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#Twosday

#Twos Day Activities for Kindergarten

Make Twos day memorable with all of these lesson ideas! From dressing up, fun books and movies, cute activities and games; it’s all so exciting! Tuesday, February 22, 2022, will only happen once! To keep with the theme of 2’s, 22 great things to do with pairs, doubles, or the number 2 on that day are listed below.

Dress Up for Twos Day

Starting off the 22 tips for twos day are some dress-up ideas. Everyone gets excited about dressing up! It’s a great way to start the day off on the right foot. Here are some fun ones:

1. Twos Day Hat: On a similar hat students can practice writing the number 2, cut, color, and get to wear it all day. It’s so fun and low prep for you!

2. Crazy Socks: A pair of socks is definitely perfect for twos day! Even better when you tell students it can be crazy sock day and they can mix and match!

3. Tutus/Ties: Don’t you just love alliteration! Tutus and/or ties go great with the theme of T for twos day. It will be funny to see what they come up with for this one!

4. Mittens: Another great paired item, especially for this time of year, is mittens or gloves! They can wear their favorite pair or mix and match to be silly.

Twos Day Academic Activities

5. Twos Day Hundreds Chart Hunt: Put pictures (related to the number 2) on the hundreds chart and have the students write what numbers they are covering!

6. Two and Twenty-Two: Sort all the different versions of the numbers into the correct column labeling them 2 or 22.

7. “What is Twos Day” close read: Read all about twos day and why it is chosen to celebrate it! Then have the students draw a picture too!

8. Counting Pairs: Count how many pairs of each object there are and write the number on the line.

9. Me on Twos Day: Students will write some fun facts about themselves on this day, having to do with twos, of course, to remember for years to come!

Read aloud Books for 22 Twos Day

One of the best parts of preschool, kindergarten, or first grade is the read-aloud time! These books are all about doubles or the number two!

10. Double the Ducks: This book by Stuart J. Murphy is great for teaching young children about doubling! A cute story about taking care of 5 ducks but then they all come home with a friend, so they double the ducks!

Double the Ducks (MathStart 1)

11. Double Play: Monkeying Around with Addition: Another great math book for students! This one by Betsy Franco also helps students learn how to double with the help of some cute chimps. You can get it here:

Double Play: Monkeying Around with Addition

12. Two of Everything: This book by Lily Toy Hong is a favorite! A story of a magical pot in a garden that turns everything inside into twos! Find it here:

Two of Everything

13. Double Take: Susan Hood wrote this book as a way of teaching opposites! The artwork is very retro and it has text that will keep the students intrigued. You can grab it here:

Double Take! A New Look at Opposites

14. Doubles! Doubles!: This is a super catchy song that doubles numbers up through 10 gives math practice and definitely fits with the theme! Watch it here:

15. I Can Show the Number 2: Use Jack Hartmann video, a kindergarten favorite! Sing and dance along as you learn all the different ways to represent the number 2. Here it is on YouTube:

16. What are Pairs: This video is a great way to introduce pairs to students! After the video, see if they can name any other pairs of things! Watch it here:

Games for Two Day

17. Find Your Pair: Make (or print) cards with pairs of things. One item on each card. Some examples: salt & pepper, milk & cookies, characters like Mickey & Minnie, Peanut Butter & Jelly, etc. Mix up and then hand out one card to each student. Set a timer and see if the students can find their matching pair card! Make it even more fun by having them find their pair without talking!

18. 2’s Scavenger Hunt: Create a scavenger hunt paper where students have to find two of each item around the classroom. Such as two pencils, two things of the same color, two pairs of scissors, etc.

19. My Double: Have students find someone in the room with something in common. I.E. Sharing the same favorite movie. They each have 2 younger brothers. Maybe someone has the same favorite color. It will be a fun way for them to learn more about other classmates while finding their “double”!
Twos Day Snacks

Quite possibly the best parts of any celebration are the food and snacks! You really can make anything fit the theme, especially if there are two of them! Sandwiches, pieces of candy, vegetables, fruit, etc. Here are a few fun ones though, to round out the 22 tips for twos day!

