Parade Float

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Presidential Parade with Floats!

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Students will enjoy participating in a Presidential hands-on learning project. This project stimulates creativity, problem-solving, research and oral presentation into one collective project for grades 4-8. You can simplify or allow for complexity! The floats can be made individually or collaboratively as a small group project. The lesson includes a simple and a complex version. It also gives keys, instructions, Common Core Standards and a Rubric to score the activity. Lessons can be used in Soc

4th - 9th

U.S. History

History of the Macy's Parade Nonfiction Informational Reading Passage Activities

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Keep 'em Thinking with Susan Morrow

This Macy’s Parade Informational Text unit brings the excitement, history, and larger-than-life magic of the famous Thanksgiving parade right into your classroom! This beloved holiday tradition, filled with soaring balloons, marching bands, dazzling floats, and festive performers, has been capturing imaginations for nearly a century. But behind the fun is a fascinating story of immigration, creativity, engineering, and American culture. This informational text unit gives students a front-row se

3rd - 5th

Informational Text, Other (Social Studies), Writing

Also included in: Christmas Theme Nonfiction Text Informational Reading Passages Bundle Grade 3-5

Brain Candy- Labor Day Challenge

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Learning With Lola

This is a great activity for kids who like constructing and love the hands-on approach! Originally designed with the gifted child in mind, these challenges provide “brain candy” for minds that think creatively and outside-the-box. In this challenge, students will be creating a "weather-proof" float that reflects both their school and country for a Labor Day Parade! This lesson will have several parts, and kids will need to be in groups of 3-4. Students will brainstorm, and then be given a bag f

3rd - 6th

U.S. History