Today we read a story called Christmas in the Country by Cynthia Rylant. Before reading the story we discussed a few vocabulary words from within the story. The words were country, preacher, baptist, mothballs, coal, ornaments, and cocoa. After reading the story we compared the Christmas traditions from the story to our own Christmas traditions and then worked together to complete a circle map of Christmas symbols. During the next three weeks we will be learning about several winter celebrations from around the world and the symbols that represent those celebrations.
*giggle moment*
Jane provided a light moment as she explained to the class at large that "Coal is that little black stuff we get in our stockings sometimes."
