Activities for African Folk Tales Get the most out of reading African folk tales by using these worksheets. This is a great...		"Twas the Night Before Christmas": Full Text The classic poem, "'Twas the Night Before Christmas" is given in full text. You can print the...
Shape Poems Shape poems resemble the subject matter in form and are fun for children to try.		Winter Solstice Activities Teach children about the winter solstice with these activities.
African Storytellers Students will use the Internet to find out more about griots, or African storytellers. Their...		Thankful List Teaching students to free-associate and generate a list of things they are thankful for is a...
Popular Language Arts Activities for Black History Month February is Black History Month. Use these K-12 language arts activities to teach students...		Holiday Poems Students will write an acrostic poem from the name of a winter holiday: "Christmas," "Kwanzaa,"...
Paper Making The ancient art of paper making is explained in this lesson plan, which provides many...		Seasons Greetings Around the World Teach your students to say Merry Christmas in Swahili, French, Eskimo, and other languages from...
Jan Brett's Winter Books Four books by Jan Brett – Trouble with Trolls, The Night Before Christmas, Annie and the...		Kwanzaa Terms Quiz The main Kwanzaa terms and their definitions are reviewed.
Popular Black History Month Literature Resources February is Black History Month. Use these K-12 literature guides and enrichment activities to...		Reading Warm-Up 108 for Gr. 3 & 4: Historical Fiction Improve students' reading skills with a passage of historical fiction and comprehension...
O. Henry's "The Gift of the Magi" Find the full text of the classic short story by O. Henry, "The Gift of the Magi." This is an...		Teacher's Guide to Jan Brett's Gingerbread Friends In Gingerbread Friends, Jan Brett's companion book to Gingerbread Baby, you'll...
Poetic Language in "Memories of Christmas" Students will understand and appreciate the use of literal and figurative language though...		To Market in Africa Use this printable to have children fill a woman's basket with items she would buy in an...
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever Find a collection of tests, grammar sheets, and project ideas for Barbara Robinson's classic...		The Best Christmas Pageant Ever -- Essay Topics Assign these essay topics to your class when reading Barbara Robinson's book The Best...