I think you need to gauge your community and avoid religion.
Lori Jackson M.Ed.Reading Specialist Broken Bow, NE EMAILING FOR THE GREATER GOOD Join me > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Date: Thu, 3 Dec 2009 16:22:51 -0500 > Subject: [MOSAIC] Seasonal activities > > > > Please remember that not everyone in your class may celebrate Christmas. As > the one Jewish teacher in my school I often feel frustrated by the focus on > Christmas-themed activities and worksheets this time of year. (And paying > acknowledgment that Hannukah and Kwanza occur around the same time as > Christmas does not mean that the teacher has been inclusive so now they can > do all sorts of other Christmas activites.) > Natasha > > > ------------------------------ > > I don't know what grade you are talking about but one year with my > Kindergartners I read aloud five different Christmas or winter-oriented > books by Jan Brett and then we made a graph showing which was our > favorite.... one person, one vote. It was a bar graph; each child got a > square to add to the bar under a picture of the book they liked best. > > Have them paint (or draw) a picture of their family at Christmas and > write about it. > > Renee > > "Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that > matter." > ~ Martin Luther King, Jr. > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 8 > Date: Thu, 3 Dec 2009 09:00:55 -0700 > From: Beverlee Paul <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] (no subject) > To: "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group" > <[email protected]> > Message-ID: > <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > and onto Renee's: a great time to experiment with borders and with > illuminated letters. > > On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 8:45 AM, Renee <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> On Dec 2, 2009, at 7:43 PM, reading wrote: >> >> Does anyone have any good lessons/activities to use the week before winter >>> break? We're finishing up a unit soon and it'd be nice to have something >>> light and timely for the few days before break begins. >>> >> >> I don't know what grade you are talking about but one year with my >> Kindergartners I read aloud five different Christmas or winter-oriented >> books by Jan Brett and then we made a graph showing which was our >> favorite.... one person, one vote. It was a bar graph; each child got a >> square to add to the bar under a picture of the book they liked best. >> >> Have them paint (or draw) a picture of their family at Christmas and write >> about it. >> >> Renee >> >> "Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter." >> ~ Martin Luther King, Jr. >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Mosaic mailing list >> [email protected] >> To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to >> http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. >> >> Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. >> >> > > > -- > "There is nothing so unequal as equal treatment of unequals." Chief > Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 9 > Date: Thu, 3 Dec 2009 16:06:28 +0000 > From: EDWARD JACKSON <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] (no subject) > To: <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > > The family of one my students decided to try an even grander structure at > home and the boy was looking for inspiration online when he came across a > website that listed the first direction as "Send all the kids to grandma's." > Boy, we had a good laugh about that one. > > > Lori Jackson M.Ed.Reading Specialist > Broken Bow, NE > > > > > > > EMAILING FOR THE GREATER GOOD > Join me > >> Date: Thu, 3 Dec 2009 08:06:12 -0700 >> From: [email protected] >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] (no subject) >> >> And far sadder for the teachers than we really realize. >> >> On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 5:54 AM, EDWARD JACKSON <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> >>> My class once made full sized gingerbread houses. Used the pattern from my >>> old Joy of Cooking. We read lots of gingery books, calculated area and >>> perimeter for the pattern pieces, looked for online tips, etc. Kids brought >>> in nearly all of the ingredients and mixed and baked in groups. Talk about >>> learning about the importance of precision in measurement (one group >>> produced a dough that was way too soft--we saved it by glueing to >>> cardboard). Parents were GREAT about donating candy--and there was another >>> opportunity to discuss patterning. There was so much happy learning going >>> on. Then came the big discussion--how does a group of 6 divide a single >>> house? The kids decided to raffle them off. We put them in the school >>> display case and they sold $140 worth of tickets in just two days. Okay, >>> lots more math. After the holidays, they voted to use the money on a trip >>> to go bowling and eat at Pizza Huts. Had grand notions of lots of trips, but >>> reality sunk in through the planning when they ended up with about $15 >>> leftover. Economics anyone? This was soooo much fun, one of those times >>> that kids remember fondly and, yet, there was more math in that week than in >>> more typical week. A fellow teacher said to me, "They sure are having fun, >>> but I just can't afford to take time away from learning." These damned >>> scripted programs are saying the same thing. Sad for the kids. >>> >>> >>> Lori Jackson M.Ed.Reading Specialist >>> Broken Bow, NE >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> EMAILING FOR THE GREATER GOOD >>> Join me >>> >>>> Date: Wed, 2 Dec 2009 21:43:35 -0600 >>>> From: [email protected] >>>> To: [email protected] >>>> Subject: [MOSAIC] (no subject) >>>> >>>> Does anyone have any good lessons/activities to use the week before >>> winter >>>> break? We're finishing up a unit soon and it'd be nice to have something >>>> light and timely for the few days before break begins. >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Mosaic mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to >>>> http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. >>>> >>>> Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. >>>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Mosaic mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to >>> http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. >>> >>> Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> "There is nothing so unequal as equal treatment of unequals." 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