February

[|Black History Month Research]

[|Website II - Biography]

[|Famous Firsts African Americans]

[|Famous African Americans]

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 * __Chocolate Lovers! Willy Wonka.... Valentine's Day Tie In...__**

[|**Cacao**] **- From the bean to the candy bar. Interesting!**
 * Be sure to visit** [|**Discover Hershey!**] **Click "making chocolate" to find out how chocolate is made! You may want to learn more about** [|**Milton Hershey**] **himself!**
 * [|The History of Chocolate] -** **You can make a timeline of important dates!**
 * [|Chocolate! Chocolate!] - History of Chocolate, Facts & Fallacies, Types of Chocolate, How America Loves Chocolate, Test Your Candy Knowledge!**
 * [|Name That Candy Bar!]- Look at a cross section - see if you know your candy!**
 * [|Cadbury Chocolate] - Explore and discover more about chocolate!**
 * [|Charlie and the Chocolate Factory] - Lesson plans and other activities correlated to this book and chocolate.**
 * [|35 Chocolate Activities]- Your students will love doing some of these activities!**
 * [|A Chocolate Car!] - Enjoy these photos, then write about what //you// would make out of chocolate!**
 * [|The Sweet Lure of Chocolate] - Take a video tour of the Scharffen Berger chocolate factory, visit the Amazon (a source of chocolate), learn why it's a "feel good" food**
 * [|Wide World of Wonka!] - Fun and games for anyone!**

[|**Valentine's Day for Kids**] **- Math Worksheets, Tracer Pages for Writing Practice, Crafts, Puzzles, Games, and lots of other lovable stuff!** [|My Valentine Pattern] - Create patterns using this MS Word document. Write the letter pattern you made at the bottom. [|Valentines for You!] (from Teacher Created Resources) Graphing & counting money activity sheets** [|Education World's February Holiday Page] **- great Valentine's Day curriculum suggestions and resources** [|**Discovery Streaming videos available**] **- Holiday Facts and Fun: Valentine's Day, Timothy Goes to School: Be My Valentine, The Story of Read-Alee Deed-Alee: Valentine: Be Mine, One Zillion Valentines, Origins of Valentine's Day, Valentine's Day Symbols and Traditions, Words that Rhyme with Valentine, and more.... Kindergarten..."[|I Am Loveable]" activity (From //TeacherVision// web site) [|Valentine's Day Theme Page] at //Teaching Heart//! (K-3) For (K-3) [|Great Estimation Activity] Have a Heart! (K-12) Great site for middle and high school curriculum integration: [|Celebrate Valentine's Day Across the Curriculum] [|Valentine's Day Book Reviews for Children]: Kids Valentines Day Reading From "apples4theteacher.com":** [|Children's Valentines Day Literature Kids Short Stories]
 * [|History of Valentine's Day] (from History Channel)**
 * Play [|Valentine Battleship] - Review plotting points and coordinates with heart candies!**
 * Write a letter to someone at school, home, or community. Let them know why they are special! ([|You're Special Letter!])
 * [|Valentine's Day Resources from Gamequarium] - games, riddles, puzzles, printables and more**


 * Dental Health Month**

[|ADA Fun Sheets for kids] **- These come in printable English and Spanish versions [|Healthy Teeth] - kid-friendly information about cavities, visiting the dentist, experiments and activities, quiz and more! [|Colgate Kids] - online games and activities for ages 2-9. [|Magic Schoolbus - Brushing Up] interactive book. Also click on [|More about Teeth] to find another game and some printables!**