Category: September Classroom

  • CLASSROOM – Family Fun

    CLASSROOM – Family Fun

    On National Family Day, we love to have fun in the classroom. Learning something new is a great way to spend time with family. That’s why this week the classroom offers a couple of Story Mashup games to take home to the family. Everyone can write their own funny story using the Story Mashup pages.

    The Classroom also has several other games on the website that families can play together. The Story Mashup joins our Bingo games, Crossword Puzzles, and Scavenger Hunts.

    HOW TO OBSERVE in the CLASSROOM – Family Fun

    Download and print this week’s projects and give your students the opportunity to spend quality time with their families. You can also follow the suggestions below to help your students explore the days in their own way. It might surprise you what they discover! We’re often surprised by our own discoveries!

    Celebrate Every Day in the Classroom by:

    1. Asking a question about the day or observance and finding the answer.
    2. Exploring the subject further. Whether you read a book, interview an expert, watch a documentary, or run an experiment, there is always more to learn about the observance.
    3. Writing about the day or observance. You can write about what you learned or what the day means to you.
    4. Telling someone about the day. You might be sharing information that is helpful to someone. Or, you might brighten someone’s day.
    5. Solving a problem. Many observances discuss issues around the world that need fixing. How would you fix it?
    6. Being creative. Draw, paint, build, design, bake, create your idea of what the observance means.

    Of course, as always, sharing on social media isn’t required; learning is. But if you do, please use #NDCClassroom to share on social media.

    THIS WEEK’S PROJECTS

    Download and print this week’s Story Mashups and Celebration Challenge. They are all great ways to spend time with family.

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  • CLASSROOM – Classical Music

    CLASSROOM – Classical Music

    What can we learn from classical music in the classroom? Classical music transcends time and remains relevant centuries after it was created. It also set the foundation for much of the music we listen to today. Classical music in the classroom offers a variety of learning tools that teach more than music. It can teach history, math, science and so much more. Take a look at this week’s projects to learn more.

    HOW TO OBSERVE in the CLASSROOM – Classical Music

    Download and print this week’s projects and give your students the opportunity to explore classical music. You can also follow the suggestions below to help your students explore the days in their own way. It might surprise you what they discover! We’re often surprised by our own discoveries!

    Celebrate Every Day in the Classroom by:

    1. Asking a question Classrooabout the day or observance and finding the answer.
    2. Exploring the subject further. Whether you read a book, interview an expert, watch a documentary, or run an experiment, there is always more to learn about the observance.
    3. Writing about the day or observance. You can write about what you learned or what the day means to you.
    4. Telling someone about the day. You might be sharing information that is helpful to someone. Or, you might brighten someone’s day.
    5. Solving a problem. Many observances discuss issues around the world that need fixing. How would you fix it?
    6. Being creative. Draw, paint, build, design, bake, create your idea of what the observance means.

    Of course, as always, sharing on social media isn’t required; learning is. But if you do, please use #NDCClassroom to share on social media.

    THIS WEEK’S PROJECTS

    This week, we challenge educators to introduce classical music to their students. We offer a list of compositions for you to try. Discuss how the music made the class feel. Invite the students to explore different composers and discover those they would like to know more about. We also introduce the binder cover coloring page for September. Download and print the page. Color and add your own flair. Then slip it into your binder for the month. Thank you to Andrea Hoskins for the idea!

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  • CLASSROOM – Breakfast

    CLASSROOM – Breakfast

    We all know how important breakfast is to a classroom. It’s the first meal of the day, and it fuels us after a night of rest – and fasting. Students perform better on a full stomach than they do on an empty one, and during Better Breakfast Month, the classroom aims to provide tools and resources to better help students to a healthy breakfast.

    While many students eat a balanced breakfast at home, not all do. And though schools all around the country offer breakfast to their students, some schools still only offer lunch. That means some students go at least 18 hours without a meal and some go even longer. An empty stomach is distracting enough, but it also causes fatigue, poor concentration, and more. It’s difficult to learn when you’re hungry. Fueling students with a nutritious breakfast also fuels their education. This week, the classroom offers teacher resources and a project that not only gets schools thinking about a healthy breakfast but their students, too.

    HOW TO OBSERVE in the CLASSROOM – Breakfast

    Download and print this week’s projects and give your students the opportunity to explore a better breakfast. You can also follow the suggestions below to help your students explore the days in their own way. It might surprise you what they discover! We’re often surprised by our own discoveries!

    Celebrate Every Day in the Classroom by:

    1. Asking a question Classrooabout the day or observance and finding the answer.
    2. Exploring the subject further. Whether you read a book, interview an expert, watch a documentary, or run an experiment, there is always more to learn about the observance.
    3. Writing about the day or observance. You can write about what you learned or what the day means to you.
    4. Telling someone about the day. You might be sharing information that is helpful to someone. Or, you might brighten someone’s day.
    5. Solving a problem. Many observances discuss issues around the world that need fixing. How would you fix it?
    6. Being creative. Draw, paint, build, design, bake, create your idea of what the observance means.

