Primarymag 2004 3
Primarymag 2004 3
Index
A Christmas story p. 2
Christmas on the Internet p. 4
Moving On p. 5
Worksheets – Christmas p. 6
Kids’ Corner p. 9
Worksheet – Christmas p. 13
Worksheets – Valentine’s Day p. 14
Christmas carols – words and music p. 16
Worksheet – St Patrick’s Day p. 18
Class Project p. 19
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LANGPrimary
A Christmas Story
Where do Christmas presents come from? This is
one of the first mysteries that children face during
their early years.
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4 The most famous reindeer is Rudolph. He pulls the
sleigh from the front and his big red nose lights the
way for all the other reindeers. The names of the
other reindeers are: Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen,
Donder, Blitzen, Cupid and Comet.
6 In some houses he will find a sock near the 7 Many children, especially those who do not
fireplace together with something for him have a chimney on the top of their houses,
to eat and drink. When he has filled the put a sock, sometimes called a Christmas
sock with presents he puts others around stocking, on the end of their beds so that
the Christmas tree in the sitting room. Father Christmas has to creep upstairs into
the bedroom and fill the sock with small
presents such as fruit and nuts.
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Discovering Christmas on the
Internet
T here is a wealth of material for teachers and
children on the internet.
Here are some sites the teacher may find useful.
SOME OF THE MATERIALS WHICH CAN BE
FOUND IN THE WEB SITES BELOW ARE:
On the four sites listed below, specifically • Christmas songs: words and music
designed for children and teachers, we have • Ideas for making crackers and toys
included the specific link for materials related to • Christmas recipes
Christmas. • Downloads for both PC and Mac computers
Teachers can also explore these web sites and • Online games
discover other pages which include materials for • Holiday graphics
different festivities. • Word searches, colouring, mazes, puzzles
• Party games and activities
• Christmas maths and science
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Extra teaching / learning materials
for the first two years
T eachers in the first and second year of the Primary school may find that their course books
do not contain enough teaching material for the whole school year.
MOVING ON 1 and 2 offer teachers and children extra practice and consolidation in all
the language items in the new Indicazioni Nazionali and can be used to either
supplement the course book or as a continuous cycle of lessons when the course book
materials have been completed.
Here are two example pages which can be photocopied and distributed in class.
MOVING ON 1 PAGE 45
MOVING ON 2 PAGE 36
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LANGPrimary
Christmas
BINGO
Pre-teach all the vocabulary illustrated and make sure that the children understand their association with
Christmas. Give a copy of the Bingo Board and the extra picture squares to each child. Ask the children
to colour one aspect of each picture using a red pen. Get the children to cut out the ten extra squares and
place them randomly on the Bingo Board.
Call out ALL the words and get the children to cover the pictures with a small piece of paper. The first
child to cover five squares either horizontally or vertically, shouts ‘BINGO!’
reindeer
cracker
snowman Christmas tree
candle lights
star
card
sleigh bells
Advent calendar
Christmas pudding
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Decorate the
CHRISTMAS TREE!
Join the words and the pictures. Do not draw lines across the Christmas tree.
Cut out and colour the tree and the decorations. Stick the decorations onto the tree.
ANGEL
BALLS
CRACKERS
PRESENTS
STAR
TINSEL
FATHER
CHRISTMAS
CANDLES
LIGHTS
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LANGPrimary
CHRISTMAS Angel
Make this Christmas angel (or a whole choir of them!) them to draw a face and decorate the body and wings
to hang from the Christmas tree. of the angel using gold and silver pens and glitter.
1. Photocopy and distribute to the children.
3. Wrap the paper round and fit slot A into slot B to
Ask them to:
form the wings.
• Cut out the circle.
The body of the angel is now a cone and the circle
• Cut along the lines A, B and C.
in the middle the head. Bend the head and fix a
• Cut along the line of the three-quarter inner circle.
thread to the back so that you can hang the angel on
2. Ask them to look at the photograph of the angel. Get the tree or in the classroom.
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Kids’Corner John Batty
What you do
• On the white paper, draw stars, Christmas trees, wreaths, balls, presents,
socks, candles and whatever else you associate with Christmas.
• Colour the drawings.
• Cut them out and make a small hole in the upper part of each piece.
• Slip the string through the small hole and tie it with a knot on the back.
• Tie the ends of all the pieces of string to the metal coat hanger.
• All your drawings are now hanging from the coat hanger. Hang your Christmas mobile wherever you want!
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LANGPrimary
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Activity 3: Hand print Angel
What you do
• Trace each hand of child (for the wings).
• Trace each foot of child (for Angel’s dress).
• Cut out each part.
• Glitter and glue the hand cut-outs to make the wings twinkle.
• Cut out the photo of the child focusing on the head and face.
• Glue hands (wings) to the feet (the body) and the photo (the head)
together.
• Add a piece of pipe cleaner for a halo.
Comments: If you make a nativity scene you can pin the angel above
the stable.
