Teaching Tip: December Lesson Plan Ideas
By: Teachnology Staff
Here are some great projects and ideas for your December classroom.
1. Make a graphic organizer that compares and contrasts all holidays.
2. Map December holidays around the world.
3. Read a short holiday story. Group students. Each group must identify a part of speech throughout the story.
4. Hold a holiday spelling bee. Only use holiday related words.
5. Hold a multicultural holiday festival.
6. Research traditional gifts offered on the days of Hanukkah & Kwanzaa.
7. Holiday greeting country match.
8. Have students find out how and where their favorite gifts are made.
9. Make a graphing activity based on holiday sales.
10. Engage students with holiday math word problems.
This Week in History
1621: Galileo invents the telescope.
1929: BINGO invented by Edwin S. Lowe.
Weekly Tips for Teachers Issue 490: November 30, 2009 This newsletter is brought to you by Teachnology.com, the online teacher resource center. View source of newsletter and the details at the same link.
For more December resources, go to http://mrscjacksonsclass.com/decemberfunbooks.htm and
http://mrscjacksonsclass.com/ for more seasonal themes and resources.
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