Landaichesms: December 2014

Tuesday, December 9, 2014

Holiday Break Activities (including some from previous posts on this blog) -

I want to share with you some websites with activities that would be fun to do over the holiday break, including some books on wintertime fun!

Build a Snowman:

http://www.castlearcana.com/christmas/snowman/
http://www.think-bank.com/iwb/flash/snowman.html
http://dressupwho.net/i-files/swf/182-snowman.swf
http://www.cyke.com/snowman.swf

Create a Snowflake:

http://snowflakes.barkleyus.com/

http://snowdays.me/?skipDetect=true

Science behind snowflakes

Design a card:

http://www.iboard.co.uk/resource/Christmas-Card-Designer-migrated_swfs_3099.swf

Design a gift:

http://www.iboard.co.uk/iwb/Xmas-Tree-Maker-1891

Winter Stories:

http://www.speakaboos.com/story/the-gingerbread-man
http://www.wegivebooks.org/books/the-snowy-day/reader
http://www.wegivebooks.org/books/snowmen-at-night/reader
http://www.wegivebooks.org/books/frosty-the-snowman/reader

General Stories:

http://www.storylineonline.net/

Hanukkah -

http://www.joi.org/dreidel/index.shtml
http://www.chabad.org/images/kids/whatif/games/latke_game.swf
http://www.chabad.org/images/kids/Flash/chanukah/stories/story.swf
http://www.kosherconnection.com/karaoke/hanukka.htm
http://www.chabad.org/images/kids/Flash/chanukah/stories/9spoons.swf

Kwanzaa:

http://www.scholastic.com/browse/media.jsp?id=1193

http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/holidays/kwanzaa/

Wednesday, December 3, 2014

I recently worked with a small group of students from Ms. Falls' class and we shared some of our favorite poems. I thought that these links looked like fun (and informative!) so I am going to post them here and then add them to my Draggo site (Draggo). They would be fun activities to do on a cold December night:)
Let me know what you think about them!

Shel Silverstein

Poemstarts

Scholastic Poetry

PBS Kids Cinquain

Acrostic poems

Diamante poems

Free Verse

Poetry splatter

Giggle Poetry

Poetry Explained

Rhyme Zone

Author Jan Brett to speak in Memphis!

I wanted to share this email that I just received from the Booksellers at Laurelwood. I love Jan Brett's books and this one looks great too! (Please excuse the misspelling of the book The Mitten below, but I am just sending the email as it was sent to me:)- If you attend I would LOVE to hear about your experience!!

Offsite event at the

Benjamin L. Hooks Central Library

Jan Brett

discussing and signing

The Animals' Santa

Thursday, December 4, from 5 - 7 pm

About the Book:

Join the #1 New York Times bestselling author Jan Brett as we embark on her next snowy endeavor! From the mind that brought us The Miten and Hedgie the Hedgehog comes the story of a little rabbit who is about to celebrate his very first Christmas!

In the wintry forests of northern Canada, Little Snow asks Big Snowshoe: Who is the animal's Santa? Big Snowshoe doesn't know, and neither do any of Little Snow's friends. Could it be a wolf? A badger? Maybe even a polar bear? When nobody can answer him, Little Snow becomes skeptical. Is there really an Animal's Santa out there? Not to worry, though, as Big Snowshoe comes up with a plan on Christmas Eve to ensure that everyone can catch a glimpse of Santa! With their plan in motion, Little Snow and all his friends will have a Christmas they'll never forget! Children will be in for a treat with the beautiful scenerybrought to life by Brett's snowy illustrations!

So, get ready to join Little Snow and celebrate his first ever Christmas!Joining us at the event will be Jan Brett's very own Hedgie the Hedgehog!

Line tickets are required and come with the purchase of The Animals' Santa at the Booksellers at Laurelwood.

Monday, December 1, 2014

Antarctica Food Web Game...

For those of you following the Adelie Penguins nesting in Antarctica, I wanted to share this link. It is a "game" from PBS about the food chains in the Antarctic ecosystem. Enjoy!
Food Web Game

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