Hi folks!
Two holidays are just around the corner. The traditional “Labor Day” and the recent “Grandparents Day”. I have tried to find web sites that could be used in all grades. Check out the Something to Remember Me By Legacy Project under the Grandparents Day section. The first website under Labor Day is a GREAT list of resources.
Remember, the archives of Website Wednesday are located at http://www.madison.k12.al.us/compserv/websitewednesday.htm.
Have a great day!!!
Vickey
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Labor Day
1. A Labor Day Celebration for Kids
http://members.aol.com/_ht_a/KidFun101/KidsLaborDay/HolidayFunPg15LaborDay.html
2. US Department of Labor – The History of Labor Day
http://www.dol.gov/dol/opa/public/aboutdol/laborday.htm
3. Online NewsHour: A History of Labor Day
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/business/september96/labor_day_9-2.html
4. Labor Day – History of the Observance of Labor Day
http://wilstar.com/holidays/laborday.htm
5. Absolutely For Labor Day – Greetings, History, Wallpaper, etc.
www.theholidayspot.com/laborday
6. Labor Day
http://www.geocities.com/~cybergrandma/labor.htm
7. There’s No Page Like Home for the Holidays – Labor Day
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acropolis/1465/laborday.html
8. K-12 TLC Guide to Labor & Labor Day
http://tlc.ai.org/laborday.htm
9. Celebrate! Holidays in the USA – Labor Day (First Monday
in September)
http://www.usis.usemb.se/Holidays/celebrate/labor.html
10. Surfing the Net with Kids: Labor Day
http://www.surfnetkids.com/laborday.htm
11. First Labor Day Parade
http://www.kentlaw.edu/ilhs/watts.html
12. A Positive Light – Our Labor Day
http://www.execpc.com/~shepler/laborday.html
13. Labor Day Greeting Cards
http://cards.123greetings.com/cgi-bin/cards/createcard.pl?q1=esep_laborday&log=theholidayspot
Grandparents Day
1. National Grandparents’ Day
http://www.grandparents-day.com/
2. National Grandparents’ Day – short version
http://www.grandparents-day.com/short_ver.htm
3. Something to Remember Me By Legacy Project
http://www.tcpnow.com/legacy/legacyproject.html
4. Grandparents’ Day
http://directory.google.com/Top/Society/Holidays/Grandparents_Day/
5. Grandparents Day
http://www.igrandparents.com/grandTopics/articles/Mini-Sites/GrandparentsDay/NationalGrandparentsDay.asp
6. Grandparents Day
http://www.igrandparents.com/grandTopics/articles/features/GrandparentsDay.asp
7. Grandparents Day at School (a webquest)
http://www.grandparents-day.net/
8. Grandparents Day
http://dmoz.org/Society/Holidays/Grandparents_Day/
9. Grandparents Day
http://members.nbci.com/b_warren/grandparentsday.html
10. Grandparents Day – Second Grade Project
http://www.cedar-falls.k12.ia.us/Buildings/Southdale/sdgrandpar.htm
11. Grandparents Day – Graphics
http://www.geocities.com/qt_cutie17/grandparents.html
12. Grandparents Day – eCards
http://greetings.yahoo.com/browse/Holidays/Grandparents__Day/
13. Annie’s Grandparent Links
http://www.annieshomepage.com/grandparentsdaylinks.html
14. Billy Bear’s Grandparent projects
http://www.billybear4kids.com/holidays/grandparents/day.html
15. GrandParents Day – Blue Mountain Cards
http://image.bluemountain.com/eng/gparents/
16. More Grandparent Cards
http://www.care2.com/send/catgrandparents1.html
17. About.com’s Grandparent Links
http://seniorliving.about.com/library/weekly/aa091000a.htm
18. 10 Great Activities for Grandparents Day (from a previous
year)
http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/lesson136.shtml
19. Grandparents Day Activities and Themes
http://www.childfun.com/themes/grand.shtml
20. Even More Cards and Activities
http://akidsheart.com/holidays/grand/grand.htm
21. Family Crafts Grandparent Activities
http://familycrafts.about.com/library/spdays/blsept12th.htm?once=true&
22. Grandparents Day
http://members.tripod.com/holy_98/gparents.htm
23. The 20ish Parents Grandparents Day Page
http://www.20ishparents.com/articles/Holidays/Grandparents_Day/
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Teacher Thought for the Day
A first grade teacher collected well-known proverbs. He gave each student in the class the first half of the proverb and asked them to come up with the rest. Here is what the students came up with:
Better to be safe than . . . punch a 5th grader.
Strike while the . . . bug is close.
It’s always darkest before . . . daylight savings time.
Never underestimate the power of . . . termites.
You can lead a horse to water . . . but how?
Don’t bite the hand that . . . looks dirty.
No news is . . . impossible.
A miss is as good as a . . . Mr.
You can’t teach an old dog . . . math.
If you lie down with dogs, you . . . will stink in the morning.
Love all, trust . . . me.
The pen is mightier than . . . the pig.
An idle mind is . . . the best way to relax.
Where there is smoke, there’s . . . pollution.
Happy is the bride who . . . gets all the presents.
A penny saved is . . . not much.
Two is company, three’s . . . The Musketeers.
None are so blind as . . . Helen Keller.
Children should be seen and not . . . spanked or grounded.
If at first you don’t succeed . . . get new batteries.
You get out of something what you . . . see on the box.
When the blind lead the blind . . . get out of the way.
There is no fool like . . . Aunt Edie.
Laugh and the whole world laughs with you, cry and . . . you
have to blow your nose.