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Third Grade Themes, Thematic Units Teacher Resources, Books and Educational Materials

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Third Grade Holidays Themes/Thematic Units (4 products)

holidays teaching suppliesHolidays Through the Year (Grades 1 - 3)

Grade Level: 1st Grade - 3rd Grade
Price: $12.95
Product #: 2000404
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A fun, meaningful approach to holiday celebrations

  • choose fresh, creative activities and timesaving reproducibles
  • integrate holiday fun into your curriculum
  • add new pizzazz to your classroom 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:

  • New Year's Day
  • Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
  • Chinese New Year
  • Groundhog Day
  • Valentine's Day
  • Presidents' Day
  • St. Patrick's Day
  • Easter
  • Passover
  • Earth Day
  • May Day
  • Cinco de Mayo
  • Mother's Day and Father's Day
  • Independence Day
  • Grandparents Day
  • Johnny Appleseed's Birthday
  • Columbus Day
  • Halloween
  • Election Day
  • Thanksgiving
  • Hanukkah
  • Christmas
  • Kwanzaa

Pages: 96
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classroom materials - patternsBig & Easy Patterns: Holidays and Seasons

Grade Level: Preschool - 6th Grade
Price: $17.99
Product #: 1002602
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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.

Pages: 224
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Third Grade Months and Seasons Theme / Thematic Unit (7 products)

 

Seasons and Months Theme Thematic Unit Teaching Resource BookMonths and Seasons Thematic Unit

Grade Level: First, Second, Third Grade
Price: $9.99
Product #: 1003106
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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:

  • literature selections - summaries of children's books with related lessons (complete with reproducible pages) that cross the curriculum
  • poetry - suggested selections and lessons enabling students to write and publish their own works
  • planning guides - suggestions for sequencing lessons each day of the unit
  • writing ideas - daily suggestions as well as writing activities across the curriculum
  • bulletin board ideas - suggestions and plans for student-created and/or interactive bulletin boards
  • curriculum connections - in language arts, math, science, social studies, art, music, and movement
  • group projects - to foster cooperative learning
  • culminating activities - which require students to synthesize their learning to create a product or engage in an activity that can be shared with others
  • a bibliography - suggesting additional literature and nonfiction books on the theme

Pages: 80
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Big & Easy Patterns: Holidays and Seasons
Puppet & Flannelboard Stories for Seasons & Holidays
Our entire collection of Third Grade Themes/Thematic Units

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classroom materials - patternsBig & Easy Patterns: Holidays and Seasons

Grade Level: Preschool - 6th Grade
Price: $17.99
Product #: 1002602
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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.

Pages: 224
You may also like:
Big and Easy Patterns: Themes
Our collection of Bulletin Boards / Classroom Displays
Our collection of Bulletin Board Borders
Our entire collection of Classroom Supplies
Our entire collection of Third Grade Themes/Thematic Units

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Learning / Education Game for Teaching Weather
Whatever the Weather Game

Age Level: 4 & up
Price: $14.99
Product #: 3140066

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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.
Contents:
1 game board, 4 playing pieces, 1 die, 4 game mats, 4 ground pieces, 4 children, 4 seasonal trees, 8 seasonal objects
Choking Hazard Warning for Educational materials
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spring bulletin board and classroom display
Spring Bulletin Board Set

Price: $5.99 + $1.75 (This item requires an additional handling/packaging fee)
Product #: 3110048

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This mini bulletin board set and more includes: reproducible badge and bookmark patterns; 10 spring accents, largest approx. 13.25 inches x 8.75 inches; 30 bugs (10 bees, 10 butterflies, 10 ladybugs); a blank rainbow header; and a resource guide.
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fall bulletin board and classroom display
Fall Bulletin Board Set

Price: $5.99 + $1.75 (This item requires an additional handling/packaging fee)
Product #: 3110047

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This mini bulletin board set and more includes: reproducible badge and bookmark patterns; 8 fall scenes ranging from approx. 5.25 inches x 8 inches to 10 inches x 10.25 inches; 30 leaves; a leaves and mice blank header; and a resource guide.
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Colored Leaves Scalloped Bulletin Board Border
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winter bulletin board classroom supplies

Winter Bulletin Board Set

Price: $5.99 + $1.75 (This item requires an additional handling/packaging fee)
Product #: 3110061

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This mini bulletin board set and more includes: games and graphing ideas as well as reproducible Thinking Tags; 12 winter-themed pieces, largest approx. 14 1/4 inches x 8 1/2 inches; 30 snowflake accent pieces; "Let It Snow" header; and a resource guide.
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Snowmen Bulletin Board Border
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