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There is a wonderful assortment of holiday music available from Pandora.com. Log in to Pandora and scroll down to the “Genre Stations.” Select “Holiday” and notice ten great stations to choose from. Enjoy!
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These recently came across the STC mailing list. I felt I had a little more control of the scissors on the second choice. Enjoy. Make-a-Flake http://snowflakes.barkleyus.com/ Popular Front Snow Days http://www.popularfront.com/snowdays/ Also, look at Snowflake Bentley’s microscopic snowflake images.
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How Snow Is Formed I wanted to share this interactive diagram that I found from one of the teachers I follow on twitter. It is an informational article accompanied by an excellent clickable diagram on the subject of How Snow Is Formed. The text of the article might be on the difficult side but it [...]
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Sign Up For Text Message of School Closings While I love the fact that the JCPS details are front and center on the news ticker on snowy days, I always have to keep watching to check on my wife and kids’ district and U of L too. By that time I am awake and the [...]
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One More Cool Light Show Snowflake Workshop Story Line Online “Polar Express” Okay, this really is my last Holiday Post. The light show linked up top and the Polar Express reading came from the awesome teachers at RP. The story (and other stories too) are read by celebrities and many have activities to go with [...]
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Unless something really amazing comes my way this will be the last of the holiday posts. It is actually a recap of the most clicked on links over the last month. Here goes: Holiday Music At Pandora Decorate Your Computer Silly Puppets Sing Christmas Carols Send A Free Holiday Card “Websites Of The Day” Best [...]
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1. Decorate your computer desktop with these screen savers, add-ons and desktop images. 2. Recently updated list “The Best Of…” sites for Christmas, Hanukkah and Kwanzaa. This list is intended for ELL students, many will be great for young readers as well. 3. Check out the YouTube Christmas Carol Christmas Carol Contest. Better yet, film [...]
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Google’s popular gmail service is offering a free holiday card to be sent (through the real live mail!). You do not need a gmail account to use the service. Have your students navigate to https://services.google.com/fb/forms/gmailholidaycard/ and fill out the card. There are several options for the style of card (including some non- Christmasy ones, if [...]
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File this one under very little educational value, but it will make your students laugh. http://www.sundog.net/carolofthechins/flash/card.swf The person who shared it with me wrote, “Type in any Christmas song and see what the little puppets do. Also, type in any non-Christmas song (I typed in Happy Birthday) and you’ll get a kick out of [...]
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Excellent activities listed in recent Scholastic newsletter. Teacher Update: Winter Holidays Activities Plus Free Clifford Flash Drive Posted using ShareThis
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