| What you will need: 1. A partner 2. A pencil 3. A data sheet 4. A poem sheet 5. A traditions sheet |
YOUR PROJECT
Step 1. With your partner and a teacher read about
three different countries. Click on the name of the
country next to the candy cane.
Step 1. With your partner and a teacher read about
three different countries. Click on the name of the
country next to the candy cane.
Step 2 - Write the information you found
from the Christmas websites on your data
sheet. Put your name on the data sheet and
give the paper to your teacher.
from the Christmas websites on your data
sheet. Put your name on the data sheet and
give the paper to your teacher.
Step 4 - During writing time this week you will write in
your "Christmas Around the World" journal. You will
write about Christmas in the countries you visited. You
will use the information from your data sheet. Please
write about how our Christmas in America is like
Christmas in other countries and how it is different.
Step 5 - During writing time this week you and your
partner will write a new version to the poem "Twas the
Night Before Christmas" on the poem sheet.
Step 6 - Take the traditions paper home. At home write
about your family's Christmas.
Step 7 - During center time this week you will complete
a Christmas craft for each country.
United States - 5 Little Stockings
Mexico - Mini Pinata
Germany - "What Shall We Put on the Christmas Tree?
book
England - Christmas Card
Sweden - Star Hat (boys) St. Lucia Crown (girls)
France - Bûche de Noel -(chocolate cake)
Click on the green and white button to go the evaluation.
your "Christmas Around the World" journal. You will
write about Christmas in the countries you visited. You
will use the information from your data sheet. Please
write about how our Christmas in America is like
Christmas in other countries and how it is different.
Step 5 - During writing time this week you and your
partner will write a new version to the poem "Twas the
Night Before Christmas" on the poem sheet.
Step 6 - Take the traditions paper home. At home write
about your family's Christmas.
Step 7 - During center time this week you will complete
a Christmas craft for each country.
United States - 5 Little Stockings
Mexico - Mini Pinata
Germany - "What Shall We Put on the Christmas Tree?
book
England - Christmas Card
Sweden - Star Hat (boys) St. Lucia Crown (girls)
France - Bûche de Noel -(chocolate cake)
Click on the green and white button to go the evaluation.
Step 3 - For some Christmas fun, please choose an
online Christmas activity below.
online Christmas activity below.
Click on the back arrow after reading about each country.
The Process
You will need to get the data, poem,
and traditions sheets from your teacher
or print them out before your start step
1.
and traditions sheets from your teacher
or print them out before your start step
1.
Click here to find out how children in the 3 countries that you
chose to visit say "Merry Christmas."
chose to visit say "Merry Christmas."
Santa Clause has many names around the world!
Click here to find out what children in other countries call
"Santa Clause."
Click here to find out what children in other countries call
"Santa Clause."