Grade 2K Richards Elementary School 5812 N. Santa Monica Blvd. Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin USA

Celebrations Slide Show Created by 2K December 2000

As part of our December Social Studies unit, students learned about how people celebrate special events throughout the United States and around the World. For the Festival of Lights Program, second graders learned how people in Sweden celebrate St. Lucia Day with special songs, foods, dances, stories, and other special activities. For this KidPix slide show project, students talked with their families to chose a celebration which was important to their whole family. Back at school students then completed a planning web which contained elements of a celebration - foods, clothing, decorations, people present, and so on. Using their planning webs, students used pencils, crayons, and colored pencils to make storyboards with graphics and text to plan their slides. Last, students used the many tools in Kid Pix Studio DeLuxe, a children's drawing and painting program, to illustrate their family celebrations. Below you can see that all the planning and attention to detail resulted in wonderfully done KidPix slides showing the many ways students' families celebrate the days which are very special to them.

	On Christmas we get together and we open presents. On Christmas we have a snowball fight. On Christmas we eat lots of food, too. by Andy
	I like New Year's Eve because you get to stay up late. We have a party. It turns into another year. by Ann
	My Mom and Dad wake up very early to meet us on Christmas morning. All of us open gifts. We look at our gifts and some of us play with them. by Austin
	I like Christmas because we get together with the family and we get to open presents. We have a party. by Danny
	Every year our family gets together for Christmas. We give presents to each other. We set up a tree and put ornaments on it. by Emili
	My family celebrates special days. by Erik
	I like Christmas because it is a holiday. It is a fun day. It is a time to get together with your family. We open presents and play with them. by Evan
	My favorite holiday is Christmas. I get presents. We get a tree. by Harvey
	Christmas is Jesus' birthday. Christmas is fun. Christmas has presents and Jesus was a present, too. by Heather
	I like my birthday because it is fun. We play games and go swimming. We eat birthday cake. by Ja'Vontae
	We celebrate Christmas. First we eat and then we open presents. We open presents from the littlest to the biggest. by Jennifer
	I like my birthday because it is fun. I get lots of presents. It is special. by Jessica
	I like Christmas because it is fun to get presents. It is fun to go to parties. It is fun to see my cousins. by Joe
	I like Hanukkah the best because you get lots of presents and you get to spend time with your family. by Justin
	I like July 4th and July 11th because on July 4th I like the fireworks and on July 11th it is my birthday. by Michael
	I like New Year's because I get to stay up late. I also like it because the party is at my cottage. We sit by the fire while we watch TV. by Natalie
	My favorite holiday is Christmas because I get to see my brother and sister who are in college. I get to open presents. We can have a snowball fight. by Peter
	I like Easter because I get to see my family. I get to find Easter eggs. I get to eat good food. by Rose
	I like Hanukkah because I like getting eight presents. I like lighting the Menorah. I like playing games. by Stella

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Updated December 16, 2000

 

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