20. Taco “Twosday”: It’s the perfect snack for Tuesday, 2/22/22! You can have a potluck where each student brings an ingredient to make tacos! You could also make candy tacos by forming sugar cookies into a taco shell and having students fill their “taco” with various candies.

21. Oreos: Oreos are fun for twos day because you have two cookies in one delicious cookie sandwich! Plus, you have to eat at least two, right?

22. Popsicles: Popsicles immediately come to mind when thinking of things in doubles, especially the popsicles with the double sticks that break in half. This would be a great way to finish up the day!

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Friday, January 28, 2022

Read Aloud Day

2/22/22

Find a favorite person and some favorite books

the 2 of you can

read 2 books aloud

or read 22 minutes

2 much fun!!!

#Love Jar

On February 1st, tie a red ribbon around a jar to start a #Love Jar. Allow your students to fill the Love Jar with love messages to each other until #Valentine’s Day. Then on #Valentine's Day read all the nice things they have said about each other.

Encourage the students to make this a Valentine's Day tradition in their households.

Students should be read a rendition of The Little Red Hen. Assist children in identifying the story's teachings, such as responsibility, respect, and caring for and assisting others. Inquire about the pupils' definitions of sharing and generosity. Encourage students to include concepts like sharing affection, time, or things in their discussions. Pose questions like:

Should the animals have stepped in to help? Why do you think that is?
Should you only help if you would benefit from it?
Why did the little red hen provide so many opportunities for the animals to assist her?
Would you give others numerous opportunities to assist you?

#African-American #Authors

While African-American authors hold their own in the literary world, Black History Month provides an opportunity to commemorate some of the most well-known African-American authors and their literary accomplishments. While some of their works focus on African-American history and achievements, others simply offer a fresh perspective on familiar themes and storylines. Here is a list of some fantastic literature to share with children during Black History Month.

Kindergarten – 2nd grade

• April Rain Song by Langton Hughes

• Covers by Nikki Giovanni

• Laughing Boy by Richard Wright

• The Flower Garden by Eve Bunting

• The Hat that Wore Clara B. by Melanie Turner-Denstaedt

• Ruby and the Booker Boys by Derrick Barnes

3rd grade – 5th grade

• Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis

• Hip Hop Speaks to Children by Nikki Giovanni

• Mariah Keeps Cool by Mildred Walter

• Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters by John Steptoe

• The Story of Ruby Bridges by Robert Coles

• Ziggy and the Black Dinosaurs Series by Sharon Draper

6th grade – 8th grade

• The People Could Fly by Virginia Hamilton

• Locomotion by Jacqueline Woodson

• Fast Sam, Cool Clyde and Stuff by Walter Dean Myers

• Roll of Thunder, Hear my Cry by Mildred D. Taylor

• Watsons Go to Birmingham by Christopher Paul Curtis

• Hoops by Walter Dean Myers

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My #Feelings Workbook

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Oriental Trading

Grab those popsicle craft sticks and get ready to make some adorable Halloween characters for everyone's favorite Fall holiday! Create a few fun Halloween characters from Oriental Trading's craft sticks. This is an easy craft, suitable for kids of most ages. Using craft sticks, craft foam, googly eyes and sharpies, you will be able to make a witch, frankenstein, pumpkin, monster and black cat. Get ready to make Halloween memories at home with creative costumes, playful twists and activities galore for all ages. Shop now!

Spring is a season. There are four seasons in a year, spring, summer, autumn and winter. Each season is marked by different weather and hours of daylight.

