Lauren Iannessa

Christmas Around the World Internet Scavenger Hunt This is a Word document that has 15 questions. The students will read the questions and click on the link to learn more the countries around the world. They will be able to answer the questions by going to the website provided. Then they can write the answers directly under the questions in the box. This is a great activity and they learn so much!! UPDATED 11-14-13 -

This is a great play for the holiday season. I have done it with 1st and 2nd grade, but I am sure it will work for Kindergarten, third and fourth. The students are assigned countries and they speak about how the country celebrates the holiday season. The students will sing a few songs during the play. The songs are noted in the script. The students are asked to dress up or bring in a prop that has to do with their country. This was very easy because each country has a small item that can

This is a great worksheet for grades K, 1 and 2. I made this because the students seemed to understand what I was saying, but I wanted to have them apply it on paper. The students brought their pencil box to class and after a short lesson they completed this paper for a grade.

This is a cute way to end the school year. I invite all the parents in and we share some of our favorite pieces of work. Then we read through the play. The ABC's of our year. Each student is assigned a letter. Here are some examples: A is for the alphabet that we know G is for the good friends we made through the year I is for imagination used at every turn Then we sing a few song and read Oh the places you'll go By: Dr. Seuss. This is a great little assembly to end the year with in you

This is a great way to honor the late Martin Luther King Jr. The students will go to age appropriate websites and answer questions about his entire life. They will also watch the very popular “I have a dream” speech, which lasts 17 minutes. Every time I do this with the entire class, I am always surprised that they all listen so intently and love it. It is a video on Youtube.com. My school does not allow the students go onto youtube.com, so I wait until every student is at the same point a

This is a great book in Publisher for the 100th day of school. All you have to do is print out the document and cut the pages down the middle and staple it together like a book (I use three staples down the side). This has 8 great pages for grades 1-3. They work on numbers from 1-100, counting by 5's, counting by 2's, 48 pairs of opposites, four short answer and 1 writing sample. This is a great activity for the 100th day of school or even leading up to it.

This is a practice packet for each word is the Primer list. Each word has it's own page. Each page has Rainbow Color, Trace, Write and Write a Sentence.

This is a great certificate that can be used for the 100th day of school. All you have to do is add the students name, your school and your name and it is ready to print. Kids love it too!!