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WSRA Families and Literacy Committee
December 2007
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1
1955 Rosa Parks
arrested http://www.
surfnetkids.com/
rosaparks.htm. |
2
Make holiday placements for you family and relatives to use this month. |
3
Make a list of December holiday books you would like to read/reread. |
4
Walt Disney was born tomorrow, 1901. List all the Disney films you have seen. |
5
Hanukkah
begins. Read
All the Lights
in One Night
by A. Levine.
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6
13th amendment
abolishes slavery
1865 www.surfnet
kids.com/lincoln
/htm. |
7
Pearl Harbor
1941 http://www.
surfnetkidscom/
pearl_harbor.htm.
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8
Family Reading
Day
Go to the library
and check out
holiday books. |
9
Read the newspaper ads with family and find the best bargains. |
10
Marie Curie Nobel
http:hypatiamaze.
org/curi.forkids/
curie_kids.html. |
11
Start to make a holiday book to be used as a gift for a special person. |
12
Draw pictures of what you like best about the holiday's). Tell and share. |
13
Write a list of things that remind you of the holidays. Share with family. |
14
Write the letters of your Dec. holiday vertically, 1 letter on a line. Write a poem.
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15
With an adult’s help make a holiday treat. Share with a neighbor or relative.
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16
Read the comics with your family. Explain your favorite comic. |
17
Wrights fly in
1903 http:teacher.
scholastic.com/
activities/flight/
wright/index.htm. |
18
Slavery abolished
in USA, 1865
http://www.uscons
titution.net/const
kidsk.html. |
19
Find directions for a holiday craft. Make a list of items you need. |
20
See how many words you can make from the word winter. |
21
Mayflower lands
at Massachusetts. http://homesure
west.net/moseley/
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22
Read the television listings for holiday shows. Watch and summarize. |
23
Sing holiday songs with family/friends. |
24
Family Reading Day!
Read “T'was the Night Before Christmas' with your family. |
25
Christmas
Enjoy a family activity together. |
26
Boxing Day, U.K.
Kwanza Read Seven Candles for Kwanza by Pinkney. |
27
Las Posadas
Mexico Go to http://zuzu.org/
mex.html to
learn more. |
28
Watch a holiday show with family. Listen for words that tell how people feel.
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29
Write about the winter break from school. |
30
Write and address your thank-you notes. |
31
New Year’s Eve Ellis Island opens to process immigrants, 1891. |
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