First Grade "Around the World" with Globe Trot Scott
Annual Tradition Takes Students On A Holiday Journey
Traditions enhance our sense of community on campus. Excitement builds in the first grade this time of year, as students (and teachers) never know when a package from Globe Trot Scott (GTS) may arrive.
Beginning in early December, the Around the World unit is introduced with a poem about a little boy named Globe Trot Scott, an avid traveler who journeys around the world to find out how holidays are celebrated.
Upon arrival, each package contains information about a country’s celebrations and a “souvenir” with items to make a craft. Students have made a small drum that hang on Christmas trees in Uganda; a paper puppet and red envelopes with “coins” of kind words to celebrate the Lunar New Year (China); a mobile with the crescent moon and stars to celebrate Eid (Jordan), a small piñata to celebrate Las Posadas (Mexico); a dreidel to celebrate Hannukah (Israel), a paper gingerbread to celebrate Christmas (Germany); and a lantern to celebrate Diwali (India).
Students read a letter from Globe Trot Scott, find the country on a map, fill out a travel journal and watch a presentation about the country. Online students are enjoying this holiday adventure, too, receiving packages at home and joining others online in breakout rooms to create their souvenirs. What a terrific Cooper holiday tradition.
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Beginning in early December, the Around the World unit is introduced with a poem about a little boy named Globe Trot Scott, an avid traveler who journeys around the world to find out how holidays are celebrated.
Upon arrival, each package contains information about a country’s celebrations and a “souvenir” with items to make a craft. Students have made a small drum that hang on Christmas trees in Uganda; a paper puppet and red envelopes with “coins” of kind words to celebrate the Lunar New Year (China); a mobile with the crescent moon and stars to celebrate Eid (Jordan), a small piñata to celebrate Las Posadas (Mexico); a dreidel to celebrate Hannukah (Israel), a paper gingerbread to celebrate Christmas (Germany); and a lantern to celebrate Diwali (India).
Students read a letter from Globe Trot Scott, find the country on a map, fill out a travel journal and watch a presentation about the country. Online students are enjoying this holiday adventure, too, receiving packages at home and joining others online in breakout rooms to create their souvenirs. What a terrific Cooper holiday tradition.
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