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Why Do We
Celebrate
Hmong New
Year
and Thanksgiving
in
November?
A Web Quest
for 3rd and 4th Graders at Jackson
Elementary School
Designed by Wendy Cardinal
Introduction | Task | Process | Evaluation | Conclusion | Credits | Teacher Page
Introduction
During the month of November, many
families at
Jackson Elementary
School celebrate either
Hmong New Year orThanksgiving.
Sometimes families celebrate both!
You will be able to find out how
these celebrations, sometimes called holidays, began!
The Task
Your task, or your job,
is to follow these six steps
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You will research, or find facts, that tell how these
celebrations began.
1. Get a research packet.
2. You and your partner
will choose one of the celebrations to research.
3. Click on the links to
learn facts about the holiday you have chosen.
4. Complete the research
packet.
5. Write a paragraph
telling about the holiday you have chosen.
6. Draw and color a
picture that goes with your holiday.
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The
Process
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Step
1 You and your partner need to get a research
packet.
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Click here to
print the packet.
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You
will each write the information on your own paper.
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Step 2 You and your partner need to choose a November
holiday that you will research together.
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Hmong
New Year
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Thanksgiving
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Step
3 Click
on the links (pictures) below to find information about the holiday that
you and your partner have chosen.
 Thanksgiving
 Hmong New Year
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Step 4 Complete the research packet.
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Use
the information you read about to fill in your packet.
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Step
5 Write a paragraph that tells about
the holiday you have chosen.
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You
will use the information from your research packet to make good sentences for
your paragraph.
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Remember,
a paragraph is a group of good sentences that gives information about the
one thing.
Click
here for a “good sentence” checklist.
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Step
6 Draw
a picture that goes with the holiday you have just written about.
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Use
the paper that has the lines it. Click
here to print the paper.
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After
you draw and color the picture, write about what the picture shows. Use
good sentences!
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Evaluation
Students will
be graded on the following rubric:
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Beginning
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Developing
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Accomplished
3
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Exemplary
4
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Score
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Working together with
a partner
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Student did not work together.
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Student worked together but did not accomplish
the goals.
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Student worked together and accomplished most
goals.
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Student worked together and accomplished all
goalss.
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The research
packet
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Student did not fill out a research packet.
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Student filled out a research packet but the
information is wrong.
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Student filled out the research
packet and most of the information is correct.
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Student filled out all of the research packet
and all of the information is correct.
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The paragraph
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Student did not write a paragraph.
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Student wrote a paragraph but the sentences
are not “good” sentences.
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Student wrote a paragraph and most of the sentences
are “good” sentences.
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Student wrote a paragraph and all of the sentences
are “good” sentences.
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The drawing with the sentences.
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Student did not complete a drawing with
sentences..
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Student did the drawing with the sentences but
they are not clear or easy to understand.
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Student did the drawing with the sentences and
both are mostly clear and easy to understand.
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Student did the drawing with the sentences and
both are very clear and easy to understand.
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Conclusion
Now
you know why we celebrate these two holidays during November at Jackson
Elementary School. If anyone ever asks you, “What is
Thanksgiving?”, “What is Hmong New Year?”, you will be able to tell them!
Credits
Many ideas came from
the WebQuest page:
www.webquest.org “Here’s the Holiday for You”
Shellye Wardensky, K-2
English/Language Arts, Social Studies
Google Images from:
www.holidays.net
www.hmongabc.org
Information about
Hmong New Year:
www.arts.wa.gov/progFA/AsianFest/Hmong/fahmong2.html
Last
updated on August 15, 1999. Based on a template from The WebQuest Page
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