Seasonal Activities

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February and Winter Activities

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• President Character Bio
• Black American Character Bio

Note: Click here for complete Character Bio directions as well as graphic organizers, other bio topics, and a rubric.

• Valentine Candy Fraction Activities
• Valentine Math Puzzlers If you like this activity page, click the link at the top to learn more about the Daily Math Puzzler program.
• Valentine Hearts Investigation Teacher Directions
• Valentine Hearts Student Activity Page
• Valentine Hearts Class Data Chart
• Valentine Hearts Smartboard Investigation*
• Valentine Hearts Investigation PDF file
• Valentine Investigation Example*
  (Take a peek at the Smartboard results of my 4th grade class's investigation. If you can't open the Notebook file, check out the PDF version.)
• Valentine's Day Read N Roll
• Valentine's Day Word Challenge
• Heart Patterns (2 sizes)
• Friendship Cinquain Activity (Note: Use the Character Traits list with step 2)
• Winter Word Sort - Dictionary Skills

January Activities

• "Resolutions to Ring in the New Year" Bell Pattern for Bulletin Board Activity
• New Year Reflections Teambuilding Spinner
• Goals for 2010 Writing Prompt
• Highlights of 2009 & Visions of 2010
• Highlights of 2009 & Visions of 2010 (Lines)
• Happy New Year Homework Pass
• New Year's Day Word Challenge

Spring

• Egg-cellent Vocabulary (Words from Bently & Egg)
• Jelly Bean Egg Challenge
• Springtime Word Game  

End of the School Year

• School Year Reflections
• Class Scrapbook Directions

Back-to-School

Back-to-School Resource Page on LauraCandler.com

Other

• St. Patrick's Day Read and Roll* (Smartboard)
• St. Patrick's Day Read and Roll (PDF)
• St. Patrick's Day Word Challenge
• Dear President Obama 
• Interactive Presidents Game (7 Hat Challenge)
• Inauguration Lessons and Printables
•  Stick Figure Pattern

Halloween Activities

• Halloween Daily Math Puzzlers Note: If you like this Halloween Math Puzzler activity, click the book cover on the right to learn more about the Daily Math Puzzler program.
• Halloween Writing (4 Imaginative Narrative Story Starters)
• Trick or Treat Word Play Activity
• Spooktacular Story Board (Use with Reading Marathon)
• Pumpkin Predictions
• Pumpkin Talk
• Halloween Point Plot (Coordinate Graphing)

Thanksgiving Activities

• Thanksgiving Daily Math Puzzler Activity
• Thanksgiving Word Game
• Thanksgiving Dictionary Word Sort
• Thanksgiving Math Word Problems
• Pilgrim Problems (Easy Word Problems)
• Thanksgiving Venn 
• Thankful Writing

Winter Holidays

• Holiday Giving Project Sample Letter
• Happy Holidays Book Coupon
  (Use if you have lots of Scholastic bonus points in your point bank!)
• Christmas Daily Math Puzzler #1 (Grades 2 - 3)
• Christmas Daily Math Puzzler #2 (Grades 3 - 4) If you like these Daily Math Puzzler activities, click the link at the top to learn more about the Daily Math Puzzler program.
• Christmas Around the World Research Project
  Christmas Around the World Questions
• Variation: Holidays Around the World Project
  Variation: Holidays Around the World Questions
• Christmas Word Game
• Crazy Christmas Stories
• Sugar Cone Christmas Tree Recipe  
• Happy Holidays Homework Pass
• Holiday Mug Exchange Sample Letter
• Parent Request for Holiday Materials Letter

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