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Happy President's Day Here are some learning activities to share with your students.  Fraboom's Who's that President Game  Dynamite Presidents - show your knowledge of the Presidents who appear on Mt. Rushmore. Secrets About the Presidents - from PBS Kids  Minyanland Fill in the Face - See if you know whose face in on different bills and coins. Mr Nusbaum's A Thousand Sites in One  Need something geared more towards your grade level or a specific skill? All of the above activities came from KB Konnected's Livebinder for President's Day where you can find many more resources and activities for your students. Enjoy!

It's that time of year!  Do you need some fun Christmas sites for your students that are still educational? Well here is one of the best collections I've found from the wonderful KB Konnected .  Karen Bolotin is the creator of this site made in Jog the Web.   I've written about Jog the Web in the past.  Click here to learn more about Jog the Web. Our students are enjoying exploring these sites.  Did I mention that there are currently 151 sites to visit?  (Now that's a collection!) One thing we taught our students is how to go from Jog the Web directly to the site being shown since it is often difficult to view the entire site on Jog the Web.  Here is a screen capture showing how to do this. Last week we used a site  on the Jog which allows you to create your own gingerbread cookie .  Students designed their cookie and then used the snipping tool ( read about the snipping tool here ) to take a screen capture....