WELCOME TO RUSSIA BULLETIN BOARD
- Cover the bulletin board with blue paper (for sky.) Cover the bottom of the bulletin board with white paper (for snow.)
- Reproduce, color, cut out, and assemble the Russian boy (page 3) (three times), the Russian girl (page 3) (two times), and the St. Basil’s Church (page 4) and staple them onto the bulletin board.
- Print the “Russian Dancers” message on this page and staple the message onto the bulletin board.
- Make letters that say “Welcome to Russia” and staple the words onto the bulletin board.
- Optional: You may add a decorative Russian border.
WORKSHEET & Sample PDF Activity
Sample PDF Activity
RUSSIAN DANCERS
• Russian male dancers wear traditional costumes of embroidered shirts and trousers. The trousers are tucked into their black boots.
• The dancers try to dance longer and do fancier dance steps, jumps, and acrobatics than each other.
RUSSIAN DANCERS
Table of Contents
BULLETIN BOARD
Bulletin Board – 2
Russian Dancers – 3
Saint Basil’s Church – 4
DISCOVERING RUSSIA
Mystery Travel Box – 5
Where is Russia? – 5
Russia Display – 6
Read About Russia – 6
Tiger Big Book – 6
LANGUAGE ARTS
Russian Days-of-the-Week Pop the Balloon Game – 8
Russian Months-of-the-Year Puzzles – 8
Let’s Talk Russian Sentence Strips – 9
Kremlin Word Cards – 10
Russian Rhymes – 11
LITERATURE
The Snow Child – 14
Peter and the Wolf – 15
Baba Yaga – 16
The Mitten – 17
Thundercake – 19
SOCIAL STUDIES
Russian Costumes – 20
Ice Fishing – 23
Russian Boy Dancer – 24
Russian Girl Dancer – 25
Young Pioneers – 26
Trans-Siberian Railroad – 27
Russian Birthday Pie – 27
Russian Homes – 28
RUSSIAN HOLIDAYS AND CELEBRATIONS
May Day (May 1) – 29
Women’s Day (March 8) – 30
Festival of the Arts (June 21-29) – 31
Russian Ballets – 31
Tater Festival of the Plow (June 25) – 32
Rooster in the Cage – 32
First Day of School in Russia (September 1) – 34
International Literacy Day (September 8) – 34
Books I Have Read – 35
Mushroom Harvest (September 12) – 36
Russian Winter Festival – 37
Troika – 37
RUSSIAN ARTS AND CRAFTS
Matryoshka Dolls – 38
Lacquered Boxes – 38
MATHEMATICS
Russian Dancer Collages – 42
Miniature Russian Number Book – 42
Boiled Potatoes in Vinegar and Oil – 45
Sausage – 46
MUSIC
Russian Music – 47
Bibliography/Russian Literature Listing – 48
