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	Winter and Valentine Ideas for Integrating Math and Reading Be sure to scroll down for several FREE activities and printables
	Snow Day Everyone loves a snow day! Follow along as the little boy goes throughout his day and you’ll see how much fun a snow day can really be. $6.95 * Part of the January 4 pack for $22.95
	The Missing Things Things are disappearing all over town and it seems as if the forest animals are to blame. If you follow along closely, you may be able to figure out why the animals are taking things. $6.95 * Part of the January 4 pack for $22.95
	Dressed For the Snow There is fresh snow outside and it is time to get dressed to go out to play. There is only one problem…this poor little boy can’t seem to find his underwear! Where, oh where, is his underwear? This will quickly become your students’ favorite book as they read it just to say the word “underwear” over and over again! $6.95 * Part of the January 4 pack for $22.95
	The Sled When the man can’t push the stubborn sled down the hill, he asks his friends for help. Together, they are able to accomplish the task. This story is not only amusing and predictable, but it teaches a great lesson about teamwork. $6.95 * Part of the January 4 pack for $22.95
	January 4 Pack Includes The Sled , The Missing Things , Snow Day, and Dressed For the Snow $22.95
	How To Make A Valentine The beloved raccoon takes us step by step to teach us how to make a valentine...just in time for Valentine's Day! Uses direction words such as: first, next, and last. $6.95 * Part of the February 4 pack for $22.95
	Baby Bear's Toothache Baby Bear loves candy and keeps eating it, even though his mother warns him over and over not to. Can your students predict what happens to Baby Bear? Great for Valentines Day theme, Healthy Teeth theme, or Bear theme! $6.95 * Part of the February 4 pack for $22.95
	Groundhog Day It's Groundhog Day and the groundhog is supposed to go out to look for his shadow, but he won't wake up! This book takes you hour by hour as everyone tries to get the groundhog out of bed. Easily incorporate a math lesson on telling time. $6.95 * Part of the February 4 pack for $22.95
	Winter Turns To Spring Help beat the Winter doldrums by comparing how things are in Winter with how they will be in the Spring. Use this as a springboard for a discussion and lesson on opposites. $6.95 * Part of the February 4 pack for $22.95
	February 4 Pack Includes Groundhog Day, Baby Bear's Toothache, How To Make A Valentine, and Winter Turns To Spring $22.95
	Winter Series Includes 12 titles in the January 4 pack, February 4 pack, and March 4 pack $59.95
	Winter Winter Words: boots, coat, iceskates, hat, scarf, skis, snow angel, snowflake, snowman, sled, Martin Luther King Jr., penguin, polar bear, shovel, snowball, snow, gloves, mittens $2.49 * Part of the Yearlong Set for $16.95 and the Complete Set of ALL 27 for $44.95
	February Febrary Words: Abraham Lincoln, George Washington, presidents, dollar, penny, quarter, apple tree, groundhog, hole, chocolate, cupid, heart, kiss, smile, flowers, mailbox, roses, love, tooth, hug, dentist, floss, toothpaste, toothbrush, friends, letters, roses $2.49 * Part of the Yearlong Set for $16.95 and the Complete Set of ALL 27 for $44.95
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Provided by Stefani Sadler and Tracy Jarboe at www.abcschoolhouse.com	Provide students with a sorting mat, graph, and a box of conversation hearts. Students will first sort hearts by color, then graph. Download the above mats and additional Valentines activities by clicking the images or the link below http://www.abcschoolhouse.com/seasonal_pdfs/February_ideas.pdf
Provided by Sandi Reyes For use with the nursery rhyme "The Queen of Hearts"	Here is another fun activity with conversation hearts. Provide each student with the pages to make a "Queen's Hearts" addition book. Have the students cut the pages on the dotted lines, then staple together. The student will roll a die and count out that many conversation hearts into the first square on the page. Then the student (or a partner) rolls the die again and places the correct number of hearts in the next square. Add the numbers together and place the correct number of hearts for the sum in the last box. Students can then record the actual numbers in the boxes to complete the math sentence and eat the hearts. I also had my student replace the conversation hearts with heart stickers so that each box contained first conversation hearts, then heart stickers and the written numeral.
Provided by Lisa Masters	Cook up some valentine tarts of your own! Cooking involves measurement and sequencing, which are two very important math concepts. Teaching math through a real-world application gives purpose to learning.
Submitted by Kristin Miner	Integrate Math and Reading with these fun word problems. Do one per day for a whole week!
Submitted by Sandi Reyes	Expand vocabulary with a fun game of BINGO. Download and print all 6 gameboards. For extra fun, use Hershey's Kisses as game pieces!
Picture from http://www.kidsdomain.com/craft/animals.html	Cut many different sizes and colors of hearts from construction paper. Provide students with a "backgound" paper. Show students how to glue different hearts together to create heart animals. Other pictures and ideas at http://www.dltk-holidays.com/valentines/crafts-animals.htm and http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/valentine/heartanimals/
Submitted by Sandi Reyes	Download the Hexagon Snowpeople paper. Provide students with a paper and pattern blocks. Challenge students to use the pattern blocks to cover the hexagons. They should try to use different combinations of shapes for each hexagon. For example: 2 trapezoids, 6 triangles, 3 paralellograms, etc.
Submitted by Kristin Miner	Use the writing prompt to encourage creativity, comparison, and number concept. Students can fill in the sentence with a number(s) and an animal(s). For example: My mitten is so big that 1 bear, 2 pigs, and 3 mice went in. They can then illustrate the sentence.
Provided by www.Kidzclub.com	Download, color, and cut the mitten patterns and the animals (or download the already colored version). Staple or "sew" the mitten pieces together. Retell the story and place the animals in the mitten as you do. This encourages sequencing.
Submitted by Kristin Miner	Download, print, and play! This is a fun take on the traditional BINGO game. You can create as many different game boards as you like, using the game pieces provided. Follow the directions provided in the file to play!
Submitted by Kristin Miner	Use these Mitten word problems to teach problem solving through drawing, addition, and subtraction.