TeachersFirst's Kwanzaa Resources
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Fall is a wonderful time for harvest events and spooky celebrations at any grade level. This collection of reviewed resources offers ideas to incorporate seasonal activities in the regular curriculum. Whether you focus on a specific activity or simply share these for enrichment outside of class, your students will find "seasonal" learning opportunities.
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Kwanzaa for Kids - The Kidz Page
Grades
K to 5
In the Classroom
Introduce the Kwanzaa for Kids to students by projecting it for all to see the different areas to explore. Add a link to classroom computers for the entire site or specific areas. Post a link on your class web page or newsletter for parents and students to use at home. Replace paper pen by asking older students to write blogs sharing information learned using a site like Edublog, reviewed here. Edublog offers tools for creating class and individual blogsYou must be registered and logged in to add items to your favorites.
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Kwanzaa Fun from Billy Bear for Kids, Parents and Teachers - Billybear4kids
Grades
K to 5tag(s): kwanzaa (9)
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Kwanzaa Activities - DLTK
Grades
K to 5tag(s): kwanzaa (9)
In the Classroom
Get an interactive whiteboard and treat your students to the reference information about Kwanzaa and then play some of the interactive games!Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Kwanzaa - Activity Village
Grades
K to 5In the Classroom
Take advantage of the ideas and activities offered on this site to teach students the meaning behind Kwanzaa. Set up learning stations for students to enjoy different crafts. Post a link on your class web page or newsletter for parents and students to use at home. With younger students, consider demonstrating how to write a letter to Santa or send a postcard to a relative from this site. Take photos, or have older students take photos, of the crafts and recipes the students make and post them on your website for parents to see. Older students could enhance their learning by posting the photos with and explanation using a portfolio tool such as bulb, reviewed here. bulb also offers tools for incorporating blogs. Alternatively, students could transform their learning by annotating images taken of their activities with text, URL's, or videos using ThingLink, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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The Kwanzaa Web Site
Grades
K to 12In the Classroom
Enhance student learning by having students create blogs sharing their learning and understanding using Telegra.ph, reviewed here. With Telegra.ph you just click on an icon to upload images from your computer, add a YouTube or Vimeo, or Twitter links. This blog creator requires no registration.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Happy Kwanzaa - The Holiday Spot
Grades
K to 8tag(s): kwanzaa (9)
In the Classroom
Use this source to teach your students about Kwanzaa. Divide your class into several groups. Have each group research one of the links at this site and present their findings to the class using a bookmarking tool such as Wakelet, reviewed here. With Wakelet students can make their wakes distinctive by adding a cover image or symbol for their Kwanzaa topic, a background, and choose the layout. If your class is learning about Kwanzaa along with Chanukah instruct them compare these holidays using the Interactive Two Circle Venn Diagram, reviewed here, if the comparison includes Christmas use the Interactive Three Circle Venn Diagram, reviewed here. Another project idea would be to challenge students to create an interactive, multimedia infographic using Visme, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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MyVocabulary.Com - Myvocabulary.com
Grades
4 to 12The Root Word Lesson Plans offer three difficulty levels, a prefix study, interactive puzzles focused on Greek and Latin roots. There are fill in the blanks, crosswords, true-false, word finds, and more.
The Word Lists are extensive and include nearly every topic one can imagine: Shakespeare, Legal Terms, Stock Market, ESL, Photography, Dance, Patriotism, Debate, Women in History, Psychology, Mythology, Kwanzaa, and MANY other topics.
The Thematic Puzzles include printable pages, interactive definition match games, and over fifty topics.
If you have students preparing for the SATs or ACTs, don't miss the Test Prep section with over 200 vocabulary words.
tag(s): prefixes (16), root words (13), spelling (166), suffixes (13), vocabulary (314)
In the Classroom
Search the site for topics that you are teaching or that are timely, such as holidays. Share the puzzles on an interactive whiteboard or projector. Have students research various vocabulary words (provided with each topic). Have students create a multi-media project about their vocabulary words: wiki, blog, or PowerPoint. Be sure to take advantage of the free lesson plan ideas, discussion topics, and printable puzzles. As an ongoing vocabulary project, have student create interactive "word books" using Bookemon (reviewed here).Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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