In this fun activity, students will explore the different ways people celebrate the winter holidays. Students can use a web or grid to show some of the celebrations for one or more holidays. You can also use this activity to examine historical and/or religious aspects of the winter holiday season, discussing different practices throughout history.
Here are just a few thoughts to get your students started:
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| Proficient | Emerging | Beginning | |
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| Visualizations | Images show creativity and care. | Scenes, characters, and items are appropriate for this purpose. | Images are confusing or do not make sense for this purpose. |
| Evidence of Effort | Work is complete, thorough, and neat. | Work shows some evidence of effort. | Work shows little evidence of any effort. |
| Conventions | Ideas are organized. There are few or no grammatical, mechanical, or spelling errors. | Ideas are mostly organized. There are some grammatical, mechanical, or spelling errors. | Ideas may be disorganized or misplaced. Lack of control over grammar, mechanics, and spelling reflect a lack of proofreading. |
![Winter Holiday Classroom Activities - The Story of [Insert Holiday Here]](http://cdn.storyboardthat.com/storyboard-cells/5496923/cell-col-2-row-1.png "Winter Holiday Classroom Activities - The Story of [Insert Holiday Here]")
