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        I've got one great calendar idea I use with my first grade
        students throughout the year which ties into the units we are
        studying.

        After we do the normal day, date, year, season, sing the days
        of week, months of the year (etc.) songs and count up the days
        we've been in school by adding a bead to our ones, tens and
        hundreds board, I use picture cards (teacher made or collected)
        to aks the children 1 question or for as many facts as they can
        give me about this item.

        The calendar person gets to pick this picture out of my month
        bag (I only put in pictures of items we've studied and replenish
        the supply as we learn new "stuff").

        He, she or I may read the item's name and then the children
        raise ttheir hands to respond with a fact they learned about
        this particular person or item.

        I've used it successfully first with a study of famous
        Americans-the people came alive for the children!

        Last year I used it throughout the year. I gave the children
        treats at the beginning but later they asked to do it as a
        treat in itself.

        I can say it was one of the best, quick activities I did and
        I had lots of input from parents about how much their children
        were learning.