We have seasons because the earth takes a year to move round the sun, which gives us light and warmth, and because the earth tilts at an angle of 23.5 degrees. In winter we tilt away from the sun and in the summer we tilt further towards the sun. However, on the first day of spring the sun shines equally on both the north and south hemispheres of the Earth. https://www.topmarks.co.uk/Spring/WhatIsSpring.aspx?age=ks2

Thanksgiving Day is a national holiday in the United States. In 1621, the Plymouth colonists and Wampanoag Indians shared an autumn harvest feast that is acknowledged today as one of the first Thanksgiving celebrations in the colonies. For more than two centuries, days of thanksgiving were celebrated by individual colonies and states. It wasn’t until 1863, in the midst of the Civil War, that President Abraham Lincoln proclaimed a national Thanksgiving Day to be held each November. https://www.history.com/topics/thanksgiving/history-of-thanksgiving

Happy Halloween

Halloween is the one of the oldest holidays still celebrated today. It's one of the most popular holidays, second only to Christmas. WHICH I LOVE! While millions of people celebrate Halloween without knowing its origins and myths, the history and facts of Halloween make the holiday more fascinating. Some people view Halloween as a time for fun, putting on costumes, trick-or-treating, and having theme parties. THIS IS THE WAY I CHOOSE TO VIEW HALLOWEEN. Others view it as a time of superstitions, ghosts, goblins and evil spirits that should be avoided at all costs. As the Christian debate goes on, celebrating Halloween is a preference that is not always viewed as participating in an evil holiday. Halloween is often celebrated with no reference to pagan rituals or the occult. THIS CAN EASILY BE DONE!!! https://www.halloween-website.com/history.htm

Each year, on the first Monday in September, Americans observe a national holiday called Labor Day. Canadians celebrate the holiday on the same day, although the spelling is slightly different, and known as Labour Day. For some, the Labor Day holiday is a long weekend that marks the end of summer, with backyard barbecues, a final summer getaway, or shopping. Federal, state, and local governments close their offices. Banks and post offices also shut down for the day. However, the foundation for observing Labor Day is to pay tribute to working men and women in the U.S. and Canada.

Happy Fall

The season of autumn is largely associated with harvest time. Various harvest festivals are celebrated during fall. One of these is the Thanksgiving holiday that is widely celebrated in the United States and Canada. The Jewish Sukkot holiday is also celebrated during autumn. Moreover, Chinese people celebrate the lunar Mid-autumn Festival. Some common autumn harvests are pumpkin, apple, and corn. Other autumn holidays include Labor Day, Remembrance Day, Veterans Day, Columbus Day, Halloween, and Patriot Day. https://kidskonnect.com/holidays-seasons/autumn/

Why does the date of Easter change each year?

In Western Christianity, Easter Sunday must always fall on the next full moon after Spring Equinox. Easter can fall as early as March and as late as April or May, depending on the year and calendar used. Christians in the east who use the Julian calendar instead of the Gregorian calendar may have a different date. The date of Easter changes because the full moon can fall on different days in different time zones. The Sun

The first Saint Patrick's Day parade (March 17, 1762, was held in New York City before the American colonies declared their independence from England and established themselves as the United States. Historically, St. Patrick's Day was only celebrated by the Irish. Now it is celebrated worldwide - celebrating Irish culture with parades, dancing, special foods and a whole lot of green.

St. Patrick's Day is just around the corner, so I thought I'd give you a couple of suggestions for St. Patrick's Day activities.

Historically St. Patrick's Day was only celebrated by the Irish. Now it is celebrated worldwide - celebrating Irish culture with parades, dancing, special foods and a whole lot of green.

Activities:
1. Go outside and search for a shamrock.
2. Sing or listen to an Irish tune - When Irish Eyes Are Smiling or Danny Boy
4. See how many words you can create from Irish words; example, leprechaun.
5. Interview someone who is Irish.
6. Write a story about a leprechaun.

