This February Holidays Digital Bulletin Board is a scrolling slideshow of multiple February holiday traditions around the world with fun facts and trivia, plus a list of Recommended Reads.
Includes “big” holidays like Valentine’s Day, Groundhog Day, and President’s Day, plus lesser-known celebrations like National Pancake Week, and National School Counseling Week.
This product has 59 slides & pages, and it includes:
- 51-slide presentation in Microsoft PowerPoint + Google Slides
- All body text is editable; you choose which slides you want to use.
- This presentation is for entertainment and communication. Students will learn a lot about February-related facts, but it is NOT meant to be a formal direct instruction library lesson.
- If automatic timings for each slide are set to 45 seconds each, the scrolling show will loop once every 38 minutes.
- Two (2) editable, differentiated scavenger hunts (3 pages, PowerPoint and PDF)
- Students “hunt” for images and information in the Part 2 scrolling slides part of the presentation. This gives students something to focus on during library checkout and downtime.
- “Easier” version – Students color the objects as they find them.
- “Harder” version – Students answer questions about the information in the slides, plus find smaller images.
- Answer key is included.
- List of 49 recommended books to accompany this lesson (1 page, PowerPoint and PDF)
- The list is editable and great to hand out to parents, teachers, and students looking for related books.
- Take-Home Extension Activities (2 pages, PowerPoint, Google Slides, and PDF)
- Text is editable, and includes several ways for students to share what they learned during the lesson.
- Instructions on how to set up PowerPoint slide timings for digital bulletin boards (2 pages, PDF)
51 Digital Bulletin Board Slides:
- This February Digital Bulletin Board focuses on major and minor February holidays and celebrations (scroll down for full list of celebrations mentioned).
- Fun facts about almonds, the human heart, polar bears, groundhogs, Pluto, and more!
- Vocabulary Words of the Week: “translucent” and “segregation”
- Famous March birthdays, featuring:
- Langston Hughes (Feb 1, 1901)
- Rosa Parks (Feb 4, 1913)
- Abraham Lincoln (Feb 12, 1809)
- Galileo Galilei (Feb 15, 1564)
- George Washington (Feb 22, 1732)
- iris and violet (February flower)
- amethyst (February birthstone)
- Roman god Februaa (how February got its name)
- 4 question slides: Would you rather, This or That, and Pick One questions
- 7 trivia questions with answers
- Daily and weekly schedule
- Library and school announcement template slides
- This week’s birthdays
February holidays and traditions included:
- National School Counseling Week (first week of February);
- National Bubble Gum Day (1st);
- National Tater Tot Day (2nd);
- Groundhog Day (2nd);
- Valentine’s Day (14th) – not specifically mentioned, but there are several Valentine’s Day images throughout the presentation;
- National Ferris Wheel Day (14th);
- National Almond Day (16th);
- Presidents Day (3rd Monday);
- National Pancake Week (last full week of Feb);
- International Polar Bear Day (27th);
- Leap Day (29th);
- Black History Month;
- American Heart Month;
- Library Lovers Month; and
- Lunar New Year (dates vary).
Take-Home Extension Activities
Students love sharing their knowledge! With this 2-page February Library Handout, students can:
- quiz siblings, friends, and family members about some of the facts they learned in the February Digital Bulletin Board;
- learn how to make almond butter;
- review February vocabulary words from the lesson;
- learn to draw a Valentine’s Day bear using simple, step-by-step directions;
- learn how to sign “pink” in American Sign Language;
- list of famous February birthdays from the presentation;
- list of February celebrations mentioned in the presentation.
Standards Addressed:
AASL National School Library Standards – See the AASL Standards Framework for Learners to view full text.
- Inquire – C.1. – D.1.
- Explore – A.1. – C.1.
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