Materials

           

• 7 books related to the celebrations discussed (can be any simple book with good pictures)
• Construction paper (white, light & dark blue, yellow, black, red, green)
• 7 teacher example pages for celebration book
• 1 large globe
• 1 map
• tongue depressors (1 for each student)
• glitter (green, red, gold, silver)
• markers to share
• scissors for each student
• Elmers glue for each student or to share
• glue sticks for each student or to share
• laptop computer
• projector
• speakers (for any videos)
• document camera (for modeling the activity)
• Labels for each celebration already printed and cut out
• list of all celebrations with a short description to be included in front of book
• cover page saying "Celebrations"
• journal or writing template paper (with at least 5 lines)
• pencils
• crayons

*Note: Many of the materials will need to be ready ahead of time to allow for enough student work time.  There will need to be a teacher example for each celebration.  Some celebration activity pages take longer than others.