November 20, 2009
Dear Parents,
Here’s wishing you a HAPPY THANKSGIVING! I hope you received the
Social Studies assignment this last Monday. Listed below are some
additional links you may use to help you with the project.
Also, just wanted to let you know that the homework sheet for the
WHOLE month of December is on my teacher.com website.
Christmas Around the World
http://www.amazingmoms.com/htm/christmas_world.htm
Christmas Around the World
http://www.kidsturncentral.com/holidays/glossary/holidaly.gloss.htm
Here’s the latest on AR points and goals:
Mike has over 50 points
Parker has over 100 points
Hannah has over 50 points
The following people have met the second nine weeks AR goal: Hannah, Dylan,
Chase, Nicolette, Mike, Isaiah, Alyssa, Kylan and Parker. That is
wonderful!!!
In case you didn't get the report guidelines, here they are! :)
Christmas Around the World Report
Your report is due Monday, December 14th, and you will receive two Social
Studies grades on it. You need to practice reading the report aloud. You may
pick any foreign country to report on. Use the Library, encyclopedias, or
the Internet for resources. Where pictures have to be drawn, you must draw
them, not print them from a computer. Include some of the following
information in your report:
• The day(s) of celebration
• Weather at Christmas
• Christmas customs
• Who brings the gifts, what kinds of gifts
• How Merry Christmas is said in that country
• Christmas decorations and food
• How their Christmas is different from ours
• Draw and color a picture of a Christmas custom or symbol for that
country.
Websites:
http://northpole.net/world.htm
http://members.fortunecity.com/vlbrennan
http://www.the-north-pole.com/around/
www.zuzu.org/daze.html
http://www.santasearch.org/editorial.asp?PID=1%20
http://www.yesnet.yk.ca/schools/wes/webquests_themes/christmas_theme/christma
s_world/world_christmas.html
