What can be more fun than having your birthday, Groundhog Day, And Christmas all rolled into one? The Special Days that kids love will help them to learn basic reading and writing skills. Each lesson, students study a new special day such as Birthdays, Valentines Days, Groundhog Day, New Year's Day, St. Patrick's Day, April Fool's Day, Mother's Day, Fathers Day, Canada Day, and Remembrance Day. The familiar and simple-to-use format is specifically designed to encourage young, emerging readers and writers. Activities include group and individual word cards, spelling lists, match game and evaluation. This Holidays unit provides a teacher and student section with a variety of lessons, activities, crossword and word search to create a well-rounded lesson plan.