Lesson Plan

History of Christmas Trees Lesson Plan: Littles Edition

Meet the evergreen, become a needle detective, and make a shiny glass-fruit ornament.

This is the Littles Edition of Christmas Trees: one ready-to-teach week written just for grades K-3. Every day follows the same rhythm: Reading on Monday, Writing and Words on Tuesday, Science and Math on Wednesday, a Hands-on Project on Thursday, and Show and Tell on Friday.

The big question: Why do people bring an evergreen tree inside in winter, and how does it stay green?

The Week

• Mon: Meet the Evergreen (Reading) • Tue: Long Ago and Today (Writing & Words) • Wed: Needle Detectives (Science & Math) • Thu: Shiny Glass Fruit (Hands-on Project) • Fri: From Seed to Tree (Show & Tell)

Teaching more than one level? The all-levels edition of Christmas Trees has Littles (K-3), Middles (4-6) and Bigs (7-8) in one file, so siblings or a mixed classroom can study the same topic together.

Perfect for homeschool families, grade K-3 classrooms, co-ops and substitute plans.

What's inside

• 5 ready-to-teach days for Littles (grades K-3), about 30 to 45 minutes a day
• Lab sheet: Needle Detectives
• Sequence cards (How a Farm Tree Grows) and a cut-and-sort page (Long Ago or Today?)
• Writing page: My Tree, My Way
• Hands-on project: Shiny Glass Fruit Ornament
• Word search, maze, scramble and secret code puzzles
• 8 fact cards, 9 vocabulary cards and a book list of 4 titles
• A certificate and an answer key for the grown-up

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