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Kindergarten: 5-6 years old

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-Celebrate winter holidays
-Christmas and Hanukkah
-Jehovah's Witness (rarely)
-Friendship

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-SSKG1 Describe the diversity of American culture by explaining the customs and
celebrations of various families and communities.

-SSKH1 Identify the national holidays and describe the people and/or events celebrated.
a. Christmas

-SSKCG2 Describe examples of positive character traits exhibited by good citizens such as
honesty, patriotism, courtesy, respect, pride, and self-control.

-ELAGSEKW2: Use a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing to compose informative/explanatory texts in which they name what they
are writing about and supply some information about the topic.

-ELAGSEKW7: With guidance and support, participate in shared research and writing projects

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-Diversity of the United States
-Knowledge of various cultures
-Courtesy and respect as a result of learning others' traditions and cultures
-Cultural Tolerance

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Courtesy and Respect of other cultures

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-Students will be able to provide a topic (winter holiday) and supply many details about that topic. (KW2)
-Students will participate in creating their own holiday in order to demonstrate that holidays are chosen and celebrated as a reflection of a culture's customs and traditions.
-Students will display character traits such as courtesy and respect while learning about various cultures and their winter celebrations by participating in think-pair-shares with their groups answering questions such as: "What else could you leave out for Santa if you didn't have milk and cookies?" "Do you think Rudolph is a good reindeer or bad reindeer, why?" etc.

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-Students will create a presentation in groups based on the winter holiday that they found most interesting. The presentation will be in the format of their choosing: PowerPoint, Chatterpix, Blog Post, etc. We have used all of these platforms before. This presentation will display their topic and knowledge about their topic.

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-After the students learn about various winter holidays and the people that celebrate them, students will participate in creating their own holiday in the same groups. They will use a Venn Diagram to compare and contrast their made-up holiday to that of the one they learned about previously.

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Students will be evaluated on the following criteria using a rubric:

Not yet demonstrating - 0 points
Emerging - 1 point
Progressing - 2 points
Meeting - 3 points
Exceeding - 4 points

0 points - The student does not state a topic or provide details about their topic.

1 point - The student states a topic and provides surface details about their topic.

2 points - The student states a topic and provides in depth details about their topic.

3 points - The student states a topic, provides in depth details about their topic and explains why the details about their topic supports values such as patriotism, pride, respect, courtesy, and honesty.

4 points - The student states a topic, provides in depth details about their topic, explains why the details about their topic supports values such as patriotism, pride, respect, courtesy, and honesty, and why these traits are important when studying other

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Struggling Readers:
-KWL anchor charts will contain words as well as pictures to assist the students in recognizing key words and to be used as reference for when they begin to fill out their graphic organizer and write about the winter holiday they chose.
-They will be provided with tablets or computers with headphones so that they have access to digital books that are read to them about the holidays.

Gifted Students:
-Gifted students will be guided by the teacher to complete a higher order thinking task by describing why different cultures celebrate the holidays that they do.

Underperforming students or those with gaps in prior knowledge:
-The anchor charts will be used and we will discuss things that the students already know about different holidays around the world.
-For our underperforming students, they will be given the tasks and allowed more time to complete the assignments if necessary. They will also receive small-group conferences to monitor their progress more frequently.

Struggling Writers:
Students could use dictated text features on tablets or phones to dictate their text into a digital concept map provided by the teacher.

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-Students will use PebbleGo to search for information about winter holidays around the world. They will fill out a concept map with information about the topic.

-Students will use PowerPoint, Chatterpix, or a Blog Post to present the information they gather about their holiday.They will state the topic (Christmas in the USA, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, etc.) and they will provide information such as: who is the "figure" of that holiday (Father Frost, Saint Nick, Santa Claus), when the holiday is celebrated (month and day if applicable), and how it is celebrated.

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-Students will find on-level books about different holidays at the school library to add to their concept map.

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-Students' summative assessment will be to work in their same groups to create their own holiday. They will supply information about what the holiday is called, how it is celebrated, when it is celebrated, what the customs or traditions are for their holiday, and what figure or icon they will use to identify their holiday with. They will then create a Venn diagram that compares and contrasts the holiday they created with the one they learned about that is already celebrated in a different country.

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Kimmel, E.A. (2014). Simon and the Bear: A Hanukkah Tale. New York, NY: Disney-Hyperion Books.

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Medearis, A.S. (2000). Seven Spools of Thread: A Kwanzaa Tale. Park Ridge, IL: Albert-Whitman and Company.

Teaching Students About Holidays & History. (n.d.). Retrieved March 25, 2018, from http://www.teacher.org/resource/teaching-holidays/