Congratulations on your purchase of this Really GoodStuff® Let’s Dress Celebration Seal Poster and MagnetSet—an exciting interactive set that will engage andentertain your students as they learn about and observethe winter celebrations of 100th Day, Valentine’s Day,Presidents’ Day, and St. Patrick’s Day.

This Really Good Stuff® product includes:• Let’s Dress Celebration Seal Poster, Write Again®

wipe-off laminate• Clothing and Accessory Magnets for Each Holiday• This Really Good Stuff® Activity Guide

Displaying the Let’s Dress Celebration Seal Posterand Magnet SetBefore displaying the Let’s Dress Celebration SealPoster and Magnet Set, make copies of this Really GoodStuff® Activity Guide, cut apart the reproducibles, andfile the pages for future use or you can download it fromour website at www.reallygoodstuff.com. Hang the Posteron a metal surface, such as a steel chalkboard,whiteboard, or filing cabinet, where students will be ableto see and interact with it easily. Punch out the Clothingand Accessory Magnets and stage them beside thePoster or set them to the side in a zippered plastic bag.

Introducing 100th DayOn the morning of your 100th Day celebration, gatheryour students around the Let’s Dress Celebration SealPoster. Ask them if they know what special milestonethey are celebrating and allow students to offer theirsuggestions until a student correctly identifies 100thDay. Use a dry erase marker to write 100th Day acrossthe top of the Poster. Then ask your students forreasons why schools celebrate the 100th Day (reaching agoal, past the halfway point, a chance to demonstratewhat they have learned, and so on). Choose students toselect and stick appropriate magnets onto theCelebration Seal. Ask them to tell you what every piecehas in common (the number 100). Once the studentshave attached the magnets, tell the students some ofthe activities you will be doing throughout the day incelebration of 100th Day (counting to 100, doing things100 times, having a 100th Day parade) and use a dryerase marker to write them on the bottom of the Poster.

Copy and distribute the 100th Day Sudoku Reproducible.Have students work with partners to complete the puzzleby drawing the pictures into the squares so that eachrow and each column contains all four pictures. Hang upthe completed sudoku puzzles for a great display in theclassroom or hallway!

100th Day Sudoku solution

Introducing Valentine’s DayOn Valentine’s Day, gather your class around the Let’sDress Celebration Seal Poster. Have the class namewhat holiday they are celebrating in unison and then usea dry erase marker to write Valentine’s Day across thetop of the Poster. Choose students to select and stickappropriate Clothing and Accessory Magnets ontoCelebration Seal. Ask your class if they can namesomething common to all of the magnets (hearts, thecolors pink or red).

Lead a discussion about who St. Valentine was and howthe holiday came about (the Roman saint who died on ADFebruary 14, 269). Ask students to tell you the variousways that people celebrate Valentine’s Day today. Use adry erase marker to write on the bottom of the Posterthe ways that you will be celebrating Valentine’s Day inyour classroom, such as passing out valentines or havinga party, and discuss the activities with your students.

Let’s Dress Celebration Seal Poster and Magnet Set

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All activity guides can be found online:

Valentine Wiggle HatsHave your students make their own Valentine WiggleHats. They will likely have as much fun making them aswearing them!

You will need:— Copies of the Valentine Wiggle Hat Pattern

Reproducible for each student— Scissors— Red or white construction paper — Crayons, markers, colored pencils, or other decorative

materials — Stapler or tape— Glue— Red, pink, or white chenille stems—one for each

student

How to make a Valentine Wiggle Hat:1. Distribute the Valentine Wiggle Hat Pattern

Reproducible.2. Cut a 2–inch wide strip of construction paper long

enough to fit around each student’s head.3. Have students write their names on the inside of the

band and then decorate their headbands with crayons,markers, colored pencils, construction paper, ordecorative materials.

