Kwanzaa...Winter Holiday Lights Around the World

 

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Kwanzaa is celebrated December 26 through January 1. It is a holiday to celebrate African heritage. Family and friends gather to exchange gifts and to light a series of black, red, and green candles. These seven candles symbolize the basic values of African American family life: unity, self-determination, collective work and responsibility, cooperative economics, purpose, creativity, and faith.

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The Interactive Google Slides are the perfect classroom tool.

They are filled with pictures and informational text about the celebration.

The text shares locations and traditions.

The slides end with three activities:

Let's Make Words

Vocabulary...ABC Order/Syllables

Sensory click and drag.  On the holiday what might you see, hear, touch, taste?

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Kwanzaa

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This packet is part of the Holiday Lights Around the World.

It is filled with activities to support student learning about Kwanzaa.

Holiday Lights Around the World...Kwanzaa

This packet is part of the Holiday Lights Around the World.

It is filled with activities to support student learning about Kwanzaa.

Craft and Vocabulary for posting.

Informational Text

Graphic Organizers for collecting information.

Writing pages

Word Work

4 Math games for centers or partner work.

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Holidays Around the World...Kwanzaa

Kwanzaa is celebrated December 26 through January 1. It is a holiday to celebrate African heritage.  Family and friends gather to exchange gifts and to light a series of black, red, and green candles. These seven candles symbolize the  basic values of African American family life: unity, self-determination, collective work and responsibility, cooperative economics, purpose, creativity, and faith.

The packet contains vocabulary cards for posting as well as a page filled with informational text.

There is an 8 page mini book for guided reading.  A graphic organizer follows for gather important facts about the holiday.

Three forms of writing projects are included: narrative, informational and sensory.

Word work includes:

ABC Order, Syllables, Making Words, Parts of Speech and a Word Search.

There is also a math game included which focuses on addition to 12, 18.

There is also a page for just number recognition.

A record keeping page is included.

Perfect for the math center.

Writing pages for final write are included and a class book cover.

There is a Kinara for coloring.

There are directions for making a Mkeka. 

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