This Day of the Dead Digital Escape Room offers reading passages and puzzles with information about the Day of the Dead cultural celebration. Day of the Dead or Día de los Muertos is a celebration in Mexico and parts of the United States. It's celebrated the day after Halloween. Students solve a series of puzzles and read passages to break open the locks. This activity is the perfect way for students to work together in cooperative groups, to learn about the Mexican culture, and to honor and celebrate those who are deceased, in a respectful way. On November 1 and 2, families get together to honor their deceased loved ones. They honor their ancestors with decorative altars to show their love and respect. People celebrate by having parties and parades, wearing colorful makeup and costumes, and making offerings to lost loved ones.  Editable sugar skulls or Calaveras are made to put at the altars. Digital EDUcational Escape Rooms are very similar to scavenger hunts. They involve students working in teams to use clues to crack multiple locks in a set amount of time. Digital Escapes apply learning in a fun and engaging way. This escape requires students to use a Google Form™ instead of actual locked boxes. Click HERE to learn about Escape Rooms. DIGITAL EDUCATIONAL ESCAPE ROOMS... • Enhance team-building • Involve collaboration and communication among students • Learn skills and content in a fun way • Enable students to think critically and problem-solve • Include technology • Students can learn important standards as they complete these fun, high-interest activities. • There's NO PREP! Teachers just share the Google Sites link provided. IN THIS UNIT... Intro scenario and directions to the breakout Lock #1 - Students learn about the food and decorations of the Day of the Dead Lock #2 - Students learn about the altars and other rituals during the celebration Lock #3 - Students complete a Day of the Dead jigsaw puzzle to get a number clue Lock #4 - Students answer questions about the Day of the Dead on a Google Form to get directions for a direction lock. Lock #5 - Students learn about literary Calaveras for a clue Lock #6 - Color code of sugar skulls (easy clue!) Google Form™ for codes to locks – Students will need to write their answers on a sheet of paper so they can put all the answers in at one time. Reflection Google Form about the activity and working in a group. HOW DIGITAL ESCAPE ROOMS CAN BE USED: Introducing a new unit or skill Review skills Holidays or special events Technology centers, stations, or rotations Virtual learning Early or fast finishers Enrichment Small group collaboration Alternative to worksheets Critical thinking and problem-solving ***BEFORE YOU PURCHASE THIS PRODUCT, MAKE SURE YOUR DISTRICT DOES NOT BLOCK YOU FROM USING OUTSIDE WEBSITES SUCH AS GOOGLE SITES™, JIGSAW PLANET, GOOGLE SLIDES™, GOOGLE FORMS™, ETC. ***Sweet Integrations is not responsible for blocked sites by school districts. If you are having problems accessing the site, please contact your IT department to see if outside Google Sites™ are blocked. WHY YOU'LL LOVE IT... Students love using technology to complete the escape room. Students get engaged in the competitive spirit. Teachers don’t have to deal with paper, pencil, locks, and preparation. TEACHERS LIKE YOU HAVE SAID... ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ "This was such a fun escape room! My students loved working together on this escape room in breakout rooms! I highly recommend purchasing any escape room from this seller! Thank you for creating this resource!" ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ "Such a fun and engaging way for students to learn about Day of the Dead. The images are great, the puzzles are not so difficult that they can't do them and it made a fun team activity!" ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ "My students really enjoyed this activity. It was engaging and brought out their competitive spirit. This could easily be used in person or online. Highly recommend!" ******************************************************************* YOU MAY ALSO LIKE… → Mexico - Research Booklet Including Cultural Activities → Mexico Flipbook → Holiday Digital Escape Room Bundle → Additional Digital Escape Rooms ******************************************************************* Copyright © Sweet Integrations. All rights reserved by the author. Permission to copy for one classroom only. You can purchase additional licenses if more than one classroom uses the product. © 2015 Google and the Google Apps are registered trademarks of Google Inc. ******************************************************************* Follow Me for sales, product launches, and FREE resources. ******************************************************************* Drop by my blog, Sweet Integrations for more ideas for your classroom!

