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Kordeks Korner
Welcome to Kordeks Korner ! This is a special holiday issue outside of the regular biweekly newsletter. This issue will be focused specically on holiday resources. The resources will also be posted on my blog, Kordeks Korner, for future reference.
Holiday Issue Halloween 2011f

There are a variety of Halloween books in the library both Fiction and Nonction. There are too many for me to choose one or two to write about. Check on the schools online catalog or come visit me in the library.

Scholastic: Halloween Activity Set http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/ collection.jsp?id=106 - Halloween Web Hunt - Halloween Article - Activities about Bats and Bugs I recommend checking this site out - Writing Prompts - Online games and activity sheets

AbcTeach: Halloween http://www.abcteach.com/directory/ seasonalholidays/halloween/ - Variety of activity sheets both academic and for entertainment

Halloween Around the World http://www.novareinna.com/festive/ world.html - History of Jack-O-Lanterns - Pumpkin Facts (Article) - Great Short Video about Pumpkins - Pumpkin Carving Videos - Variety of other videos I like the pumpkin video!

History Channel: Halloween Scholastic: Turning Halloween into a Learning Holiday http://www2.scholastic.com/ browse/collection.jsp?id=89 All provide activity sheets - Brief PDF of history of Halloween - Math candy pattern activity with story and worksheets - Author video of turning stories into ideas - Art activity (Monster Bottles) - Writing Prompts - Halloween Math problems
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http://www.history.com/topics/ halloween A variety of articles and videos - Information about Halloween - Halloween around the world BrainPop: Halloween http://www.brainpop.com/ socialstudies/culture/halloween/ This is a video that explains where halloween and some traditions come from. It is around 5 mins. Has activity sheets and some FAQs about Halloween with answers.