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Welcome to Kordeks Korner ! This is a special holiday issue outside of the regular biweekly newsletter. This issue will be focused specically on holiday resources. The resources will also be posted on my blog, Kordeks Korner, for future reference.
Holiday Issue Thanksgving 2011f

2011 Ofcial Macys Thanksgiving Day Parade http://social.macys.com/ parade2011/ -Past photos and videos - Parade History with short facts and photos - 2011 Parade Information The First Thanksgiving http://www.scholastic.com/ scholastic%5Fthanksgiving/ - Contains videos (16 -30 mins) of Pilgrim Plantation and Wampanoag - Daily Life compare and contrast - Timeline with important facts - Webquest - Reader Theaters (Grade 3-5) 2011 Thanksgiving Facts http://www.history.com/topics/ thanksgiving-facts - Teachers can use it to add facts to Thanksgiving lesson - An activity for students to locate specic facts/statistics Interactive Dear America Diary of Patience Whipple http://www.scholastic.com/ dearamerica/memscrapbook.htm - Resources for Girls to explore - Crafts, fashion, photos, recipes

Balloons over Broadway New book about the puppeteer of the Macys Day Parade

Investigating the First Thanksgiving http://

www.plimoth.org/learn/MRL/interact/ thanksgiving-interactive-you-are-historian -Good for Grade 4 and up - Explore Pilgrims, Wampanoag - Fact or Myth? Quick whole group activity with option for future discussion - Guided exploration and information - Visit the Expert at each section

Gobble Gobble, This one up

Thanksgiving Facts http://www.teachervision.fen.com/ thanksgiving/teacher-resources/6670.html -Website of a LARGE variety of resources such as activity sheets, writing prompts, all subjects (Math, reading, etc.)

Thank You Sarah!: The Woman Who Saved Thanksgiving By Laurie Halse Anderson The book describes how one woman, Sarah Hale, was able to make Thanksgiving a national holiday.

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