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It's Independence Day!  Or is it?
Grades
3 - 12
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Calendar Activity
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Historical Figure & Event
It's Independence Day! Or is it?
Students consider why there are so many different dates associated with the Declaration of Independence and why the nation's birthday is celebrated on July 4.
Celebrate Juneteenth!
Grades
5 - 12
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Calendar Activity
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Holiday & School Celebration
Celebrate Juneteenth!

Students use the Venn Diagram to compare Juneteenth celebrations to Fourth of July celebrations and hypothesize about the differences.

It's Winter in the Northern Hemisphere!
Grades
K - 6
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Calendar Activity
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Holiday & School Celebration
It's Winter in the Northern Hemisphere!
Students brainstorm words or images that they associate with winter, select and read a picture book about winter, and compare the two using the interactive Venn Diagram.
James Naismith, inventor of the game of basketball, was born in 1861.
Grades
5 - 8
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Calendar Activity
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Historical Figure & Event
James Naismith, inventor of the game of basketball, was born in 1861.

Students look at Naismith's original 13 rules for basketball and write about the rules and how they have changed in small groups.

<em>A Christmas Carol</em> was the first book transmitted over radio!
Grades
7 - 12
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Calendar Activity
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Author & Text
A Christmas Carol was the first book transmitted over radio!
Students write a script for A Christmas Carol on a level that primary students can read and perform. Older students record the performance and create a website to showcase photographs.
Celebrate Halloween!
Grades
3 - 8
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Calendar Activity
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Holiday & School Celebration
Celebrate Halloween!
Students research information on Halloween, create masks or costumes from a text they are reading, or write a narrative essay describing their best Halloween ever.
Celebrate the 100th day of school!
Grades
K - 12
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Calendar Activity
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Holiday & School Celebration
Celebrate the 100th day of school!

As a class, students work in small groups to create a "100th Day" book.

Groundhog Day is February 2.
Grades
K - 5
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Calendar Activity
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Holiday & School Celebration
Groundhog Day is February 2.
A celebration is held for Groundhog day where students engage in a shadow-watching activity, make predictions, and listen to news reports to compare what happens with Punxsutawney Phil.
Grades
3 - 5
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Explore and Write About Nature

In this activity, children look closely at living things in their natural environments and then make books about what they see.

Grades
K - 2
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Add Seasons to Rhyming Poems and Songs

Choose favorite rhyming songs or nursery rhymes then replace the rhyming words with seasonal themes.

Grades
3 - 8
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Amazing Biographies: Writing About People Who Change the World

After reading about historical figures and other important people that have changed the world, children choose someone that they consider to be "amazing"—either someone they've heard about or someone they know—and create a book page that highlights this person.

Grades
3 - 8
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Follow the Word Trail: Organize a Treasure Hunt

Create a treasure hunt out of word-puzzle clues hidden around the home or yard.

Grades
3 - 8
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Send a Smile: Make a Card for a Special Occasion

Everyone loves getting a greeting card, especially if it's homemade. Make a funny or thoughtful greeting card or invitation with pictures and a poem, joke, or riddle.

Grades
K - 6
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The Natural World as Inspiration: An Outdoor Art Show

Children incorporate materials from outdoors with paints or crayons to create pieces of art to display on their clotheslines, fences, or porches for a neighborhood art show.

Grades
9 - 12
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Special Memories & Significant Moments: Making an Electronic Scrapbook

Using a variety of artifacts, mementos, and technologies, teens can create an electronic scrapbook of their most important moments in high school.

Latinx Heritage Month begins today.
Grades
5 - 12
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Calendar Activity
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Holiday & School Celebration
Hispanic Heritage Month begins today.

Students brainstorm all the various aspects of Latinx culture and compile topics to research. Groups then research topics and present their information to the class.

Grades
5 - 12
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Calendar Activity
|
Historical Figure & Event
Patriot Day is celebrated today on the anniversary of the terrorist attacks of 2001.
Students write about the name "Patriot Day" and how it marks the anniversary of a huge disaster. An alternative assignment could be to ask students to record their reflections about 9/11.
The first woman swam the English Channel in 1926.
Grades
3 - 8
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Calendar Activity
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Historical Figure & Event
The first woman swam the English Channel in 1926.
Students brainstorm a list of famous athletic competitors and establish criteria for what makes an athlete "famous." Students then forecast which of today's athletes will still be remembered in 75 to 100 years.
Ernest Thayer, author of the famous poem "Casey at the Bat," was born in 1863.
Grades
3 - 8
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Calendar Activity
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Author & Text
Ernest Thayer, author of the famous poem "Casey at the Bat," was born in 1863.
In small groups or individually, students make baseball cards for the players in the poem "Casey at the Bat." Students can use a word processor or the Character Trading Cards interactive to create their cards.
Today is Cinco de Mayo.
Grades
7 - 12
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Calendar Activity
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Holiday & School Celebration
Today is Cinco de Mayo.
Students choose to research a piece of art, music, dance, literature, or food that suitably represents Mexico and create a presentation for the class.

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