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Roll the Dice at the Pine Hill Board Game Bash!
Explore this topic through Roll the Dice at the Pine Hill Board Game Bash!.
Read passageDecember 20 reading ideas
Finding reading ideas for this date…
Finding reading ideas for this date…
Read about the Grimm brothers’ collection of tales, explore board games, or discuss how people support one another.
Special date
Use an argument about indoor board games to discuss rules, turn-taking, strategy, and how a group decides what makes a game enjoyable. Children can identify the author’s reasons and then design one simple rule for a cooperative game.
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Read passageExplore this topic through Meet the Board Game Helper.
Read passageExplore this topic through Better Bags for Better Board Games.
Read passageThe reviewed Grade 3 passage explicitly discusses playing board games during indoor recess and the social and strategic benefits.
Read passageFollow a board-game design procedure and explain why testing and revising improve a game.
Read passageSpecial date
International Human Solidarity Day falls on December 20. Read a sample kindness-club guide and identify practical ways students can cooperate and support a community.
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Explore this topic through Kindness Reading Passages.
Open collectionExplore this topic through Thanksgiving Food Drive: Volunteers Needed.
Read passageExplore this topic through Don't Toss It! A Chat with a Community Repair Volunteer.
Read passageUse Teamwork Under the Stars as related background or for comparison.
Read passageRead a sample student-club guide and identify practical examples of cooperation and community support for International Human Solidarity Day.
Read passageUse a fictional game adventure to discuss cooperation and shared responsibility.
Read passageSpecial date
Read how Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm gathered tales from storytellers and written sources before publishing their first volume in 1812.
Read how Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm collected stories and published their first volume in 1812.
Read passageMore reading for this time of year, alongside today’s special dates.
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Christmas reading for the December 1–25 teaching window, alongside the day’s own date-specific topics.
Explore themeChristmas reading for the December 1–25 teaching window, alongside the day’s own date-specific topics.
Open collectionChristmas reading for the December 1–25 teaching window, alongside the day’s own date-specific topics.
Open collectionChristmas reading for the December 1–25 teaching window, alongside the day’s own date-specific topics.
Open collectionChristmas reading for the December 1–25 teaching window, alongside the day’s own date-specific topics.
Open collectionChristmas reading for the December 1–25 teaching window, alongside the day’s own date-specific topics.
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Read about the Grimm brothers’ collection of tales, explore board games, or discuss how people support one another.
