Holiday+2012+Books

Title: Holiday Books - Traditions/Stories/Tales
===Objective: Students will share their family traditions and holiday reflections with their classmates and international penpals. ===

**Description:** Students were given opportunities to reflect, then write about their past holidays, what Christmas is to them, their favorite holiday movies and songs, and to inject humor by writing about the worst gifts one could give or receive, what Santa would do is his elves went on strike, if Christmas came in summer, and if Rudolph ate their front-door wreaths. They were also challenged to research one aspect about the season such as the mystery about mistletoe, how to make eggnog, when the first Christmas card was created and sent, how the candy cane received it stripes, etc. Then they chose their best writings to include in their holiday traditions technology project.

Technology: PowerPoint 2010 w/movie converter, Google images, Dropbox, Schooltube.

 * [[image:holiday-nook/Ellie 2012.jpg width="192" height="141" align="center" link="http://www.schooltube.com/video/60157647f42247c193b5"]] || [[image:Christmas Powerpoint Louis.jpg width="192" height="141" link="http://bit.ly/V57Y70"]] || [[image:Top 10 Christmas Camden.jpg width="192" height="141" link="https://www.dropbox.com/s/us4wh8d6r3da64z/Top%2010%20Christmas%20Camden.wmv"]] ||
 * Ellie ||  Louis ||  Camden ||
 *  [[image:Rebecca's Christmas project 1.jpg width="192" height="141" link="https://www.dropbox.com/s/f799s3ztst60202/Rebecca%27s%20Christmas%20project%201.wmv"]] ||  [[image:justin christmas.jpg width="192" height="141" link="https://www.dropbox.com/s/qykny8bmn4mhrbg/justin%20hall%20christmas.wmv"]] ||  [[image:Jay Holiday Booklet.jpg width="192" height="141" link="https://www.dropbox.com/s/86e0vf7k792u3re/Jay%20Holiday%20Booklet.wmv"]] ||
 *  Rebecca ||  Justin ||  Jay ||
 *  [[image:Holiday Traditions conner.jpg width="192" height="141" link="https://www.dropbox.com/s/dml1kf929gheyto/Holiday%20Traditions%20conner.wmv"]] ||  [[image:Holiday Extravaganza vince morrocu.jpg width="192" height="141" link="https://www.dropbox.com/s/ekzwp02w8xvbiq4/Holiday%20Extravaganza%20vince.wmv"]] || <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;"> [[image:Holiday Express Alex.jpg width="192" height="141" link="https://www.dropbox.com/s/qiao67fu282sgcz/Holiday%20Express%20Alex.wmv"]] ||
 * <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;"> Connor || <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;"> Vince || <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;"> Alex ||
 * [[image:holiday-nook/Holiday booklet harrison.jpg width="192" height="141" link="https://www.dropbox.com/s/ivqthpcj5au0p1u/Holiday%20booklet%20harrison.wmv"]] || [[image:Hardeep holiday.jpg width="192" height="141" link="https://www.dropbox.com/s/j9hlr6lbavb2fod/Hardeep%20Rahil.wmv"]] || [[image:christmaspowerpointleah.jpg width="192" height="141" link="https://www.dropbox.com/s/htpjixys10ppxv7/christmaspowerpointleah.wmv"]] ||
 * <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Harrison || <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Hardeep || <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Leah ||
 * [[image:Christmas traditions Alex.jpg width="192" height="141" link="https://www.dropbox.com/s/qyhpevgchjpfhfb/Christmas%20traditions%20Alex.wmv"]] || [[image:Christmas Top 10 Logan .jpg width="192" height="141" link="https://www.dropbox.com/s/7tbqlq5mmnzt80b/Christmas%20Top%2010%20Logan.wmv"]] || [[image:Christmas Time David.jpg width="192" height="141" link="https://www.dropbox.com/s/g0wefa649uywtr5/Christmas%20Time%20David.wmv"]] ||
 * <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Alex || <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Logan || <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">David ||
 * [[image:A Christmas Miracle Kane.jpg width="192" height="141" link="https://www.dropbox.com/s/dp2c2uiy8pk2uc6/A%20Christmas%20Miracle%20Kane.wmv"]] || [[image:holiday-nook/Chase Holiday Traditions.jpg width="192" height="141" link="https://www.dropbox.com/s/p9o5bsht8jgn7aw/Chase%20Holiday%20Traditions.wmv"]] || [[image:christmas holiday project justys.jpg width="192" height="141"]] ||
 * <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Kane || <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Chase || <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;"> Justys - missing ||