Celebrate quirky holidays throughout the year with this Monthly Digital Bulletin Boards bundle! Includes major, minor, and quirky holidays for every month of the year.
This bundle includes:
- Twelve (12) scrolling slide presentations 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 holiday-related facts, but it is NOT meant to be a formal direct instruction library lesson.
- Twenty-four (24) editable, differentiated scavenger hunts, 2 for each month (36 pages, PowerPoint and PDF)
- Students “hunt” for images and information to answer 12 questions in 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.
- Twelve (12) lists of recommended books to accompany the lessons (1 page, PowerPoint and PDF)
- These lists are editable and great to hand out to parents, teachers, and students looking for related books.
- Twelve (12) 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 (2 pages, PDF)
Digital Bulletin Board Slides:
- Major, minor, and quirky holidays and celebrations (each resource has specific holidays listed in the individual description and preview)
- Vocabulary Words of the Week
- Fun facts about animals, foods, birthstones, flowers, landmarks, people, and more!
- birth flower(s) for each month
- birthstones
- famous birthdays – see descriptions and previews for individual months for full list
- Would-You-Rather questions
- This or That questions
- Mystery animal with clues
- Trivia questions with answers
- Daily and weekly schedule
- Library and school announcement template slides
- Reminders
- This week’s birthdays
Take-Home Extension Activities
Students love sharing their knowledge! With these editable 2-page Library Handouts for each month, students can:
- Quiz siblings, friends, and family members about some of the facts they learned in the Digital Bulletin Boards;
- Make an easy and healthy snack;
- Review vocabulary words from the Digital Bulletin Boards;
- Learn to draw something from the monthly theme using simple, step-by-step directions;
- Learn how to sign a word from the monthly theme in American Sign Language;
- List of famous birthdays from the presentation;
- List of holidays and 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.
Terms of Use
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