Looking for a leprechaun this St. Patrick's Day? Build the anticipation of the hunt by singing the song below. As you sing, be sure to keep your eyes open for those little green fellows.
(sung to the tune of "Mary Had A Little Lamb")
I'm looking for a leprechaun,
Leprechaun, leprechaun.
I'm looking for a leprechaun.
Do you know where he's gone?
He wears a suit that's made of green.
Made of green, made of green.
He wears a suit that's made of green.
Do you know where he's gone?
If you see a leprechaun,
Leprechaun, leprechaun;
If you see a leprechaun,
Please tell me where he's gone!
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Valentine's Day Facts

St. Valentine's Day falls on February 14th of each year. Although the name is Saint Valentine's Day, most people refer to the day as Valentine's Day. It was originally a day to celebrate Saint Valentinus, who performed weddings for soldiers who were not allowed to marry. He was imprisoned for this, as well as for ministering to Christians. Saint Valentinus wrote a letter to the daughter of his jailer before he was executed. His letter was signed ‘From your Valentine'. He was buried on February 14th. Valentine's Day was not associated with romantic love until the middle ages. After St. Valentine was buried, Julia, the daughter of his jailor, planted an almond tree with pink blossoms near his grave. The almond tree today is a symbol of lasting friendship and love.

In 1537, King Henry the Eighth declared that February 14th was a holiday. King Henry the Eighth had most of his wives executed because they did not give birth to a son. By the 1700s in England it began to resemble the Valentine's Day we know today. At this time lovers began to express their love with gifts of flowers, candy and cards, which were called 'valentines'.

Interesting Valentine's Day Facts

The first Valentine`s Day candy box was invented by Richard Cadbury in the late 19th century.

On Valentine`s Day every year, there are at least 36 million heart shape boxes of chocolates sold.

There are enough candy hearts made each year to stretch from Valentine, Arizona to Rome, Italy, and back again. The number of these candy hearts produced is approximately 8 billion.

There are approximately 50 million roses given on Valentine`s Day around the world.

There are approximately 1 billion Valentine`s Day cards exchanged every year in the U.S. alone. Valentine`s Day is the second most popular day of the year for sending cards, second only to Christmas.

Cupid is the son of Venus. Venus was the god of beauty and love.

Thanksgiving Day

Thanksgiving Day in the United States is traditionally a holiday to give thanks for the food collected at the end of the harvest season.

George Washington, the first president of the United States, proclaimed the first national Thanksgiving Day in 1789. Thanksgiving Day has been an annual holiday in the United States since 1863. Thanksgiving is observed on the fourth Thursday in November.

Activity:
Thanksgiving Dinner Grades 4
A great lesson to apply real-world math skills and Thanksgiving. A lesson you can do with your students is gather food ads from the local grocery store chains around Thanksgiving. First, you can give them a budget and a set number of guests and have them plan a meal. This uses many math skills (especially multiplication, where the prices of turkey are given in per lb.). Also, you can have them compare the meals in two different grocery stores. This is truly real world connections.

The first day of school for many school districts is on the day after Labor Day (first Monday in September) and other of us, mid to late August. Every year students start school and every year parents wonder what to do. Whether it’s your child’s first day at preschool or the start of fifth grade, there are always new challenges. Children as well as parents, often struggle with saying goodbye at the classroom door and hello to the start of a new year. If so, try reading books about starting school like “I Am Absolutely Too Small for School” by Lauren Child and others.

Fireworks Family Activity

Fireworks Family Activities Improve Learning Skills
Go to the fireworks and while you are watching them, be extra observant. Count how may blue, green, red, white, and multi-colored fireworks there are. You can even make a chart for this. Decide which colors were your favorite ones. Was there a style that you liked better than another? This will help you with your observation skills.

