3. English Language Arts
♥ Read a passage about who St. Valentine
was
♥ Reading passages on the recipes of how to
make a chocolate cake and cupcakes
♥ Read Happy Valentine's Day, Dolores by
Barbara Samuels
♥ Write Valentine's Day poems to loved ones
♥ Word search or crossword puzzles on
Valentine’s Day
4. Social Studies
♥ Learn who St. Valentine was, where he was
from and find it on the world map
♥ Discuss the symbolism behind the heart
shape and cupid in different cultures
♥ Learn how different cultures celebrate the
Valentine’s Day
♥ Research the origins of Valentine's Day in
different culture in the school computer lab
5. Science
♥ Significant role of our heart in
our body
♥ Measuring the heart rates when
relaxing & after exercising
♥ Comparing and contrasting the
heart rates after an exercise
6. Math
♥ Learn about symmetry & reflection by using
the heart shaped cut-outs
♥ Create bar graph, line graph, pie charts using
given sets of heart rates
♥ Word problems of buying gifts and cards for
their loved ones by using the concept of
money
♥ Identifying the patterns by using the symbols
of the Valentine’s Day
7. Art
♥ Create Valentine’s Day cards for the
elderly in the nursing home and for their
loved ones
♥ Create Valentine’s Day gift bags by
using plain paper bags
♥ Make Valentine baskets
♥ Learn how to draw a rose and paint it
using watercolor paint
8. Media / Technology
♥ Use the computer in school to type up the poems
they have written and add pictures on the paper
♥ BrainPOP video on the heart under the Health
section
♥ Charlie Brown’ Valentine’s Day movie
♥ Watch Lady & The Tramp & The Aristocats
9. Supporting Materials
Poetry :
Valentine poems / selected by
Myra Cohn Livingston ;
illustrated by Patience
Brewster
Video :
Ethnic Chinese in Malaysia
Nonfiction :
Celebrate Valentine's Day
by Carolyn Otto
Celebrate Valentine's Day
http://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=VUhn7SRUoZo
10. Field Trip
♥ A Broadway show , Wicked,
in Manhattan by school bus
♥ Visit a nursing home and
spread the love to the elderly
by singing Valentine’s Day
songs & distributing the
Valentine’s Day cards that are
created in class
11. I want my students to realize
that Valentine’s Day is NOT
just celebrated within lovers.
But it is a day to show and
share love with others!
By : Ei Ei
Education