4. Staple or tape the ends of the construction paperstrips together into headbands.

5. Have your students color the Celebration Seal andHeart Patterns and cut them out.

6. Have students glue one chenille stem to the outsideof their headbands as shown on the reproducible.

7. Have students glue the Heart Patterns to theirheadband, making sure to cover the chenille stem withone heart.

8. Have students glue the Celebration Seal Pattern tothe top of the chenille stem and allow to dry.

9. Urge students to wear the Valentine Wiggle Hat all dayfor maximum celebration.

Introducing Presidents’ DayOn Presidents’ Day, gather the students around theLet’s Dress Celebration Seal Poster. Explain that it is aspecial day of remembrance, and ask your students ifthey know why this day is special. Once a studentcorrectly answers that it is Presidents’ Day, explain thatpeople celebrate the birthdays of two very importantformer presidents today. Use a dry erase marker to write

Presidents’ Day across the top of the Poster. Then askyour students to identify the two presidents who havebirthdays in February (Washington and Lincoln). Discusswith your students why these two presidents havespecial significance (first President, great leadership, CivilWar, emancipation of the slaves). Choose students toselect Clothing or Accessory Magnets and stick themonto Celebration Seal. As a student places a piece ofclothing on the seal, ask if he or she can identify thesignificance of the clothing or accessory. Tell yourstudents some of the ways the class will be celebratingthis special day (learning about President Washingtonand President Lincoln) and use a dry erase marker towrite them on the bottom of the Poster.

Copy and distribute the Presidents’ Day MatchupReproducible. Have the students show how much theyknow about George Washington and Abraham Lincoln bycompleting the matching exercises and sharing theiranswers.

Introducing St. Patrick’s DayOn St. Patrick’s Day, gather your class around the Let’sDress Celebration Seal Poster and ask your studentswhat special day they are celebrating. Once a studentcorrectly identifies St. Patrick’s Day, use a dry erasemarker to write St. Patrick’s Day across the top of thePoster. Then ask the students if they know why peoplecelebrate St. Patrick’s Day and if they know any of thetraditions and symbols for the day (wearing green,shamrocks, rainbows, leprechauns). Choose students tostick all appropriate magnets onto Celebration Seal andask the class how each piece is related to the holiday.Discuss the history of St. Patrick’s Day, telling studentsthat Saint Patrick is the patron saint of Ireland. Askstudents if they can find Ireland on a map, and if any ofthem have Irish heritage. Tell your students how they aregoing to celebrate the day in class (wearing green,making a pot of gold, etc.), and write the activities onthe bottom of the Poster.

Copy and distribute the St. Patrick’s Day Word SearchReproducible. Challenge the students to find all of thewords by looking horizontally, vertically, and diagonally.You may have your students work independently, or insmall cooperative groups.

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100th Day Sudoku Reproducible

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Valentine Wiggle Hat Pattern Reproducible

100th Day SudokuDraw the pictures in the grid so that each row and each column contains all 4 of the pictures.

Use the fourpictures

shown below:

Presidents’ Day Matchup Reproducible

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Name_________________________________________

Presidents’ Day MatchupDraw a line from each president to the facts about him.

St. Patrick’s Day Word Search Reproducible

Our nation’s capitalis named for him.

He served as presidentduring the Civil War.

He led our army in theRevolutionary War.

He was our 16thpresident.

He was known as anhonest man.

He was our firstpresident.

He was called theFather of Our Country.

He freed the slavesduring the Civil War.

Name_________________________________________

St. Patrick’s Day Word SearchFind the following words by looking across, up and down, and diagonally.

RAINBOW IRISHPOT LEPRECHAUNGOLD GREEN

I Z I B T L Q S B G

W L R N F E N F U R

A D I X U P Y A N E

G A S D H R H R M E

O H H Y O E A Q Z N

L Q N A E C T P H G

D C J R N H J L O K

Z A P B Z A M O P T

F E O G N U T Y S G

L W R A I N B O W F