Lesson Plan

History of Christmas Trees Lesson Plan: Middles Edition

Trace the tree's history, test legends, and learn to tell fir, spruce and pine apart.

This is the Middles Edition of Christmas Trees: one ready-to-teach week written just for grades 4-6. 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: How did a German custom spread around the world, and what keeps a cut tree fresh?

The Week

• Mon: Where Did It Start? (Reading) • Tue: Legend or Record? (Writing & Words) • Wed: Fresh Branch Lab (Science & Math) • Thu: Make a Field Guide (Hands-on Project) • Fri: Glass, Pictures, Lights (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 4-6 classrooms, co-ops and substitute plans.

What's inside

• 5 ready-to-teach days for Middles (grades 4-6), about 60 to 90 minutes a day
• Lab sheet: Fresh Branch Lab
• Sequence cards (Christmas Tree Timeline) and a cut-and-sort page (Legend, Record or Still Argued?)
• Writing page: Extra! The Royal Tree
• Hands-on project: Pocket Conifer Field Guide
• Word search, crossword, scramble and secret code puzzles
• 8 fact cards, 9 vocabulary cards and a book list of 3 titles
• A certificate and an answer key for the grown-up

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