As part of our unit of inquiry called "Celebrate," the students were asked to write about a favorite family tradition. Thank you to Lynnie Johnson for typing these up just as they were written! (Late stories didn't make it, but will be in our class book in our classroom library.)
Every Christmas we make gingerbreat houses with my cousins. –Jacob
“Twas the Nights of December”
Each night of December me and my family read a different Christmas story. My brothers and I take turns picking a book from a basket of books. My fafrit story is Santa Claus. We sit on the couch together. After the story me and my brothers take turns opening a door off of are calendar. – Katie
“The Traditions of Christmas Eve”
Exactly 8 years ago my Grandma Sue died. I didn’t get to know her, but she left behind a magical tradition. On Christmas Eve my Grandma Sue would give all of the cousins matching pajamas. It is so fun to look like my cousins. It is so fun to wake up on Christmas morning with brand new pajamas. I look forward to this tradition every year. – Mason
“The Magic of Christmas Eve”
One magical Christmas Eve was wren I got a per of Cinderella pajamas. They are blue, purple, and pink. I like them. I hope I get some this year. – by Brineleigh
“Christmas Eve Tradition”
On Christmas Eve my family makes a Prime rib dinner and we eat early so we can go to Christmas Eve mass. When we get home we get in our pajamas and my whole family takes turns reading The Night Before Christmas. When we are done my sisters and me get santas special plate out and put his cookies on it, we also give him some milk. Then we go to bed and listen for santas bells. I heard the bells one time. Then I tried to go to sleep quickly, but I heard his footsteps. Don’t tell anyone! Shhhhhhhhhhhh -by Jamie
“The Christmas Platter”
It was passed down from my great grandpa. So it is really old. We put meat, cheesem crackers, and lots of yummy stuff. –Oakley
“Going to See Santa”
The first Saturday in December I always drive with my family to BYU to see Santa Claus. My mom and dad always wait in line for Santa while my sistrs and brother and I make Christmas ornaments with markers, scissos, and glue. When its our turn I sit on Santas lap and tell him what I want for Christmas. –Gavin
“Ice Skating”
Guess what I did today? I went ice skating. It is a tradition. My family gose ice skating every year at Christmas on December. I almost celebrate every Christmas. I love to ice skate. My fafret thing to do about skating is tworling and fast skating. Do you no what sfast skating mens? It mes that you skate fast. I love to ice skate. The end. –by Catherine
“Pirates Cove”
Every summer I go to where pirates rool the seas and jump in balls at where hamsters live. I go in yellow circles. The plass is called Cherry Hill. We go golfing. We sleep in a tent. The end. –By Joshua
“Guy Fawkes Night”
If I was in England on November 5th I would be celebrating Bonfire Night with my family. Bonfire Night, what’s that? Well… let me tell you. It is bonfires, sparklers, and lots of fireworks. We ear jacket potatos and we make Guys. To make a guy you get some old clothes, stuff them with newspaper, make a head and sew him up. Then you throw him on the fire. The whole storey o Guy Fawkes night took place in 1605 in England. It’s about a group of people led by a man named Guy Fawkes. They tried to Blow up king James the ferst and the Houses of parliament by putting Gun Powder in the cellars. They got caught so they didn’t blow up the king and got put in jail. This was called the gunpowder plot.
POEM
Remember, Remember the 5th of November,
Gunpowder, treason and plot,
I see no reason why gunpowder treason
Should ever be forgot.
-By Jade
“Up to Snowbird”
October is one of the best monthes because we get to go to our condo! It is called Snow bird. Guess what? There is also a treat shop you can go to. That store has all the treates you could imagin! Do you think there is more? Yes there is lots more to tell. Heres one. There is a playground too. And their once was a little playground that only had three swings and probley monkey bares and one slide. But today it is the biggest playground you could ever see. Heres something I really like to do. There is a bed that comes out of the wall and my mom likes to fold us up in the bed. And guess what hapend to me once. I was up their and I wanted to go in the wall my mom took a shower. She said “you can wait until I’m done but I desided to go in but when she was in the shower I got uncuftebel but I had to wait until she was done. And it’s lots of fun because it’s close to my birthday! And guess what? There is also a game room! My favorite game is racing cares. You hop in a char and you are waching the car on the tv but you are steering the car. Here’s the last thing I have to tell you. When you go to the frunt desk there is a book of movies yuou can rent. And the last time we went there the movie that we got was bridge to terabithea! The End. –By Caden
“Scott Family camping Trip”
Gess what, I went on the best camping trip ever! It started on Thursday. I went with my family to the Spruces. All of the Scotts met us up there. We put up our tents and slept in them. The ground was hard. We made a trap to catch squirrels. I caught two of them. We roasted marshmallows, told joks, and sang songs around the campfire. Some of us went hiking around the lake. We saw a huge moose. I felt very scared because I thought he would turn around and hurt us. I had so much fun playing at the water. And I played hide-n-seek near the trees with my cousins. That is why it was the best camping trip ever. The End. –By Paige
Early in the morning when the Easter Buney cums, to my house, he leaves us clues to where our gifts. Our hidden some where. Later in the morning we hunt for eggs. I eat candy at home from are Easter Bastckets. –Bri
“A Fun Filled Christmas Eve”
On Christmas eve we go to my Grandmas and Grandpas house. We see our cousins and we play with them.
Then we have a special dinner with our cousins, aunts and uncles. For dinner we eat ham, corn, potatos, rolls, cake, and ice cream. After dinner we do a nativity play. I am always Joseph and my sister is an angel. After the nativity play we sing Christmas carols. My aunt plays the piano, while we sing the songs. After we’re done singing we go to the Christmas tree and open our presents. Then we go home and wait for Santa. –Preston
“At the Ranch”
One of our families tradition is going to our Ranch in Idaho. My favorite thing to do at the Ranch is riding my four-wheeler. I like to ride wherever I want. I like to go on the runwsay. You can go as fast as you want. I sometimes see deer’ squirrel birds and elk. Me and my dad like to ride our four-wheeler up to our lake and go fishing. I have a special hook, it’s red and silver. Every time I cast it out I catch a big fish.
- Baylor
“Christmas at Grandma’s”
We have a tradition of going to grandmas house on Christmas Eve. We do lots of fun things so first we play with our cousins. Then we have Norwegian rice pudding. Whoever finds the almond in side wins a marzipan pig. Next we decorate little cakes for Jesus’s birthday. Then we eat a yummy dinner with ham and mashed potatoes and lots more. After that my cousins and I all dress up and put on the play of the Christmas story. At the end we open all the presents from grandma and Grandpa and the cousins. Then we hurry home because SANTA is coming!!! The end -by Stian
For Krmis I get to go to Wyoming to get my Christmas tree. We stay at a hotel. We also play on the ice. We go with friends. –Indiana
“High and Low”
Our tradition is called high and low. Each prson takes a tarn and talks about their best part of the day and what their wrst part of the day -Kaysen
“If there’s snow we go!!!”
Every Sunday in the winter my family gos skiing. My dad is a crazy skir. We get to go on the lisft to got on the mountain. When we git off the lift we go to the Collins lift and we ski bule squares. Then we git off the mountain, we git hot chocolate. –Sam
For my tradition Im tocking about Las Vegas, Nevada. My family we always see Grandpa Steve and Pam. When we do see them we go to the buffet for dinner. I bett you whish you did that too. That is so fun. My faferet is the sushi. I like it so much you should eat it. One day it’s not groes at all it is yummeer then you think. –by Courtney
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