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I hope everyone had a fabulous Winter break! Ours was wonderful, restful, awesome, blessed, need I say more?! I got a brand new baby nephew for Christmas that I am so proud of (and took tons of pictures of)!! We did lots of art and came up with some fun stuff for the rest of the year! We celebrated Bunbun's 1st birthday and my girls had a blast making party hats, decorations, and a carrot oatmeal parfait for the party! so handsome! The girls left cookies for Santa, but Shrimp and BunBun left carrots and seeds. Of course he ate them and left lots of treats! Bunbun really liked the gingerbread man! Happy Birthday, BunBun!! My 4 and 6 year old created artwork at home everyday! Here are a few of my favorites! My daughter created this paper plate version of Shrimp and thought it would be a great idea for a class project!! Thus was born the idea of winter Shrimps and friends! Students will be creating their own bird complete with a winter hat made from tissue paper prints!! Here's the steps! Just draw with marker, paint marker with water, make the tissue prints, then use a template to make the hats and yarn for pompoms My second graders are starting their family portrait paintings. I LOVE this project! I am trying to teach them to draw big and overlap. Usually the family picture looks like tiny people all lined up. I wanted them to group the people how they would look in a real family portrait. There would be small people in front and tall in the back. We have just begun drawing them out on watercolor paper and I am very pleased with how they are turning out! LOTS of overlapping! Third graders are working on all kinds of parrot related artwork. Mrs. Taylor's class is creating GIANT alligator paintings with parrots on their backs! Now last but not least, here are some of our finished Dia De Los Muertos Sculptures! This was a very fun project. The easiest way to do it is to paint the animals with acrylic paint NOT spray paint! Then use white acrylic for the bones giving each student a print out of their animal's skeleton from google image. Then use neon paint and sharpies to decorate. And of course add some bling!! I have gotten a little behind on blogging some of our projects. You can see in November we made our Day of the Dead Dia De Los Muertos animal sculptures and I wanted to post some of the finished ones! They all turned out fabulous! Our next adventures involve Self portraits, family paintings, and some super fabulous still life drawings!

“The word death is not pronounced in New York, Paris or in London, because it burns the lips. The Mexican, in contrast, is familiar with death, jokes about it, caresses it, sleeps with it, celebrates it; it is one of his favorite toys and his most steadfast love.” -Octavio Paz, The Labyrinth of Solitude, 1961. "Días de los Muertos is an ancient, Mexican and Mexican American religious holiday, with a historically rich tradition that integrates pre-Columbian and Catholic customs.

Tres Leches Cafe, a coffee shop and bakery near downtown Phoenix, honors Día de los Muertos by creating a community ofrenda. Here's what inspired it.

I hope everyone had a fabulous Winter break! Ours was wonderful, restful, awesome, blessed, need I say more?! I got a brand new baby nephew for Christmas that I am so proud of (and took tons of pictures of)!! We did lots of art and came up with some fun stuff for the rest of the year! We celebrated Bunbun's 1st birthday and my girls had a blast making party hats, decorations, and a carrot oatmeal parfait for the party! so handsome! The girls left cookies for Santa, but Shrimp and BunBun left carrots and seeds. Of course he ate them and left lots of treats! Bunbun really liked the gingerbread man! Happy Birthday, BunBun!! My 4 and 6 year old created artwork at home everyday! Here are a few of my favorites! My daughter created this paper plate version of Shrimp and thought it would be a great idea for a class project!! Thus was born the idea of winter Shrimps and friends! Students will be creating their own bird complete with a winter hat made from tissue paper prints!! Here's the steps! Just draw with marker, paint marker with water, make the tissue prints, then use a template to make the hats and yarn for pompoms My second graders are starting their family portrait paintings. I LOVE this project! I am trying to teach them to draw big and overlap. Usually the family picture looks like tiny people all lined up. I wanted them to group the people how they would look in a real family portrait. There would be small people in front and tall in the back. We have just begun drawing them out on watercolor paper and I am very pleased with how they are turning out! LOTS of overlapping! Third graders are working on all kinds of parrot related artwork. Mrs. Taylor's class is creating GIANT alligator paintings with parrots on their backs! Now last but not least, here are some of our finished Dia De Los Muertos Sculptures! This was a very fun project. The easiest way to do it is to paint the animals with acrylic paint NOT spray paint! Then use white acrylic for the bones giving each student a print out of their animal's skeleton from google image. Then use neon paint and sharpies to decorate. And of course add some bling!! I have gotten a little behind on blogging some of our projects. You can see in November we made our Day of the Dead Dia De Los Muertos animal sculptures and I wanted to post some of the finished ones! They all turned out fabulous! Our next adventures involve Self portraits, family paintings, and some super fabulous still life drawings!

