In social studies we are studying about families, cultures, and traditions. As part of this study the students completed family trees at home and talked about where their ancestors have come from. We then mapped the countries where our ancestors came from on a world map. Some interesting observations: 1) We have many ancestors from Eastern Europe - especially Germany and Ireland. 2) One student's ancestor traveled to America aboard the Mayflower. 3) All of the students did a FANTASTIC job learning about their ancestors and origins!
Also as part of this unit, we have been learning about traditions and how our backgrounds and culture sometime effect the traditions we have. Holiday traditions aboud in our classrom, and this teacher thinks she'll be visiting a lot of student's homes from special meals!! (ok, not really!) Birthday traditions were a fun conversation and a focus of a writing piece for us. Common birthday traditions in our classroom include the "dreaded" birthday spankings, cake and ice cream, presents, and parties. For my family, our tradition is that the birthday person gets to pick anywhere they want to go out for dinner. We have enjoyed learning more about our classmates, their histories, and the special family traditions and customs they enjoy.
Love, Mrs. Heath
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