Category: Holidays
Need a Halloween Costume? I have that
Every year, I struggle with a Halloween costume. The teams of grade-level teachers always have themed looks—the Three Bears or Eeenie Meenie Minie and Moe–but I don’t have a team. I also don’t have kids at home to inspire me into painting my hair pink or my nails black.
A few years ago, I found the solution, and now–no worries. Even if it slips by my consciousness until I arrive at school on our Halloween Parade Day to the sight of goblins, Dr Who’s and other fantasies, I’m ready. Here’s my costume:
Halloween Projects for K-5
Three holidays are fast-approaching–Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas. If you’re a teacher, that means lots of tie-ins to make school festive and relevant to students.
Here are ideas for you for Halloween:
Projects
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19 Halloween Sites for your Students
Here’s a short list of fun Halloween websites for your students. Enjoy!
Websites:
- Carving Pumpkins
- Enchanted Learning
Funschool- Halloween games, puzzles–clean, easy to understand website and few ads!
- Halloween ghost stories
- Meddybemps Spooky
- Pumpkin Toss
- Signing Halloween–a video
- Skelton Park
- The Kidz Page
Apps:
Columbus Day
Columbus Day, which is annually on the second Monday of October (this year, October 13th), remembers Christopher Columbus’ arrival to the Americas on October 12, 1492.
Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years. She is the editor/author of over a hundred tech ed resources including a K-12 technology curriculum, K-8 keyboard curriculum, K-8 Digital Citizenship curriculum. She is an adjunct professor in tech ed, Master Teacher, webmaster for four blogs, an Amazon Vine Voice, CSTA presentation reviewer, freelance journalist on tech ed topics, contributor to NEA Today, and author of the tech thrillers, To Hunt a Sub and Twenty-four Days. You can find her resources at Structured Learning.
9/11… We Remember
America, we love you.
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Happy July 4th!
It’s America’s birthday and I’m celebrating. What I write today will be… anything I want–gibberish, a short story, guest articles on crazy topics. I have no idea. My son’s in Kuwait protecting America’s distant shores. My daughter’s in San Diego preparing her LPD for some future battle. I’m here, thanking both of them and every other service member who accepted the calling to protect our nation’s freedoms.
God be with all of you.
Happy Memorial Day
I’m taking the day to honor our soldiers. Without their sacrifice, where would we be? (more…)
17 Memorial Day Websites for Students
Memorial Day is the time we remember all of those soldiers (and anyone in the Armed Forces) who gave their lives in the defense of American freedom. In war and peace, they made the ultimate sacrifice, and because of them we are privileged to live the American Dream.
Once a year, we honor them, their sacrifice, and those they left behind. Here are some activities to help students understand the import of this day:
Happy Mother’s Day!
Mother’s Day in the United States is annually held on the second Sunday of May. This year, that’s May 11th. It celebrates motherhood and it is a time to appreciate mothers and mother figures. Many people give gifts, cards, flowers, candy, a meal in a restaurant or other treats to their mother and mother figures, including grandmothers, great-grandmothers, stepmothers, and foster mothers.
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6 Websites That Ring in Spring
The temperatures are freezing on the East Coast, but Spring is right around the corner and we as teachers must get ready for it. What better way than with Spring Websites. Here are some of my favorites (check here for updates):
- Spring Garden–click to find flowers
- Spring Games
- Spring Word Search
- Spring Word Scramble