You can also look at the different kinds of people that come to view the fireworks. How many little children? How many do you think were school-age? How many teens? How many adults? How many people were dressed in red, white, and blue?Bonnie Terry

On July 5, 1908, a West Virginia church sponsored the nation’s first event explicitly in honor of fathers, a Sunday sermon in memory of the 362 men who had died in the previous December’s explosions at the Fairmont Coal Company mines in Monongah, but it was a one-time commemoration and not an annual holiday. The next year, a Spokane, Washington, woman named Sonora Smart Dodd, one of six children raised by a widower, tried to establish an official equivalent to Mother’s Day for male parents. She went to local churches, the YMCA, shopkeepers and government officials to drum up support for her idea, and she was successful: Washington State celebrated the nation’s first statewide Father’s Day on June 19, 1910. Slowly, the holiday spread. In 1916, President Wilson honored the day by using telegraph signals to unfurl a flag in Spokane when he pressed a button in Washington, D.C. In 1924, President Calvin Coolidge urged state governments to observe Father’s Day. Today, the day honoring fathers is celebrated in the United States on the third Sunday of June.

Memorial Day Facts

Memorial Day is a patriotic holiday in the United States. It is celebrated on the last Monday in May each year. It began as a day to honor the men and women who died in the Civil War. On Memorial Day we honor all the men and women who have died in all the wars fought by the United States. Memorial Day is celebrated in many ways. Many businesses, schools, and banks close in honor of the holiday. Often, families go to the cemetery to add flags to the grave sites of war veterans. Parades and picnics are other ways this holiday is celebrated.

Vocabulary
remembrance, admiration, appreciation, battlefield, bereaved, bravery, commemorate, commemoration, cortege, courage,
decoration, defense, democracy, devotion, duty, embrace, emotional, empathize, freedom, gratitude, grave, grieve, hero, heroism, history, invocation, legacy, legendary, liberation, liberty, life, march, memorial, meritorious, military, observance, parade, patriot, patriotic, patriotism, patriotism, pride, reflective, respect, sacrifice, salute, servicemen, solemn, sorrow, support, Taps, tribute, uniform, unify, union, unite, valiant, veteran, waving
Book List
Frost, Helen. Memorial Day (National Holidays). Pebble Books, 2000.
Osborne, Mary Pope. Civil War on Sunday. Random House Books for Young Readers, 2000.
Sorensen Lynda. Memorial Day (Holidays). The Rourke Book Co., Inc. 1994.

Memorial Day Sites
http://www.usis.usemb.se/Holidays/celebrate/memorial.html
Read about how this holiday was created to honor soldiers who fought for freedom for the United States.
http://www.schoolexpress.com/
Click on Social Studies, then Holidays, to find great printable worksheets and color pages about Memorial Day.
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acropolis/1465/memorial.html
This site has great pictures of the military and the Memorial Day celebration.
http://userpages.aug.com/haywire/memday.html
Learn about the origins of Memorial Day and view a picture of the “Unknown Soldier.” This site also contains information about the American Flag.

Maypole dance, with origins in the 18th Century, began as a traditional or artistic dance popular in Italy and France. Eventually, traveling dancing troupes performed it in London theaters, thus bringing this traditional dance to larger audiences. An English teacher training school adopted the maypole dance and soon it had spread across most of central and southern England. The dance became part of the repertoire of physical education for girls and remained popular in elementary schools in both England and the United States well into the 1950s.

Don’t Put Out the Trash

During the week leading up to Earth Day, arrange with the custodian not to remove the trash and recycling from your classroom. On Earth Day, have your students weigh the trash and recycling they generated (weigh trash separately from recycling). Over the next week, challenge your students to toss and use less, plus recycle more. After a week, have students weigh the trash and recycling again and calculate the decrease (hopefully!) in trash weight and increase in recycling weight. Extend the lessen for older students and have them calculate percent increase and decrease as well. Help Teaching Blog

Spring Fever

This time of year, many people develop spring fever. Invite each student to think of a cure for spring fever and then write about it. Put the pages together to make a class book.

The windy weather of March makes it perfect for flying a kite. Set out colorful construction paper and a selection of art materials. Invite each student to use the provided materials to create a kite. Have them to write a description of their kite.

