Lesson Christmas in Lesson 4 Date: Nov 29, 2017 (10:40 – 11:45)

Title: Canada #

Name: Manisha Singh Subject: English Language Arts, Grade(s): 3/4

Social Studies

Rationale:

Reading informational text can be both informative and inspirational for students. In order to develop
reading and writing skills and strategies, a variety of pre-reading/writing, during reading/ writing and
post-reading/writing activities will be practiced.

Curriculum Connections: https://curriculum.gov.bc.ca/

ELA (3)

Big Idea: Stories and other texts help us learn about ourselves, our families, and our communities

Comprehend and Connect

 Engage actively as listeners, viewers, and readers, as appropriate, to develop understanding of

self and others.

 Use developmentally appropriate reading, listening, and viewing strategies to make meaning

Create and communicate (writing, speaking, representing)

 Exchange ideas and perspectives to build shared understanding.

 Plan and create a variety of communication forms for different purposes and audiences.

 Communicate using sentences and most conventions of Canadian spelling, grammar, and
punctuation.

ELA (4)

Big Idea: Exploring stories helps us understand ourselves and make connections to others and to the
world.

Comprehend and Connect

 Engage actively as listeners, viewers, and readers, as appropriate, to develop understanding of

self and others.
  Use a variety of comprehension strategies before, during, and after reading, listening, or viewing
to deepen understanding of text

Create and communicate (writing, speaking, representing)

 Exchange ideas and perspectives to build shared understanding.

 Use writing and design processes to plan, develop, and create texts for a variety of purposes and
audiences.

 Communicate in sentences and paragraphs, applying conventions of Canadian spelling,

grammar, and punctuation.

SOCIAL STUDIES

Big Idea: People from diverse cultures and societies share some common experiences and aspects of
life.

Curricular Competency and Content:

 Explain why people’s beliefs, values, worldviews, experiences, and roles give them different
perspectives on people, places, issues, or events

 Use Social Studies inquiry processes and skills to ask questions; gather, interpret, and analyze
ideas; and communicate findings and decisions

Learning Intentions Activity Assessment

Students will be able to:

 utilize pre-reading comprehension  participation in  attentive focus,

strategies such as reading along the listening, viewing responses to
text, to the learn process of finding and reading of the prompts.
information during reading and informational text.
 contributions to
then practice writing answers to
 attention and whole class.
inferential answers.
participation pre-
 fully completed
 write complete sentences using writing strategies.
worksheet-
most conventions of Canadian
‘Christmas in
spelling, grammar, and
Canada’
punctuation, learn that complete
sentences send out complete
messages.
Prerequisite Concepts and Skill :( for student success)

Word and letter formation, ability to view, listen and respond visually and physically, and social
interaction skills.

Materials and Resources with References/Sources:

For Teacher For Students

Informational Text & Worksheet (prepared by the teacher. Worksheet - Christmas in Canada
Please see appendix) (prepared by the teacher. Please
see appendix)
Video:

AmtrakBoys. “Canadian Pacific Holiday Train 2016!” YouTube,

YouTube, 10 Dec. 2016, Passport to Christmas folders, HB
www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4E7kya4Ljg. Pencils, Yellow or Orange pencil
crayon, green mat for the table.
Christmas Worksheet for early finishers

Differentiated Instruction (DI): (accommodations)

 Encourage writing and/or visual representation.

 Provide scribing help to students, who may need it.

 Provide a Christmas word search for early finishers.

Organizational/Management Strategies: (anything special to consider?)

 Move around room to engage each learner.

 Remind the students to use their indoor voice.

Possible Aboriginal Connections / First Peoples Principles of Learning

http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/abed/principles_of_learning.pdf and
https://curriculum.gov.bc.ca/sites/curriculum.gov.bc.ca/files/pdf/aboriginal_education_bc.pdf

"Sinck Tuck" is a festival started by the Inuit that is celebrated in some provinces of Canada. This is a
customary practice, where families get together, dance and open each other's gifts after Mass at church.

Learning ultimately supports the well-being of the self, the family, the community, the land, the spirits,
and the ancestors.
Lesson Activities:

Teacher Activities Student Activities pacing

Introduction (hook/motivation/lesson overview)

 Instruct the students to sit on their carpets.  Students view / listen to 4-5
the video. min
 Remind them to remember how they move their
bodies.

 Show the video to the Students.  Students engage in

group discussion and
www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4E7kya4Ljg.
raise hands to
 Engage students in a group discussion about the participate
unique Christmas traditions they know about.
They are encouraged to connect with their
personal experiences.