    Of course, as always, sharing on social media isn’t required; learning is. But if you do, please use #NDCClassroom to share on social media.

    THIS WEEK’S PROJECTS

    Not only does the classroom continue to offer the Celebration Challenge, but we also offer several ways to involve your students in building a better breakfast – quickly!

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  • CLASSROOM – Ampersand

    CLASSROOM – Ampersand

    And just like that August is over, and September takes over. And, in the classroom, we take a look at a symbol called the ampersand. It’s curly, elegant, and troublesome to draw. Though it shortens sentences in an instant when we replace the word “and” with it. What is an ampersand? Well, it looks like this: &.

    And it has quite the history, too. However, this week we’re going to have some artistic fun with it.

    HOW TO OBSERVE in the CLASSROOM – Ampersand

    Download and print this week’s projects and give your students the opportunity to explore the ampersand. You can also follow the suggestions below to help your students explore the days in their own way. It might surprise you what they discover! We’re often surprised by our own discoveries!

    Celebrate Every Day in the Classroom by:

    1. Asking a question about the day or observance and finding the answer.
    2. Exploring the subject further. Whether you read a book, interview an expert, watch a documentary, or run an experiment, there is always more to learn about the observance.
    3. Writing about the day or observance. You can write about what you learned or what the day means to you.
    4. Telling someone about the day. You might be sharing information that is helpful to someone. Or, you might brighten someone’s day.
    5. Solving a problem. Many observances discuss issues around the world that need fixing. How would you fix it?
    6. Being creative. Draw, paint, build, design, bake, create your idea of what the observance means.

    Of course, as always, sharing on social media isn’t required; learning is. But if you do, please use #NDCClassroom to share on social media.

    THIS WEEK’S PROJECTS

    This week the classroom offers a coloring page with a twist. Can you find all the word pairs hidden in the ampersand? A word pair is a set of two words that are often seen together like Suit & Tie or Milk & Honey. Download and print the coloring page to see if you can find them all. We also have a key so you can check your work.

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  • CLASSROOM – Rhyme

    CLASSROOM – Rhyme

    Some words are difficult to rhyme and with reason. That’s why we’re celebrating National No Rhyme (No Reason) Day in the classroom this week. Poets experiment with words to create fun and creative expression through poetry. While not all poems rhyme, those that do have that extra added quality to them.

    Learning words that rhyme also gives us an advantage to learning new words, exploring dialects and the evolution of language. This week we offer several ways to explore words that rhyme, especially those difficult words that seem to have no matching rhyme. We also offer the Celebration Challenge!

    HOW TO OBSERVE in the CLASSROOM – Rhyme

    Download and print this week’s projects and give your students the opportunity to explore language through rhyme. You can also follow the suggestions below to help your students explore the days in their own way. It might surprise you what they discover! We’re often surprised by our own discoveries!

    Celebrate Every Day in the Classroom by:

    1. Asking a question about the day or observance and finding the answer.
    2. Exploring the subject further. Whether you read a book, interview an expert, watch a documentary, or run an experiment, there is always more to learn about the observance.
    3. Writing about the day or observance. You can write about what you learned or what the day means to you.
    4. Telling someone about the day. You might be sharing information that is helpful to someone. Or, you might brighten someone’s day.
    5. Solving a problem. Many observances discuss issues around the world that need fixing. How would you fix it?
    6. Being creative. Draw, paint, build, design, bake, create your idea of what the observance means.

    Of course, as always, sharing on social media isn’t required; learning is. But if you do, please use #NDCClassroom to share on social media.

    THIS WEEK’S PROJECTS

    We have several projects to offer this week. Pick the one that works best in your classroom or do them all!

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  • CLASSROOM – Sewing

    CLASSROOM – Sewing

    As we wrap up September, National Sewing Month allows us to put some skills to work in the classroom. Sewing is a skill that comes in handy for a multitude of reasons. From fixing a tear, adding a button, or finding a creative outlet, sewing is a simple craft everyone should experience at least once.

    While the month focuses on more advanced sewists, that doesn’t mean the skill can’t be brought into the classroom for all ages and skill levels. We found a few projects for educators and students to try.

    HOW TO OBSERVE

    Bring your students together to put one of the suggested projects together (or come up with your own!) Have them practice their skills. Invite a parent, local professional, or another teacher into the classroom to demonstrate the benefits of sewing.

    Follow us on Instagram @natdaycal and Twitter @NationalDayCal. It’s where teachers seem to love us the most. Also, we’ll let you know when there’s a new project in our evening posts. To receive them, subscribe to the website at www.nationaldaycalendar.com.

    Of course, as always, sharing on social media isn’t required; learning is. But if you do, please use #NDCClassroom to share on social media.

