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Art - El Greco: Drawing Tall People
Making a masterpiece like El Greco’s tall figures is easier for students when they use a magazine picture and cut it apart to s-t-r-e-t-c-h it. They trace over it to end up with a … View Full Lesson →
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Writing - Box o’ Love
For a different spin on Valentine’s Day poetry, try this unique idea – have students make a Box o’ Love for a loved family member. Using a covered cereal box, students decorate the box with … View Full Lesson →
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Writing - Valentine’s Day Gift Vouchers
Staple some envelopes together to make a booklet with “pockets” to place Valentine gift vouchers. Great idea for Father’s Day, Mother’s Day, and Grandparent’s Day as well. Students come up with ideas for helping around … View Full Lesson →
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Writing - Valentine’s Day Booklet
This heart-shaped Valentine’s Day Booklet is written especially for mom or dad, grandma or grandpa. Pages are written and illustrated with lines like “Flowers love the sun./ Dogs love walks./Children love candy”, etc. with the … View Full Lesson →
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Writing - Onomatopoeia Poems
A fun writing activity that solidifies students’ understanding of onomatopoeia. They become more aware of the sounds of words and objects. Spoken sounds are surrounded by quotation marks. After reading a short story, students retell … View Full Lesson →
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Health and Nutrition - Spill Your Guts (Review Game)
This is a review game for any subject. Using leftover pieces of bristol board or heavier paper scraps (free from printing shops), question and answer cards are made. Teacher can do this in every subject … View Full Lesson →
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Art - Christmas Potpourri Hangers
This is a beautiful, useful Christmas craft. Although this activity needs adult help for gluing, I have safely done this activity with grades 1 and 2. We collect clean metal lids and bits of ribbon … View Full Lesson →
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Art - Christmas Tree Ornament or Gift Tag
Have students practise reusing old Christmas cards, bits of yarn or ribbon, and frozen juice lids to make beautiful Christmas tree ornaments. The only thing you need to add are the small doilies and the … View Full Lesson →
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Art - Standing Snowmen
By cutting and folding four snowmen, then gluing the halves to other pieces, students get Standing Snowmen. All four snowmen can be decorated differently or all the same. The bottom of them all is flat, … View Full Lesson →
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Art - Christmas Rudolph
Have students make a Christmas Rudolph that mom or dad will love to keep forever. Students trace their foot for the face and trace their hands for the antlers. Big brown eyes and a giant … View Full Lesson →