Find teaching resources, vocabulary building games, and bulletin board ideas for learning about Dia de Los Muertos in Spanish class. Create a true understanding of the cultural perspective of this holiday for Spanish learning students. Check out this blog post for activities your students will love, and meaningful resources that you'll use year after year to teach Spanish vocabulary words with word walls, bingo games, color by number sugar skulls & I Spy

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Capitalize on students’ interest in the Disney Pixar film, Coco, to make rigorous academic learning fun and engaging in your ELA classroom for Día de Los Muertos, Day of the Dead, Halloween ELA Activities or ANY day of the year. Students watch the Coco Disney Pixar Film (1:45:00) on Disney+ or rent from Amazon Prime Video, etc., or watch Pixar’s book version of the film, Coco Read Along Video (5:39). Pick and choose from five graphic organizers to analyze literary elements and devices, common core aligned reading response questions and/or persuasive, expository, text analysis, comparative, narrative and research writing prompts to practice every common core reading and writing skill for Grade 3 – 12 ELA. This resource includes lesson plan, handouts, slides, rubrics, Google Docs and Google Slides in editable, printable and digital formats for Classroom or Google Classroom use. Use the no prep resource or edit to fit your classroom needs. Detailed instructions make these activities perfect for a student-led project with minimal teacher talk. Students can work independently at their own pace, while you provide 1:1 support to individual learners. Zip includes (Printable, Digital, Editable): Coco Link to Disney's Feature Film and/or Read Along Video Lesson plan (common core aligned) Student handouts PowerPoint slides Google Slides Google Doc Bell Ringer Exit Slip Early Finisher Activity No Prep 3-Point Grading Rubrics Writing Checklists Graphic Organizers and Reading Response Handouts Movie Viewing Note-Take Page Graphic Organizer Text Structure and Sequence of Events Summary & Theme Point of View, Theme, Main Idea Theme and Supporting Details Plot, Conflict & Mediums Characterization, Motivations & Growth Writing Prompts Expository Writing Prompt Persuasive Writing Prompt Text Analysis Writing Prompt Comparative Writing Prompt Narrative Writing Prompt Research Writing Prompt You may also like :) Free Movie Permission Slip Pixar Short Film Analysis Bundle Halloween Movie Clip Analysis Music Video Analysis Bundle Elemental Pixar Film Analysis End of Year Movies Award Show Analysis Rudolph Film Analysis Frozen Disney on Ice Virtual Field Trip A Raisin in the Sun Live Performance Virtual Field Trip The Nutcracker Live Performance Virtual Field Trip Weekly Literary Analysis with Lyrics, Spoken Word & Film Taylor Swift Figurative Language Analysis Self-Esteem and Anti-Bullying Film Clip Activities Yes, Virginia, There is a Santa Claus Read Along Video Activities Free Read Along Videos to Teach Character (SEL) NEED MORE NO PREP RESOURCES? ELA Print and Go Lesson Plans ELA Task Cards Novel Studies Culturally Relevant ELA Lessons Emotional Intelligence SEL Curriculum Social Justice & Global Citizenship Curriculum Poetry Lessons & Units Writing & Grammar Units Holiday Print and Go Lesson Plans Social Studies Lessons & Unit ELA Rubrics and Assessments Differentiation & SpEd Professional Development For classroom use, choose one or more activities. Print the relevant student handouts and project the accompanying PowerPoint slides. Delete the pages and slides you will not be using that day or copy and paste specific pages and/or slides into a new PowerPoint or Doc. For Google Classroom or distance learning activities, project the relevant PowerPoint slides, and share accompanying pages of the Google Doc or Google Slides with students. Click to open the Google Doc and/or Google Slides. Then click ‘File’ > ‘Make a Copy’ to save, edit and share the relevant activities with students for no prep distance learning or Google Classroom activities. Delete the slides and pages you will not be using or copy and paste specific pages and/or slides into a new Google Slide presentation or new Google Doc. The read along book version of the film is on YouTube. If your school does not allow YouTube, use the SafeShare site on your school or home device to convert the YouTube links to SafeShare links. You can also search for “YouTube to MP4” on your preferred search engine and use one of the first search results like this Free YouTube to MP4 Converter to convert the YouTube links to MP4 (video) files on your home computer. Then share these MP4 videos to your class computer via email or Google Doc. The reusable lesson plan, slides, bell ringer, exit slip and early finisher activity can be used with ANY film. Consider doing a film unit over 1-2 months or enjoy a weekly classroom tradition with fun no prep “Film Friday” or “Movie Monday” lesson. SEE PREVIEW ELA Skills Practiced: Relevant Evidence (RL.1) Making Inferences (RL.1) Asking Questions (RL.1) Predictions (RL.1) Summary (RL.2) Theme and Relevant Evidence (RL.2) Emergence of the Theme (RL.2) Character Analysis, Development and Conflicting Motivations (RL.3, RL.1) Character Traits and Characterization (RL.3) New Vocabulary Word (RL.4) Interpretation of Figurative Language (RL.4) Impact of Language on Tone and Mood (RL.4) Text Structure and Effects on Plot (RL.5) Beginning, Middle End (RL.5) Problem and Solution, Cause and Effect, If and Then (RL.5) Author's Purpose and Point of View (RL.6): Character Perspectives and Unique Insights (RL.6) Text vs. Film (RL.7) Literary Allusions (RL.9) Text Analysis Writing (W.9) Expository Writing (W.2) Persuasive Writing (W.1) Comparative Writing (W.2) Narrative Writing (W.3) Research Writing (W.7. W.8) Why wait? Download your COCO movie guide, reading, writing and ELA analysis activities make inferences and analyze literary elements, literary devices, symbolism, metaphor, theme, plot, characterization and more while enjoying the new, live action or book version of Disney's Coco Movie Analysis Guide and ELA Lesson and Activities or Día de Los Muertos, Day of the Dead, Halloween ELA Activities or ANY day of the year.