    THIS WEEK’S PROJECTS

    We searched the internet for ideas and ways to bring sewing skills to your students. This is what we found:

    • Sewing cards from cardboard – Whether your students take them home or you keep them in the classroom for future practice, these cards will come in handy and help with fine motor skills.
    • Button Bracelets – Break out the button collections (you know parents have some to share, too) to create these fun bracelets.
    • Tic Tac Toe game – This project will keep the fun going. When students finish their project, let the games begin!
    • Bookmarks – Books are a part of every classroom. These simple ribbon and button combos will be easy to complete and then use!
    • Paper Plate Pumpkin – This fall project could be easily modified to make a spider web, too!

    Do you have projects you’d like to share for this classroom? Be sure to send them our way using the Contact Us link.

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  • CLASSROOM – Elephant

    CLASSROOM – Elephant

    Raise your trunks, er, hands if you’re ready to celebrate the elephant in the classroom! It’s National Elephant Appreciation Week, and we will be exploring this fascinating animal in a few different ways. As the largest land mammal on Earth, it stands to reason we humans would be curious about them. Their presence demands attention.

    HOW TO OBSERVE

    Follow us on Instagram @natdaycal and Twitter @NationalDayCal. It’s where teachers seem to love us the most. Also, we’ll let you know when there’s a new project in our evening posts. To receive them, subscribe on the website at www.nationaldaycalendar.com

    Of course, as always, sharing on social media isn’t required; learning is. But if you do, please use #NDCClassroom to share on social media.

    THIS WEEK’S PROJECTS

    We offer two coloring pages and a worksheet to help us explore and appreciate the world of the elephant. Be sure to check out the National Elephant Appreciation Day page to complete your worksheet, too! You’ll find the answers there.

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  • CLASSROOM – Play Dough

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    CLASSROOM – Play Dough

    Play Dough brings out the creativeness in a classroom. It improves dexterity, inspires masterpieces, and creates memories that last a lifetime. This week we combine it with celebrations on the calendar and a card game.

    HOW TO OBSERVE

    Follow us on Instagram @natdaycal and Twitter @NationalDayCal. It’s where teachers seem to love us the most. Also, we’ll let you know when there’s a new project in our evening posts. To receive them, subscribe on the website at www.nationaldaycalendar.com

    Of course, as always, sharing on social media isn’t required; learning is. But if you do, please use #NDCClassroom to share on social media.

    THIS WEEK’S PROJECTS

    We’ve added to a card game we created in the spring. You can find it here. With the latest addition to the card set, you can either play the game by the rules included with the game or add play dough as an extra challenge. Instead of verbally describing the observances, students can use play dough to create something that represents the holiday. Either way, the classroom will have fun celebrating several holidays in September. Download and print the expansion pack for September here.

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  • CLASSROOM – Library Card

    CLASSROOM – Library Card

    One of the most important areas in a school is the library, and that’s why a library card is essential to every student in the classroom. Reading isn’t the only reason a library is so important. The library opens doors to technology, offers a space to explore the world through other people’s eyes and gives us the independence to think for ourselves. A library is priceless.

    September is National Library Card Sign Up Month. The celebration offers a variety of ways for us to celebrate in and out of the classroom.

    HOW TO OBSERVE

    Follow us on Instagram @natdaycal and Twitter @NationalDayCal. It’s where teachers seem to love us the most. Also, we’ll let you know when there’s a new project in our evening posts. To receive them, subscribe on the website at www.nationaldaycalendar.com

    Of course, as always, sharing on social media isn’t required; learning is. But if you do, please use #NDCClassroom to share on social media.

    THIS WEEK’S PROJECTS

    One thing that goes really well with a library card is a bookmark. Not only do we have one for your students to download, but we have two!

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  • CLASSROOM – Hats

    CLASSROOM – Hats

    Many of us wear hats and while wearing them in the classroom isn’t recommended, they can be a fun way to celebrate. Hats protect our heads from the elements. They offer an opportunity to express ourselves. They may even suggest our interests or occupations. September is National Fall Hat Month. During the month, we can explore hats in numerous ways in the classroom. Studying the materials and fashions, hosting a hat day, or making hats from paper or felt are just a few ways to celebrate the month.

    HOW TO OBSERVE

    Follow us on Instagram @natdaycal and Twitter @NationalDayCal. It’s where teachers seem to love us the most. Also, we’ll let you know when there’s a new project in our evening posts. To receive them, subscribe on the website at www.nationaldaycalendar.com

    Of course, as always, sharing on social media isn’t required; learning is. But if you do, please use #NDCClassroom to share on social media.

    THIS WEEK’S PROJECTS

    We have several projects this week to help you celebrate hats in the classroom.

    • Download and print the coloring page. Our characters are wearing a wide variety of hats!
    • Complete the hat worksheet. Think about all the ways hats help us that isn’t just about fashion.
    • We also have a word search puzzle. Can you find all the different types of hats?
    • Make a paper hat. We’ve found several videos inspiring us to make and decorate paper hats.

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