Poinsettias

This month our class started a social studies theme unit about mapping and, this week, we tied it to both our learning about different December Holidays as well as some upcoming learning about Mexico (in the spring first graders do a country study where we will focus on Mexico). Through our study of maps and globes, our class has spent time talking about our continent, North America, and the three large countries on it (USA, Canada, Mexico). We learned that Poinsettias originate from Mexico and bloom in December, making them a popular plant in people's celebrations of Christmas and Las Posadas (a Mexican holiday celebrated each night from December 16 until Christmas). We read books about Las Posadas, as well as one called The Legend of the Poinsettia, and created a poinsettia art project to hang on the wall outside our classroom. Here are some photos of the kids working on this project!

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