Las Posadas

Celebrate La Posada!

In Mexico and many parts of Central America, people celebrate La Posada during the nine days before Christmas. It is a reenactment of the journey Joseph and Mary took to find shelter before the birth of their child, Jesus. In this lesson, children will learn about the celebration and will make a poinsettia placemat. This lesson helps children understand how people might celebrate the Christmas holiday during the same time as they do, but in a different way. Read more

Hanukkah

The Festival of Lights
Read aloud a simple telling of the Hanukkah story, follow up with comprehension questions, and art activities.

The Jewish holiday Hanukkah literally lights up the home. The eight-day, 2,000-year-old holiday, also called the Festival of Lights, celebrates God’s glory, an ancient victory of the Jews over their enemies, and the freedom Jews enjoy today. Read more

KWANZAA

Kwanzaa is a non-religious event honoring African-American culture and community. Kwanzaa’s seven days of celebration begins on December 26th and ends on January 1st .
The word Kwanzaa is derived from Swahili words meaning “first fruits of the harvest,” and the holiday includes many elements of traditional African harvest celebrations. The most important symbols of Kwanzaa are: Read more

Mexican Holiday

Celebrating the Mexican Holiday
Los Dias de los Muertos
(The Days of the Dead)

Lesson Plan
1. Read “Los Días de los Muertos” (The Day of the Dead) to the students.
2. Introduce the traditional “CALVERAS” POEM used for the Day of the Dead celebration.
3. Once the students are familiar with this poem, have them write their own poem about the Day of the Dead
4. Then discuss the differences and similarities of Halloween and Mexico’s celebration.
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Pot of Gold and Lucky Charms

Language Arts
Grade Level – 2
This creative writing activity is great for door decorations or bulletin boards. I asked the students to write about what they would do if they had a pot of gold. After writing, they edit their work and make any corrections needed. They then either draw a picture under their written work or use the computer to type their work and create pictures. We put these on the door under a banner titled “If I had a pot of gold…” For extra decorations, the students added glitter to precut shamrocks and placed this beside their work as well. They had a great time!
~Allison Stancil

Title – Lucky Charms
Grade Level – 2-3
This is a fun Saint Patrick’s Day activity using the cereal Lucky Charms! Have a worksheet made up listing the different type of “charms” found in the cereal. Give each student a handful of the cereal. They can list how many of each charm they have using tally marks and then graph. Next, pairs can group their cereal together, list, and graph. Afterwards they can eat the cereal!
~Jill

Small Square Card
You Will Need:
Adhesive foam
Shamrock die cuts
Small colored brads
String green cording
Instructions:
Sandwich adhesive foam between two shamrock die cuts and adhere the die cuts to the front panel of the card. Insert small colored brads at each corner and string green cording between the brads to frame the image.

Hanging Charm Card
You Will Need:
Cardstock
Scissors
Small eyelets
Small silver charm
Cord
Instructions:
Cut a window in the front panel of a piece of folder card stock and set small eyelets on either side of the opening. Suspend a small silver charm from a length of cord inserted in the holes and tie the ends on the inside of the card to secure.
Handwrite or stamp a message below the window to finish

Saint Patrick’s Day

Saint Patrick’s Day
Social Studies Lesson
Grade Level – second

Objectives:
To gain a little knowledge about why St. Patrick’s Day is celebrated all over the world.
To distinguish between fact and fiction.

Materials: Create a story strictly about the facts of Saint Patrick. Create a worksheet to allow discussion about fact or fiction. Read more

Valentine’s Day

Here are several Valentine’s Day lesson plans for grades kindergarten through fifth in language arts and math written by teachers. If you would like to share your Valentine’s Day lessons, send them to me via email Isabel@MrWormBook.com . Read more

Red Ribbon Week

Red Ribbon Week is the oldest and largest drug prevention campaign in the country. Although the start end dates can vary slightly depending on the organization and source, Red Ribbon Week generally takes place the last full week in October, with the weekends before and following the last full week included as appropriate celebration dates.

Red Ribbon Week serves as a vehicle for communities and individuals to take a stand for the hopes and dreams of our children through a commitment to drug prevention and education and a personal commitment to live drug free lives with the ultimate goal being the creation of drug free America.
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Holloween Math Lesson

Halloween Math
Grade Level 1 – 2

Materials:
Halloween Candy Corn
Card stock squares to use as number cards
Paper and pencils

Objectives:
1. Students will learn lesser than and greater than numbers.
2. Students will write inequalities in numerical form.
3. Students will order numbers from highest to lowest
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Name Bingo

Teachers, welcome back. I hope you had a wonderful summer. Here is a lesson plan that works great for the first days of school. It can be used for any grade level.

Objectives:
Students will get to know their classmates.
Students will begin the year with a positive experience.

Materials:
Copies of the “Name Bingo” Game for each student
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