What you do
• Enlarge the template.
• Glue the photocopied template onto cardboard of
the same size.
• Once dried, cut the pieces out.
• Colour in the pieces.
• Glue cotton wool to the rim of the hat, cuffs and
bottom of the jacket.
• Fix the arms to the body with the brass fasteners.
• Place the calendar in the hands
of Father Christmas.
• Don’t forget to change the day every morning!
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LANGPrimary
Activity 5: Valentine’s day letterbox
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Christmas
Balls and Wreaths
You need:
• polystyrene supports of various sizes and
shapes as balls and wreaths (you can find them
in paint shops)
• pieces of cloth of different colours; the best are
red, green and gold
• pinking shears
• a small screwdriver
• coloured ribbons; the best are red, green and gold
• some pins
LANGPrimary
keeping the teacher informed
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LANGPrimary
Read these sentences and tick the ones you associate with Valentine’s Day cards.
Make a Valentine’s card and give it to somebody you like. Write appropriate sentences on the card.
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VALENTINE’S DAY WORKSHEET
broken hearts
Instructions to the teacher: make copies of the worksheet for pairs of children. Cut out
the hearts and cut them in half along the line (or alternatively ask the children to do
this). Mix up the halves of the hearts and ask the children to find the opposite pairs of
words and mend the broken hearts.
V ALENTINE MATHS
Add up the sums in the boxes and then find the letter that corresponds to the answer to
discover the hidden message.
A=9 B=7 C=11 D=13 E=8 F=22 G=19 H=25 I=4 J=12 K=18 L=1 M=10
N=5 O=20 P=15 Q=26 R=14 S=24 T=2 U=17 V=6 W=16 X=21 Y=3 Z=23
3+4 3+5 1+9 2+1 3+3 5+4 0+1 4+4 2+3 1+1 3+1 4+1 2+6
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LANGPrimary
C HRISTMAS CAROLS
W ORDS AND M USIC
C arols are both religious and non-religious songs sung only during the
Christmas season.
In the weeks leading up to Christmas, groups of carol singers can be found
in the High Streets of most towns in Britain, singing carols and collecting
money for charity.
Printed below are the words of six popular Christmas songs with an
internet link for each, where the music can be found and recorded.
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www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/customs/xmas/carols/twelve.htm
A Christmas Song
WORKSHEET
The twelve days of Christmas
On the first day of Christmas, my true love sent to
me,
a partridge in a pear tree.
On the second day of Christmas, my true love sent
to me,
two turtle doves and a partridge in a pear tree.
On the third day of Christmas, my true love sent to
me,
three French hens, two turtle doves and a
partridge in a pear tree.
On the fourth day of Christmas, my true love sent
to me,
four calling birds, three French hens, two turtle
doves and a partridge in a pear tree.
On the fifth day of Christmas, my true love sent to
me,
five gold rings! Four calling birds, three French
hens, two turtle doves and a partridge in a pear
tree.
On the sixth day of Christmas my true love sent to
me, six geese a-laying, five…
On the seventh day of Christmas, my true love sent
to me, seven swans a-swimming, six…
On the eighth day of Christmas, my true love sent
to me, eight maids a-milking, seven…
On the ninth day of Christmas, my true love sent to
me, nine ladies dancing, eight…
On the tenth day of Christmas, my true love sent to
me, ten lords a-leaping, nine…
On the eleventh day of Christmas, my true love sent
to me, eleven pipers piping, ten…
On the twelfth day of Christmas, my true love sent
to me, twelve drummers drumming, eleven…
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St Patrick’s day
S aint Patrick’s Day is celebrated every year on March 17th. St Patrick is the patron saint of Ireland,
but his day is now celebrated in many other parts of the world, above all in the United States.
If you want to be lucky on St Patrick’s Day, you should find a four-leaf clover or shamrock, wear
green, kiss the Blarney Stone and try to catch a Leprechaun!
St Patrick used the shamrock leaf to symbolise the Holy Trinity, and today many people wear a
shamrock to commemorate St Patrick’s Day.
Leprechauns are Irish pixies. They are tiny little old men dressed in green. Some say that they
know the way to a hidden pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. They are not very
friendly and extremely diffcult to catch.
The Blarney Stone can be found in Blarney Castle, County Cork, Ireland. It is said
that it has magical properties. There is a legend that an old woman put a spell on it
a long time ago. The king of that time was mute and when he kissed the Stone,
he was suddenly able to speak both quickly and convincingly!
Find the hidden words about St Patrick’s Day and Ireland. You can find them
vertically, horizontally or diagonally.
Ireland
I D C L O V E R
R A I N B O W S Irish
I I I S T Z U E Gold
S G R E E N A T Pot
H O E G J X I P Green
P R L E O H N A
Rainbow
O M A E D L P T
T L N V L R D R luck
H S D L A U U I clover
I T K A K V C C Shamrock
S H A M R O C K
Patrick
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