TeachersFirst's Fathers' Day Resources
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Looking for ways to help your students honor their fathers and learn more about this holiday? This collection of resources offers several informative websites devoted to dad and the celebration of Father's Day. Find ideas for FREE gifts and more.
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GroupCard - Interactive Gift Corporation
Grades
K to 8
This site includes advertising.
tag(s): fathers day (11), holidays (103), mothers day (13)
In the Classroom
Students can create and send birthday cards to historical figures, sympathy cards to widows of slain leaders, thank you cards to persons that have had a big impact in our world, famous scientists, good luck to presidential candidates, etc. After creating cards, students can send them to your email account to be printed and included as part of bigger classroom projects. Teach how to write a friendly note, then post the results on a class bulletin board.You must be registered and logged in to add items to your favorites.
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Grabbabeast - Tangible Worldwide
Grades
1 to 8This site includes advertising.
tag(s): creative writing (67), creativity (66), fathers day (11), mothers day (13)
In the Classroom
Students can create ecards and send them out for birthdays, grandparent's, mother's and father's day. Student's can use the ecard part of the site to create a story about their monster and send it to the teacher, themselves, or anyone else. Through email your Grabbabeast will print, free. This activity would work well for individual or pairs of students in a lab or on laptops. This is a great find for gifted students or as a capstone project in which students imagine the various parts of the "beast" they create represent parts of a project they need to summarize. Use your creativity to imagine other uses for it. This site would be useful for ESL or world language students trying to learn vocabulary for parts of the body, colors, textures, patterns etc.Edge Features:
Parent permission advised before posting student work created using this tool
Includes Interaction w general public/ public galleries with unmoderated content
Includes social features, such as "friends," comments, ratings by others
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Premium version (not free) includes additional features or storage
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TeachersFirst's Fathers' Day Resources - http://www.teachersfirst.com/holiday/fathers.cfm
Grades
K to 8tag(s): fathers day (11)
In the Classroom
Use these resources to connect Fathers' Day to your curriculum in almost any subject or select one or two ideas to highlight along with your regular lessons.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Special Occasion Ideas for the Classroom: TeachersFirst Editors' Choices - TeachersFirst
Grades
K to 12tag(s): fathers day (11), mothers day (13), parents (18)
In the Classroom
Stretch your students' creative thinking, writing skills, and problem solving skills as they create projects to honor special people on special occasions or just as a surprise "thank you." Create memories for special people as your learners show what they know and how much they care. Share this collection as a link from your class web page for students and parents to use from home or during vacations and holidays.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Happy Father's Day
Grades
K to 8tag(s): fathers day (11)
In the Classroom
Challenge your students to think about the meaning behind the various quotes. Have students create their own quotes about their fathers. Using a picture (or student drawing) use a program such as VoiceThread (reviewed here) to have students narrate the picture (sharing their quote or a memory).Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Father Figure - Lesson to Honor - Education World
Grades
K to 12tag(s): fathers day (11)
In the Classroom
Take advantage of these FREE lesson plans to honor the dads in your students' life.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Blackdog's Father's Day Fun and Games - Blackdog
Grades
K to 8tag(s): fathers day (11)
In the Classroom
List this site on your class website for students to use at home with their moms, grandparents, or other care givers - to prepare surprises for the father figures in their lives.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Father's Day Activities - Alphabet Soup
Grades
K to 8tag(s): fathers day (11)
In the Classroom
This would be a great link to provide in your summer newsletter - there are a lot of neat crafts and cards to make at home.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Father's Day - TeacherVision
Grades
K to 8tag(s): fathers day (11)
In the Classroom
Get your interactive whiteboard ready and take advantage of the free online "father" quizzes. Both are sure to motivate your students to learn more about many famous "fathers".Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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We Love DAD - Kaboose
Grades
K to 5tag(s): fathers day (11)
In the Classroom
Share this link in your summer newsletter. There are lots of fun ideas for at-home enrichment.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Father's Day Activities - DLTK
Grades
K to 3tag(s): fathers day (11)
In the Classroom
Share this link on your class website for families to access over the summer months. Why not suggest something interactive for the students to create, in addition to the paper craft. For example, have students create online books about their fathers using Bookemon (reviewed here).Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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