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Global Countdown! The countdown begins... At this web site you can time your countdown exactly, specifying your locality and time zone. Happy New Year! |
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Time Clocks Here is an effective lesson in demonstrating geologic time with time itself--using a clock printout to create an Earth through history timeline, with the first mammal appearing less than three minutes before midnight. |
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Create a
Calendar Here is a great online tool for generating a customized or individualized calendar, according to your needs and preferences. Choose your format, display type, and options for extra note space, holiday displays, or moon phase displays. Also choose your country to generate a calendar in your native language, with or without English as well. |
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Lang Syne Although this page is primarily devoted to the song, Auld Lang Syne, there is also some information given on the author, Robert Burns. |
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Timeline
Scrapbook Involve your class in a scrapbooking project in the New Year, with timeline templates, and recording events, weather, special days, etc. for your class to review and keep at the end of the school year. |
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Record
a Moment in Time Students will assemble an accordion book which captures an historic moment. Think over the past year for meaningful events or choose one as a class, and create your story with pictures and captions. You can assign groups to a certain portion of the past year and create a class year book as well. |
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The Ten Year Letter What might you be doing ten years from now? Create a playful or serious assignment writing goals and dreams. |
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Capsules Use a leftover cookie tin from Christmas to create this time capsule--perfect for a New Year's project. |
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Art Enhance your activities for either the traditional Western New Year or the Chinese New Year. Black construction paper backgrounds and glitter and glue drawings create dramatic fireworks |
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Resolution
Magnets It's that time of year when resolutions are made, and if you find you usually need an extra reminder to stick to your goals, try this resolution magnet. |
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Happy New Year
Art Create the perfect calendar, make a confetti collage, paint some fireworks, or, best of all, create a Wall of Resolve. |
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New Years Day Analogies Practice critical thinking language skills with this interactive, New Year's themed analogies game for upper elementary students. |
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New Years and
Language Arts All activities involve language arts,with a word scramble game, Explosive Grammar, and celebrations with cinquain poems. |
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Short Stories for New Years Try starting a new tradition for the New Year, by sharing some wonderful short stories. You can download and print out these stories, including "The Twelve Months", "The Little Match Girl", "The Fairy's New Year Gift", and "The Mail Coach Passengers". |
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New Years Alliterations Call them alliterations, or tongue-twisters but have fun creating these phrases with your students to celebrate the New Year. |
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New
Years Traditions Around the World Celebrate New Year's Eve with a multicultural theme; children from around the world have contributed their stories on how their communities celebrate the New Year. |
