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The Day of the Dead
Day of the Dead, or Dia de los Muertos are sometimes referred to as a Mexican Halloween, but the truth is that the holidays are closer to Thanksgiving than Halloween! Read more about this joyous celebration of life and find activities to engage your students in this bright and seasonal holiday.
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Black Pioneers You Should Know: George Washington Carver
George Washington Carver was an expert in the field of botany, helping farmers make the most out of their land, and finding uses for their surplus peanut crops that they used in crop rotation. Whilst not the inventor of peanut butter, George can be credited with popularizing a large variety of peanut products we have today. Learn more about him here.
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Black Pioneers You Should Know: Madam CJ Walker
Sarah Breedlove, better known as Madam CJ Walker, is America's first female self-made millionaire. She grew up in poverty and by the age of 20 was a widowed woman bringing up a two year old daughter alone. To try to make money she took in laundry. Due to a scalp condition, Sarah began to lose her hair so she started experimenting with some of the laundry chemicals she has used, hoping to find a cure.
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Black Pioneers You Should Know: Dr. Mae Jemison
Mae Jemison seems to be one of those kind of cool people that you wish you could've met when you were younger. She is inspirational to me now as an adult, and I think as I child learning about her and her achievements may have led me down a different path, one which I thought was unattainable.
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Easy Father’s Day Craft
I always feel that dads and other important males in our students lives get a little bit left out of the parenting celebration. In my school district school is out roughly two weeks before Father's Day, and it ended up being forgotten in the hustle and bustle of field day and parties for many years. But then I realized that this craft was the perfect activity for the last days of school when you are scratching your head to find engaging assignments for your students.
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Staying in Touch with Families
Looking for ways to stay in touch with your students? Now that schools are all distance learning with students, I thought it would be nice to look at using Facebook groups as a way of staying in touch with your students and their families. Click to learn more!
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Fairy Tale Sequencing
Looking for different ways for students to retell favorite fairy tales? These retell crowns and character hats give students the opportunity to retell the story to adults. Click to learn more!
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Name Rainbows!
Adorable rainbow craft with name practice that is EDITABLE and can be personalized for each student! Click to learn more!
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School Closing? Read On…
If you find out your school is closing on Monday for two weeks, and you need to come up with work for your students, you're probably going to panic. Here are some things that I hope will help you out, particularly if you are a first grade teacher. Everything on this page is FREE - there are no links to paid items.
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Lucky Charms Craft
Looking for a 'magically delicious' St. Patrick's day activity for your students? With this editable craft each child makes a personalized 'Cereal' box with marshmallows. Click to learn more!
