As part of our social studies unit "Moving Forward With The Past: My Family, My History and My Community ", our classes have been exploring how celebrations are an important part of our identities. Through graphing and discussion we have learned we have celebrations in common such as birthdays and others that differ from each other. We have explored that each celebration has its own traditions and symbols. Today both classes explored art with the symbol of the Christmas tree. Room 4's student teacher, Ms. Herzawy, explored painting evergreen trees. Room 5 looked at how symbols are used in the world, then created a simplified shape of a Christmas tree which they filled with a mosaic technique to give them the festive feel of a decorated tree. Since card giving is a popular Christmas tradition, we did our art on folded cardboard which we will use as a holiday card.
We also sent home a letter in the communication folders asking for students to find out about who their ancestors are and how they have influenced them today. Please return this sheet next week. We will be mapping our ancestors on a class map next Thursday, as well as sharing any artifacts that students wish to share. If your child chooses to share an artifact, please help them practice speaking about it. (Why they chose it and how it is important).
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