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Each student
gets their very own Passport! Each day we
visit a new country! Students get to stamp
their passport daily! At the end of
our journeys each student has a Passport to
remember our trips around the world! While
we stamp our passports we sing:
He's Got The
Whole World In His Hands!
We've got the
whole world in our hands,
DAY 1
DAY 2
DAY 3
We read
My First
Kwanzaa
We
learn some Swahili!
We
follow the tradition of dressing in
bright colored clothing
On the
seventh day of Kwanzaa we give our gifts
away!
DAY 4
In Dutch Happy/Merry Christmas is 'Prettige
Kerstfeest' The Dutch, or the people from
Holland, start their Christmas celebration sometime
in the middle of November. Saint Nicholas, or
Sinter Klaas, as he
is known in Holland, is the main part of their
celebration. Sinter Klaas and his helper
Zwarte Peiten, or Black Petehand
out the presents to the children. On December 5th, the children
put out their
wooden shoes and
fill them with carrots and hay. They do this to feed
Sinter Klaas's horse. Sinter Klaas and Black Pete
take the carrots and hay for the horse, and then
fill the shoes with presents. On the morning of
December 6th, the children find the presents in
their shoes. The farmers in Holland blow
long horns at sunset each evening during the
Christmas period. The horns are blown over water
wells which makes the sound really loud. The horns
are blown to announce the birth of Christ.
A popular decoration in the
Netherlands is the so-called
"advent-star", a
star shaped light, to be hung in the window.
http://achristmas.com/netherlands.html
http://www.cvc.org/christmas/nland.htm
DAY 5
Students get to
weave a placemat! We use
our placemats when we eat Latkes!
Shredded potatoes (2 medium bags=30
small Latkes)
Defrost grated potatoes in a medium-size
bowl. Add a little egg… Mixture should be
thick and hold together when pressed.
Meanwhile, pour about ¾ -inch oil into a
heavy-bottomed frying pan. Heat slowly until
about 375 F.
Place about 2 tablespoons potato mixture in
the palm of your hand and form into a
pancake, and place carefully into oil.
The first side should be golden brown in
about 3 minutes. Turn carefully and fry
other side. If pancake browns faster than 3
minutes per side, reduce oil's temperature.
If pancake takes more than 3 minutes per
side to brown, increase oil's temperature.
Repeat with remaining potato mixture.
Place Latkes on a paper towel. Serve with
room temperature applesauce.
But every day I'm growing --
So here's a little handprint
HAPPY NEW
YEAR
Grab your
passport and hop aboard! We will travel through Mexico, America,
Holland, Israel, and Africa as
we study how other cultures celebrate the holidays! Sit
back and buckle up for a fantastic journey!
~since I do NOT teach in a Christian
school I am not aloud to sing about the God
I believe in..SO...with that said, in all
respect, I changed the lyrics of "He's
Got The Whole World In His Hands" to go as
this:
We've got the whole world in our hands,
We've got the whole world in our hands,
We've got the whole world in our hands.
We've got Africa in our hands...
We've got Israel in our hands...
We've got Mexico in our hands...
We've got North America in our hands...
We've got Holland in our hands...
~ By: Kimberlee Herbic ~
I introduce this Theme using my Scholastic
Poster that talks briefly about Christmas,
Diwali, Las Posada, Kwanzaa, Hanukkah, and
Id-al-fitr. We read People Say Hello.
This book introduces the students to say
hello in 7 different languages. When our
plane lands in each country, we say hello to
the Pilot in that language!
DESTINATION: America
Christmas
DESTINATION: Mexico
Los Posada
Christmas in Mexico
DESTINATION: Africa
Kwanzaa
and stringing bright colored beads! The
students get to make
their very own beaded bracelet!
Students give their bracelet to a
friend!
DESTINATION: Holland
and place it outside our classroom door.
http://www.santas.net/dutchchristmas.htm
DESTINATION: Israel
Hanukkah
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Latkes
3 eggs
salt/pepper
Oil
Apple sauce
~MICHELLE AND ERIC KREITMAN'S RECIPE~
Students get to go
Christmas shopping through
magazines! Students cut out what they want for
Christmas and write about what they want! I put
their Christmas note cards in their stocking! At
the end of the week...students find a real candy
cane in their stocking to take home for the
Holidays!
At the Math Center
students measure different objects using
snowflake erasers, candy canes, dreidels, and gold
coins! After
measuring these objects--students get to play
Driedel, Driedel!
( I bought these manipulatives at Party America!)
Each
student gets to make a holiday stocking!
We use these stockings in the ABC center the
following week when we Christmas shop through
magazines!
Each
student gets to write what they see in their snow
globe at the Reading Center. I bought these snow
globes at Walgreens for 39 cents a piece. The
students LOVE shaking the globe and writing what
they see inside!
Each
student gets to make a Christmas tree
ornament. I bought these foam ornaments
at Hobby Lobby for 50% off. Students
used glitter to decorate their
ornaments.
Sometimes you get discouraged
Because I am so small
And always leave my fingerprints
On furniture and walls.
I'll be grown some day
And all those tiny handprints
Will surely fade away.
Just so you can recall
Exactly how my fingers looked
When I was very small.
Love,
Students
get to make a personalized hot pad for a parent
Christmas gift! These turn out so cute! I buy my hot
pads at the Dollar Tree for 50 cents a piece. I attach
the poem to the hot pad using a colored safety pin.
Students get to make a Handprint Tile as a
Christmas gift for their parent/parents. Ask
a local tile shop for leftover tile and purchase
these simple, gold picture stands at Wal-Mart
for $.86 and you have a darling keepsake
for moms and dads in your classroom!
We
make Santa wind socks! It is as easy as
color, cut, and staple!
Great
Resource Websites
http://whychristmas.com/index.shtml
http://www.the-north-pole.com/index.htm
We
make Happy New Year boys and girls that share one of
our goals for the new year. The top of the hat is
made with string ribbon and the blower is made by
curling up a thin piece of paper. These are DARLING!