This post explains the significance of Day of the Dead in Mexican culture, as well as the story behind the famous Catrina character. Also, I explain step-by-step instructions of how to draw a human skull. Free downloadable pdf with step-by-step instructio

November 1st and 2nd is Día de los Muertos (or Day of the Dead), a Mexican holiday that is celebrated all over the world, especially where people from Mexico have settled. Here in San Francisco it’s a huge celebration, complete with a wild, candle-lit parade through the Mission district ending in an altar exhibit in a nearby park.

Day of the Dead celebrations can be traced back 3,000 years in Mexico when it was common for people to keep skulls as trophies and symbols of life and rebirth. The modern festival is marked over two days when the living visit the graves of friends and relatives – deceased children are honoured on November 1, adults November 2

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***DIY PRINTABLE INSTANTLY DOWNLOAD AFTER PAYMENT IS RECEIVED!*** This paper doll was made from my original illustration and is about 8.5" tall. This is a "traditional" paper doll (it is not jointed) and uses a triangular prop system so that the doll can stand up. This listing includes both the color and black and white pages. The "Día de Los Muertos" or "Day of the Dead" celebrations that take place in Mexico (and other areas of Latin America, as well as some regions of the USA) occur on November 1 and 2 each year. This paper doll was inspired by the colorful folk art style of the celebrations and is a "mix and match" set, so the outfits and accessories can be creatively paired. The set includes a brief history of the "Day of the Dead," and how the original Mesoamerican practices became blended with the Spanish Catholic practices of "All Saints Day" and "All Souls Day." YOU WILL RECEIVE in 1 PDF FILE (300 dpi CMYK) * 6 BLACK AND WHITE pages (4 doll pages, 1 story page, 1 instruction page) * 6 COLOR pages (4 doll pages, 1 story page, 1 instruction page) (on page 4 of both sets the doll is duplicated without the face paint, in case you prefer her like that!) YOU WILL NEED * A home computer and printer with ink (or access to a store like Staples that can print for you) * A program that can open .pdf files * White cardstock * Scissors and/or a craft knife Please note that the watermark will NOT be on the actual file you receive. Colors may vary slightly depending on your monitor and printer. Please let me know if you have any issues with the file -- I am happy to help! THIS IS A DIGITAL DOWNLOAD This is an Instant Download pdf that you can download and print immediately after purchase. You will not receive a physical product in the mail. Once you have downloaded the file you can print it on your own printer or save it onto a CD or flash drive and have your local office supply store print it. If you need help with downloading, please see this page: https://www.etsy.com/help/article/3949 TERMS OF USE This paper doll is ©2016 Andrea Helen Smith of StellaMarigoldArt. Please do not alter, distribute, or re-sell this this paper doll (or accessories) in any form, printed or electronic. Many hours of thought and love were put into this illustration/these illustrations. Please do not use it for commercial purposes in any form. If you share or display my work, please give credit to me and to my shop, StellaMarigoldArt. Otherwise, the purchaser has permission to print this set as many times as desired for his or her own family. If you need to print multiple copies for friends for a special occasion (say, for a birthday party), please go ahead, but please do not share the file itself. If you have friends who would like their own file, please suggest that they come to my shop. Thank you and God bless you! If you are interested in updates on my artwork, please see my Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/stellamarigoldart To find more of my Catholic coloring pages and paper dolls, please search my name at Catholic Heritage Curricula's website.

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