CHRISTMAS MEMORY BOOK

This project does it all.  Students end up with a unique booklet that tells all about their Family Traditions.  It hits penmanship, eye-hand copying from the board, creative writing, capitalization and punctuation, sentence structure, drawing from writing, and A GIFT that will never be thrown away!  Each morning write a sentence beginning on the board for the students to copy and expound on.  First grade will add 1 sentence, 2nd grade will add 2 sentences and on...  This is a great project to seal up a lot of language arts concepts prior to moving on in the Second Semester.  Make sure to give lots of time for drawing and coloring.  Encourage DETAILED DRAWINGS!  I collected each writing and kept in stacks to distribute when we were ready to put our book together.  That way the pages didn't get torn up.  I also tracked who had finished what page. We started right after Thanksgiving Break and  I insisted each child have at least 10 pages in their booklet.  Teacher needs to staple.  Make sure the door on the front cover is over the picture on the inside cover.  That way when you cut the dotted lines, the door opens to see the student welcoming people into The Family Traditions.  If a student was way behind, I would send home to be completed, in secret!!!  TRY THIS...YOU WILL LIKE IT.