In March 1990, President George Bush publicly declared that he didn’t like broccoli and wouldn’t eat it. Have students write a letter to George Bush telling him whether or not they agree with his opinion about broccoli.

Have students write words that remind them of spring. Then direct them to write a poem about spring that uses several of the words.
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About Saint Patrick's Day

Contributed by Leanne Guenther

Saint Patrick's Day is celebrated each year on March 17^th. In Ireland, Saint Patrick's Day is both a holy day and a national holiday. Saint Patrick is the patron saint of Ireland as he was the one who brought Christianity to the Irish.

According to legend, Saint Patrick used a shamrock to explain about God. The shamrock, which looks like clover, has three leaves on each stem. Saint Patrick told the people that the shamrock was like the idea of the Trinity, that in the one God there are three divine beings: the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. The shamrock was sacred to the Druids, so Saint Patrick's use of it in explaining the trinity was very wise.

http://www.dltk-holidays.com/patrick/about.htm

Daylight Saving Time

When people first started using mechanical clocks each town/city would set their town clock by measuring the position of the sun. Every city would be on a slightly different time. This eventually became confusing and the railroad wanted a standard time that all of the towns in a certain area would go by. This led to using a standard time in the United States in the early 1900's.

Daylight Saving Time gives us the opportunity to enjoy sunny summer evenings by moving our clocks an hour forward in the spring.

TIP: Change the batteries in your smoke detectors when you change your clocks because Daylight Saving Time provides a convenient reminder.

Daylight Saving Time begins on Sunday, March 12, 2017. People will have an extra hour of daylight in the evening.

When to set your clocks forward: Daylight Saving Time begins on Sunday, March 12, at 2:00 A.M. Remember to “spring ahead” and set your clocks forward 1 hour. TIP: Do this Saturday night when you go to bed.

When to set your clocks back: Daylight Saving Time ends on Sunday, November 5, at 2:00 A.M. Now, we “fall back” by setting our clocks back one hour.

Class Activities
Have students write about how they will spend their extra hour of daylight.

Have students write an essay about how daylight saving time save energy.

Have students write and explain, in paragraph form, three advantages of DST and three disadvantages of Daylight Saving Time.

Daylight Saving Time Quiz
1. Which month does Daylight Saving Time begin?
a. January
b. February
c. March
d. April

2. Which month does Daylight Saving Time end?
a. August
b. September
c. October
d. November

3. In the year 1895, which scientist proposed Daylight Saving Time?
a. Albert Einstein
b. Sir Isaac Newton
c. George Vernon Hudson
d. Charles Darwin

4. Which country was the first to make Daylight Saving Time a law?
a. America
b. Russia
c. China
d. New Zealand

5. What is the main reason to have Daylight Saving Time?
a. to collect bugs in the late afternoons
b. to avoid going to bed too early
c. to save energy
d. to sleep longer

6. Which popular phrase helps us remember how Daylight Saving Time affects our clocks?
a. “Time is like an hourglass”
b. “Time is on your side”
c. “Spring forward, fall back”
d. “Spring up, fall down”

7. Which way do we move our clocks to begin Daylight Saving Time?
a. one hour forward
b. two hours forward
c. one hour backward
d. two hours backward

8. Which way do move our clocks to end Daylight Saving Time?
a. one hour forward
b. two hours forward
c. one hour back
d. two hours back

9. What is the hour when Daylight Saving Time begins and ends?
a. at two o’clock A.M.
b. at three o’clock A.M.
c. at four o’clock P.M.
d. at five o’clock P.M.

10. Who wrote the proverb, “Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy
and wise.”
a. Benjamin Franklin
b. George Washington
c. William Shakespeare
d. Dr. Seuss

Key: 1-c, 2-d, 3-c, 4-d, 5-c, 6-c, 7-a, 8-c, 9-a, 10-a (readingfriend.com)

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