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This is a lesson you can use to bring performances into your classroom. It is designed to have students choose ten lines from one of their favorite poems to perform and break down for the class. There are handouts for them to go through beforehand that include activities in several reading strategies: visualizing, summarizing, monitoring, making connections, etc. There is a graphic organizer to help them break down the tone and theme. There is a simple checklist rubric at the end for grading

Children are surrounded with Christmas images every November and December. But, do they know about the other winter holidays celebrated in the United States? Here are short summaries of las Posadas, Kwanzaa and Hanukkah.

Here is a simple crossword puzzle. The clues are riddles and use Spanish numbers.