Links to New Year's lesson plans and language-based activities

Time  |  Winter Activities

• Ticker Time
  http://www.timeticker.com/main.htm
  See what time it is in various parts of the world.
  
  • World Time Zone Map
    
    
• Journey in Time
  http://www.fi.edu/time/Journey/
  • Activities for the Classroom: Online and printable activities.
  • Sun Clocks- Telling time with Shadows: Links, lesson plans, interactive activities.
    
    
    
• Multicultural Calendar
  http://www.kidlink.org/KIDPROJ/MCC/
  Holidays celebrated around the world sorted by month, holiday, country, and author. Links are included.
  

• A to Z Calendar Printouts
  http://www.enchantedlearning.com/calendar/
  
  
• When year 2010 Starts Around the World
  http://www.timeanddate.com/counters/firstnewyear.html
  A table of information of when year 2010 starts around the world.
  
  
• New Year's Celebrations Around the World
  http://www.topics-mag.com/internatl/holidays/new-year/page.htm
  Explanations of how New Year's is celebrated around the world with links.
  
  
• New Year's Resolution for 4-Block Teachers
  http://teachers.net/4blocks/article15.html
  Articles to help 4-block teachers use time wisely and align curriculum.
  
  
• New Year Traditions
  http://www.fathertimes.net/traditions.htm
  Links to explanations of New Year celebrations around the world.
  
  
• Time: Person of the Year
  http://www.time.com/time/personoftheyear/
  Who will be named the Person of 2008? View photo essays, covers gallery, and previous picks.
  
  
• New Year's Activities
  http://www.dltk-kids.com/crafts/newyear/
  • New Year's Crafts
    
    
• New Year's Lesson Plans
  http://74.125.93.132/search?q=cache:http://www.teachervision.fen.com/lesson-plans/lesson-6649.html
  Includes printable worksheets and answer sheets.
  
  
• Chinese New Year Resources
  http://www.kiddyhouse.com/Teachers/
  Click on Lesson Plans > Holidays & Celebrations Lesson PLans. Includes background information, lesson plans, activities, black line masters.
  
  
• Chinese New Year
  http://www.teachervision.fen.com/tv/tvsearch.php?keywords=chinese+new+year&sitesearch=1
  Included here are links and lesson plans for the Chinese New Year. Printable lesson plans.
  
  
• Chinese New Year Lunar Calendar
  http://www.chinapage.com/newyear.html
  Jan. 26, 2009 is the first day of the year of the ox.
  
  
• Chinese New Year History
  http://www.new-year.co.uk/chinese/
  
  
• Chinese New Year
  http://www.educ.uvic.ca/faculty/mroth/438/CHINA/chinese_new_year.html
  Celebrations, traditions, decorations, taboos and superstitions.
  
  
• 12 Animals of Chinese Calendar
  http://www.chinapage.com/12animals.html
  The Chinese calendar cycle is explained.
  
  
• Chinese Calligraphy
  http://library.thinkquest.org/3614/
  Samples of brush strokes and symbols with explanations.
  
  
• A thousand years of history
  http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/1999/millennium/
  CNN's video presentation summary. Provides and interesting timeline of great events that shaped our world.

Time

• Math Fact Cafe
  http://www.mathfactcafe.com/
  • Time Worksheets
    http://www.mathfactcafe.com/time/
    Generate time worksheets
    
    

Winter Activities (more Winter Activities)

• The Mitten
  http://www.bry-backmanor.org/actpag21.html
  Printable story and worksheet of the folktale.
  Level: Primary
  
  
• Snowflake poem
  http://www.bry-backmanor.org/actpag23.html
  Level: Primary
  
  
• Eduscapes: Snowflake Bentley
  http://www.eduscapes.com/library/s/snowflake_bentley.htm
  Many links on snowflakes and winter activities.
  
  
• Wilson A. Bentley: the Snowflake Man
  http://www.snowflakebentley.com/
  Biography of the "Snowflake Bentley". Click on resources for more links.
  
  

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Pat Elliott, Library Specialist
Wednesday December 30, 2009 8:06 PM