National Sandwich Day - Nov 3

Are you bored with the same old lunch every day? Take this sandwich quiz.  Get creative by building sandwiches on sticks, or cut them into shapes. Make your own sandwich with these recipe ideas from Kraft.

Daylight Savings Ends - Nov 6

Don't forget to turn your clocks back! Practice telling time with these online games while you gain that one hour of sleep on Sunday.

Sesame Street Debuted - Nov 10, 1969

Sesame Street has been educating children for years and years. I4C has found great resources there. Find Pre-K Sorting games and  Kindergarten Sorting with Elmo.  Practice Patterns with Cookie Monster. Get Kindergarten Earth Science help with the weather by dressing Elmo for Fall. Play this Life Science game learning how parts make up a whole.

Veteran's Day - Nov 11

Write letters to our troops. Check out the first 2 links for where to send your letters and how. And check out the 3rd link to get printable Veterans Day stationary for the occasion. Visit our Veterans Day page for lesson plans, activities, and more.

World Kindness Day - Nov 13

Celebrate World Kindness and continue our anti-bullying message. Find Kindness lesson plans by grade, community ideas, service projects, and activities.

Geography Awareness Week - Nov 13

Browse our Geography resource page. Check out the standards, including 5th Grade Social Studies Standards. We have lessons on Countries and Continents, Landforms, and States. Explore our Maps, Printable Maps, and Interactive Maps.

Gettysburg Address - Nov 19, 1863

Thanksgiving - Nov 24

Gobble gobble! Get all of your Thanksgiving projects, plans, and resources here.

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It's National Author's Day and Veterans Day this month. Celebrate both by writing letters to our troops. The first 3 links will tell you how you can organize and get the letters mailed appropriately. Show them how much we care!

Explain Gratitude and why we should give thanks this month. Make a wall of thanks. Keep a "jar of thanks" in your class to read daily. Use this printable writing prompt to complete an essay on "What I'm Thankful For." Find Early Childhood giving thanks lessons as well.

Did you know that a pumpkin is really a squash? Halloween is over but Thanksgiving is almost here! Find Thanksgiving  activities, printables, and projects for your classrooms.   

Publish your own books with this great web site called youblisher.com. You can email the URL to your students and families. The kids will love "flipping" through their books online. It even makes a page flipping sound.

The Presidential election is still a ways away, but the debates and discussions are in full swing. Take advantage and teach your students about voting and democracy with these lesson plans:

Create an election bulletin board for grades K - 2. Discuss home towns and households, and how democracies impact our lives for Grades 3-5. Learn about voting barriers for Grades 6-8. Encourage creative expressions and civic engagements for Grades 9-12.

Make sure you check the section above for What's Happening resources this month!

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