Christmas Around the World, December, Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, research)During the month of December, lessons and units about Christmas Around the World are popular. This simple research project can be completed at home or at school and can be used for more holidays than just Christmas.Three pages in all, black and white onlycredits: font by Darcy Baldwin Fonts, clip art by Lindy du Plessis, Educlips, A Sketchy GuyFollow Kelly's Classroom Online:Blog: www.kellyscl
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1st - 3rd
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History of Caroling! Christmas assignment, no-prep, read + answer the questions!
I use this at the start of a unit where we alter some lyrics to famous holiday songs and we learn a few carols, then go classroom to classroom singing to students and handing out candy canes!I hope this is a simple print-and-go for you! Please let me know if you need any help with it! I didn't include an answer key, but I promise a quick read of it will provide you with answers. I usually start by reading the questions, then I hand out highlighters for the students to use while we read to each o
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3rd - 6th
Christmas Around the World
Read and discuss what different countries do to celebrate Christmas. Also look at a map of the countries you discussed and color a picture of Santa going around the world.
Your feedback is greatly appreciated!
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K - 6th
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Winter Holiday Research
Winter Holiday Research ProjectGeared towards students in grades 3-6Great way to practice research skills as well as have a little fun and learn about different cultures. Students will be able to: Research with a partner using databasesUse Google Slides to create an engaging presentation from scratch
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3rd - 6th
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No-Prep Research Project: Christmas in other countries!
Students will fill out this worksheet while they research some ways the holidays are celebrated in other countries. This is a great activity for students who already know how to research online and need additional practice.I tell them that there are specific answers and it's not as quick as using the top Google result.Students will learn about Russia's ban on Christmas, the Haitian tradition of filling shoes with hay, and why so many people participate in Spain's El Gordo lottery!Answer key incl
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4th - 7th
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Animal Research Report: Caribou
Included in this packet is facts about caribou, graphic organizers to create a tree map, images of caribou to go along with the tree map, and samples of writing paper to be used to create an informational report about reindeer.
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K - 2nd
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Multicultural Holiday Research Project
If you need something for those few days before winter break that has the students engaged in something fun, have them learn about other holidays they might not know about! This activity requires collaboration, creativity, communication, and critical thinking--the 4C's of 21st Century Learning! Students will research and learn about 1 of 10 holidays celebrated during December/January and present their findings to the rest of the class.
Included are the student handout, resource links page, a
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6th - 9th
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World Religions Holiday Report
A simple page to use with student independent research on religious holidays around the world.
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4th - 10th
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Prophecies of the Birth of Jesus Tic-Tac-Toe
There are over 300 Old Testament prophecies concerning the birth and life of Jesus on Earth.In each box is scripture for the Old Testament prophecy and its New Testament fulfillment.Look up each set of verses and write the prophecy’s promise on the lines.There is a regular version (Tic-Tac-Toe-Pro) andan easier version (Tic-Tac-Toe Junior).Answer keys are included.Try to get 3 answers in a row and then maybe a full card!
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Not Grade Specific
Bailey's Travel Blog - Winter Holidays Edition for Upper Elementary
This isn't your typical "holidays around the world" activity. There are hundreds of "holidays around the world" activities you can download, but none of them come from the perspective of Bailey, a Beagle, and the AKC Education department's mascot. Join Bailey on a fun adventure where she travels around the world with other dogs to celebrate different winter holidays.We promise your students will love reading Bailey's blog entries!What's Included:Printable PDF of each blog entry that can be stapl
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3rd - 5th
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Christmas Around the World
Use this guide to help your students create a Christmas Around the World Project.Each box on the guide is intended to be used an individual slide in PowerPoint or Google Slides. Great for students that need guidance or accommodations to be successful!
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3rd - 6th
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Christmas Advent Calendar | Hymns & Songs
Print and cut out these (24) Advent Cards with Christmas songs and place them in individual envelopes. Open a new song each day leading up to Christmas and listen to it as a family! Each day you can also do a Hymn Study on the song. Here are some tips on doing Hymn Studies:1. Research hymn history2. Listen, memorize & write hymn lyrics3.Write down unfamiliar words & look up their meanings.4.Find relating scripture5. Practice notes by finding sheet music
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Homeschool
Pared de palabras- diciembre
Expand the vocabulary of your students with these December word wall cards. Post in the writing center and foster independent writing.
Perfect for Kindergarten and PreK and completely in Spanish as always!
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PreK - 1st
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Winter Holiday Research Packet - Informational Writing
Students can choose a particular winter holiday or country's winter holiday to research. This packet serves as a one stop shop graphic organizer to record information during research and plan informational paragraphs.
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2nd - 4th
Christmas Around the World | Country Fact File | FREEBIE!
Looking to add some cultural diversity to your Christmas lessons? Our Christmas around the world country fact file worksheet is the perfect free resource for you! This worksheet allows students to learn about Christmas traditions and customs from different countries around the world. Simply print the worksheet and have your students research and fill in the information for a chosen country. The template is blank, so plenty of choice for the students!This freebie includes space for students to w
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3rd - 5th
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Christmas Around the World Rubric
This is a fun way to engage students around the holidays. Students get to see how culture plays a role in celebrations around the world.
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4th - 7th
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