Cheryl+and+her+students-Washington

1)How do you celebrate Christmas in your community?[[image:ccwin5.gif]]
When I asked my students what some of their family traditions where. They responded with the following statements.


 * 1) I play with cars with my brother.
 * 2) Mom makes Christmas wreaths.
 * 3) Mom makes pumpkin pie.
 * 4) We open Christmas presents.
 * 5) We decorate our Christmas tree.
 * 6) We decorate our house for Christmas.
 * 7) We play video games with our friends.
 * 8) We eat lots of good food.
 * 9) I play basketball with my brother and dad.
 * 10) We wrap Christmas presents.
 * 11) We put lights on our house and Christmas tree.
 * 12) I make a snowman and go skiing.
 * 13) We go to grandma's to celebrate Christmas with family and friends.

2)How do the winter holidays reflect in your classroom activities? [[image:snowbird2at.gif]]
The student's did a prediction of what they thought we would do for Christmas based on past experiences in mine and other classrooms. We are located in Yakima, Washington. United States.


 * 1) We will make
 * 2) We will make a Santa Claus.
 * 3) a Reindeer.
 * 4) We will make a snowman.
 * 5) We will decorate our classroom and put lights up.
 * 6) We sing Christmas songs.
 * 7) We will use musical instruments.
 * 8) We will put on a Christmas program.

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