Body (lesson flow/ management)

 Instruct students to bring out their stationery,

passport folders and green mat before going  Students go to their
back to their tables. stationary bins, bring the 20 min
supplies, passport folder
 Remind them to remember how to move their and Green Mats, and go
bodies. back to their tables.
 Ask the table captains to collect the  The table captains
informational text and hand to the students on collect the text and
their tables. worksheet. They hand it
 Display the informational text about Christmas in to the students on their
Canada on the projector screen. table.

 Check to ensure all students have received the

text and worksheet before reading out loud the
questions to be answered during the reading.

 Remind the students to wait for the student /  Students may raise
teacher to finish reading the paragraph before hands to clarify any
raising their hands for the answers they may expectations.
have found in the reading.

 Check for understanding.

 Guided reading of the text. Ask if any student is  Students may raise their
comfortable to read out loud. hands to respond.

 Instruct all students to follow the reading with

their index finger.  Students follow the
reader with their finger.
  Have students highlight the answers as they are  Students highlight any
found in the reading. answers found in the
readings as a class.
 Demonstrate answering the first question using
full sentences. Have them do the rest  Students complete the
independently. worksheet.

2 -3 min

Closure (connections within lesson or between lessons,

sharing successes, summaries)

 Students may raise

hands to respond.
Ask about any successes that students may want to
share. Or any new traditions that they learnt about in the  Students put away their
lesson today. stationery supplies,
green mats and Passport
folders back into their
Instruct students to put away their stationery supplies, respective bins.
green mats and Passport folders back into their
respective bins

Reflections: What went well? What revisions can be made to the lesson plan? Anything else that can be
incorporated?
 Christmas in Canada
Canada is a very large country and people of many different cultural
backgrounds live there. Because of this, there are lots of different Christmas traditions in Canada.
Many of the traditions and celebrations come from French, English, Irish, Scottish, German,
Norwegian, Ukrainian and native/first nation influences.

Many Canadians like to decorate their houses with Christmas Trees, lights and other decorations. In
Canada, children hold Santa Claus to be the bringer of their presents. Many of them hang their
stockings to be filled by him with gifts and goodies. Many people in Canada send Christmas cards to
their friends and family. Many Canadians open their gifts on Christmas Eve. Some only open their
stocking on Christmas Eve. Others choose one gift to open, then save the rest until Christmas Day.

The main Christmas meal is often roast turkey with vegetables and 'all the trimmings' like mashed
potatoes and vegetables. Traditional favorite Christmas desserts include Christmas/plum puddings
and mincemeat tarts. Christmas crackers are popular with many people in Canada as well. A rich fruit
Christmas Cake is also normally eaten around Christmas time! However, people from different
backgrounds and cultures have their own favorite foods at Christmas.

"Sinck Tuck" is a Christmas festival started by the Inuit, that is celebrated in some provinces of
Canada. This is a customary practice, where families get together, dance and open each other's gifts
after Mass at church.

The Santa Claus Parade in Toronto is one of the oldest and largest Santa parades in the world! It
started in 1913 when Santa was pulled through the streets of Toronto. Children along the route
followed Santa and marched along with him. It's been taking place for over 100 years and now is a
huge event with over 25 animated floats and 2000 people taking part!

The Eastern Canadian province of Nova Scotia is known all over the world for its fir and pine Christmas
Trees, so most families in Canada have a fir or pine Christmas Tree. One Canadian tradition is to send
the biggest, best fir tree (grown in Nova Scotia) to Boston, USA because of the assistance given during
the disaster, known worldwide, as the Halifax Explosion. This tradition has carried on for many years.
They place this tree in the city and then light it during a ceremony to begin the Christmas season.

Many families of French descent have a huge feast/party on Christmas Eve called a 'Réveillon' that
lasts well into the early hours of Christmas morning after taking part in Christmas Eve Mass. When
people are at Midnight Mass, they hope that 'Père Noel' (French for Santa) will visit their house and
leave gifts for children under the tree. At the end of the Christmas season, January 6th, people in the
province of Quebec have a celebration called "La Fete du Roi" They bake a cake and place a bean in
the middle. Whoever is the lucky discoverer of the bean, gets to be the king or queen, according to
tradition.
 Christmas Traditions in Canada
Directions: Answer the questions using full sentences.
Question 1: What is “Sinck Tuck”?

Question 2: In which year did the Santa Claus parade of Toronto start?

Question 3: Why is the biggest, best fir tree (grown in Nova Scotia) sent to Boston, USA?

Question 4: What is Santa called in French?

Question 5: Write about a Holiday tradition you enjoy or take part in?