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Holiday Resources We're celebrating December with these holiday–themed resources. Use our printables, lessons, and activities to show students how the December holidays of Hanukkah, Christmas, Kwanzaa, and the New Year are celebrated. Sign up for a 7-day free trial, and these resources are yours to keep! Holiday Resources Christmas

Christmas is celebrated on December 25. Experience the joy with your students, using these Christmas lesson plans, activities, printables, and skill builders. You can discuss the religious and cultural meaning behind Christmas in your social studies class, create holiday crafts and decorations for art class, and read Christmas books in reading class.  Christmas Resources Hanukkah Hanukkah, the "Festival of Lights," starts on the December 24 and lasts for eight days and nights. Explore the rich traditions and history of Hanukkah with our lessons, printables, activities, and resources. Your students will enjoy learning the meaning behind the holiday, creating their own dreidels, writing holiday poems, taking Hanukkah-themed quizzes, and more!  Hanukkah Resources Behavior Management From behavioral observation to conflict resolution, these printables and articles will help you manage classroom discipline. You'll find advice for handling disruptive behavior and environmental interventions for minimizing its effect on other students. Our forms and charts are excellent tools for documenting and tracking your students' behavior.  Behavior Management Resources

K-12 Science Competion

Dear Educator,

How are you challenging your STEM students this year? For 25 years, Toshiba/NSTA ExploraVision has encouraged teams of K-12 students and teachers to create future technologies that improve society—all while aligning with the Next Generation Science Standards. Winning teams receive $10,000 U.S. Savings Bonds, an expense-paid trip to Washington, D.C. to present their ideas to scientific leaders and more.

All K-12 students and teachers in the U.S. and Canada are eligible for ExploraVision. Register now!

Teach younger students the engineering process and help older students prepare for college with ExploraVision. Not only does it give your students an exciting, hands-on learning experience, but teachers who coach an ExploraVision team can utilize the program broadly, incorporate the competition into their curriculum, and use it as a way to work toward the goals of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) by engaging students in problem solving and critical thinking.

Behavior and Mental Health Supports Sessions

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Classroom Practices: Embedding the Language of Your Expectations into Praise

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Classroom Practices: Embedding the Language of Your Expectations into Praise

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   Thanksgiving in North America:  From local harvests to National Holiday - Encyclopedia Smithsonian

History of Thanksgiving - History.com

What really happened at the first Thanksgiving?  The Wampanoag side of the tale, by Gale Courey Toensing, 11-23-12, Indian Country Today Media Network.com

What was on the menu at the first Thanksgiving?  by Megan Gambino, Smithsonian.com, 11-21-11

Thanksgiving history - Plimoth Plantation