K-3.3 Links To Important Information For Teachers

Vocabulary

• holiday
• celebrate
• Independence Day
• Thanksgiving
• President’s Day
• Martin Luther King Day
• independence
• birth of America
• friendship between Native Americans and early settlers

Suggestions

• Kindergarten Dictionary for Vocabulary
• Using the videos below discuss the highlights of each of these celebrations.
• It probably would be good to use a time line to explain to the students how long ago it was when these celebrations were first started and a year timeline to show the students when these celebrations come each year.

Streamline SC

• Holiday Facts and Fun: Martin luther King Day
• Holiday Facts and Fun: Thanksgiving
• President’s Day Washington and Lincoln

Books

• Independence Day by Mir Ansary
• Thanksgiving by Lynda Sorensen
• President’s Day by Mir Ansary