Easter Unit Study

Writing:

• Write a story about Easter
• Write an Easter play.
• Write a letter to the Easter Bunny.
• Write an interview with the Easter Bunny.
  
• Write a poem or song about Easter or Spring.
• What Easter means to me.
• Write about the religious meaning of Easter.
  
• Describe an activity that you are doing for Easter.
• Write about your favorite Easter.
• Describe the Easter Bunny.
• What is Easter like at your home?
• What would you ask the Easter Bunny?
• Make up an Easter recipe. Write down the ingredients and directions.
• Describe what you eat for Easter dinner.
• Do you think Easter is too commercialized?
• Write about your family's Easter traditions.
• Easter alliterations print out
  

Reading:

• Borrow Easter related books from the library.
• Read the Resurrection story in the Bible.
• 5 worksheets to use with Clifford's Easter by Bridwell
• 5 worksheets to use with Happy Easter, Biscuit by Capucilli
• 5 worksheets to use with The Easter Bunny That Overslept by Friedrich
  
• A Rebus Story Print Out
• Easter Hat comprehension (easy)
  
• Princess Easter comprehension
• Charlie's Easter comprehension
• Easter Eggs comprehension
  
• Bunny Ears comprehension
  

Spelling:

• Easter Word Scramble
• Easter Word Search
  
• Spelling Word List

Math:

• Compare prices and figure out the sale price of Easter candy.
• Make up a math game using Easter advertisement inserts.
• Circle items in a grocery store advertisement and then add the prices together.
  
• Calculate how much is needed when making Easter decorations.
• Measure and double recipes while baking for Easter.
• Sort types of Easter candy and make a graph.
• Sort candy into groups and multiply.
  
• How many hours, minutes, or seconds until Easter?
• Easter Themed Math Worksheets
• Easter Egg Picture Graph 1
  
• Easter Egg Bar Graph 2
  
• Easter Bonnet Bar Graph

History and Geography:

• Activities, Books, and Recipes about The Resurrection
  
• Learn about Easter Traditions around the world.
• Learn about Easter Symbols.
• Take the Easter Quiz.
• Read about the history of Easter at Annie's Easter History Page.
• The history of Easter Candy.
• The history of the White House Easter Egg Roll.
• Learn about Easter Island located in the South Pacific.
  

Science:

• Rabbits and Chickens
  
• Learn about Rabbit Anatomy.
• Learn about the different Breeds of Chickens.
• Chicken Egg and Embryo label me worksheets
  

• Chocolate
• View the Making Chocolate Video at the Hershey site.
• Learn all about chocolate at Chocolate: The Exhibition.
• Learn interesting facts about Chocolate when you take the online Chocolate Quiz.
• Make a chocolate desert.

• Easter Lilies
• Grow and propagate Easter lilies
• Easter Lily bulb production
  

Arts and Crafts:

• Family Fun
• DLTK
• Danielle's Place
• Twin Grove Middle School
• Decorate Cakes and Cupcakes
  

P.E.

• Classic Egg Relay
• Egg and Wooden Spoon Race
• Lame Hen Game
• Carrot Scavenger Hunt
• Easter Egg Treasure Hunt
• Egg Rolling
• Egg Bowling
• Egg Toss
• Knock 'ems
• Cream Countryside

Easter & St. Patrick's Day, Thematic Unit This book is literature based, cross-curricular, and ready to use. It provides activities, many of them hands-on, for all areas of the curriculum, including math, science, language arts, social studies, physical education, art, and music. It includes lesson plans, activities, worksheets, management ideas, and a bibliography. Books used with this unit are: "Leprechauns Never Lie" by Lorna Balian "The Tale of Peter Rabbit" by Beatrix Potter. $8.49