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Second Grade Themes & Thematic Units: Holidays Teacher Resources, Teaching Supplies, Books and Educational MaterialsSee also: Free Shipping Promotion: All orders $75.00 and over receive free parcel post shipping via the United States Postal Service (within the contiguous United States). In stock orders ship within 24 hours. In order to view some of the Sample Pages you need Adobe Acrobat Reader. If you need to download Adobe Acrobat Reader, click the button below:
Second Grade Holidays Themes/Thematic Units
Grade Level: 1st Grade - 3rd Grade 
A fun, meaningful approach to holiday celebrations
Looking for holiday activities that will also enhance your curriculum? This handy resource book is packed with creative, cross-curricular activities and reproducibles just right for first through third graders. You'll find background information for each holiday, literature connections, arts-and-crafts ideas, student-created books, games, recipes, learning center ideas, and much more. From New Year's Day to Kwanzaa, you'll discover that these 23 cross-curricular units will help you make learning about the holidays fun and meaningful! Units in this book include:
Pages: 96
Grade Level: Preschool - 6th Grade
Lots of patterns are presented for each of the four seasons and their corresponding holidays, including St. Patrick's Day, Easter, Mother's Day and more. The book also includes teacher-tested ideas for using the patterns. There are several ways to use the patterns in this book.
They are big and easy to cut out, so they can be used by students for
easy-to-prepare art projects. They can also be used for classroom decorations,
story prompts, word banks, puppets, paper dolls, big books, and shape
books. Back to the Second Grade Holiday index Grade Level: 1st Grade - 3rd Grade
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This book's 80 exciting pages are filled with a wide variety of lesson ideas and activities designed for use with primary children. At its core are three high-quality children's literature selections, Night Tree, The Wild Christmas Reindeer, and The Polar Express. For each of these books, activities are included which set the stage for reading, encourage the enjoyment of the book, and extend the concepts gained. In addition, the theme is connected to the curriculum with activities in language arts, math, science, social studies, geography, art, music, movement, and life skills. Many of these activities encourage cooperative learning. Suggestions and patterns for games and ideas for the bulletin boards are additional time savers for the busy teacher. Furthermore, directions for making a class pillow, wall hanging, or quilt allow the students to produce products that can be shared beyond the classroom. All of these activities combine to make this book a very complete teacher resource. This book includes:
Pages: 80 Back to the Second Grade Holiday index Grade Level: 1st - 3rd
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This book's 80 exciting pages are filled with a wide variety of lesson ideas and activities designed for use with primary children. At its core are two high-quality children's literature selections, The Valentine Bears and One Zillion Valentines, and an original, reproducible book, My Heart Book. For each of these books, activities are included which set the stage for reading, encourage the enjoyment of the book, and extend the concepts gained. In addition, the theme is connected to the curriculum with activities in language arts (including daily writing suggestions), math, science, social studies, art, music, and life skills. Many of these activities encourage cooperative learning. Furthermore, directions for student-created Big Books and culminating activities, which allow students to synthesize their knowledge in order to produce products that can be shared beyond the classroom, highlight this very complete teacher resource. This book includes:
Pages: 80 Back to the Second Grade Holiday index
Second Grade Months and Seasons Theme / Thematic Unit (2 products)
Grade Level: First, Second, Third Grade
This reproducible teaching resource is filled with ready-to-use lessons and cross-curricular activities. Also included are management ideas, creative suggestions for the classroom, and a bibliography. At its core are two high-quality children's literature selections: Chicken Soup with Rice and The Apple Pie Tree. For each of these featured books, activities are included which set the stage for reading, encourage the enjoyment of the book, and extend the concepts gained. In addition, the theme is connected to the curriculum with activities in language arts (including daily writing suggestions), math, science, social studies, art, music, and life skills. Suggestions and patterns for bulletin boards and unit management tools are additional time savers for the busy teacher. Furthermore, culminating activities are included, which allow students to synthesize their knowledge in order to create products that can be shared beyond the classroom, highlight this very complete teacher resource. This thematic unit includes:
Pages: 80 Back to the Second Grade Holiday index Age Level: 4 & up
Be the first to build your scene in this cool weather game! Strengthen strategic thinking and understanding of changes in weather from season to season. Directions in English, Spanish, and French are included. 2-4 players. Back to the Second Grade Holiday index |
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