Fernando M. Reimers et a1.

examining the different sounds that each instrument makes. They
can learn about orchestras, listen to music, and learn how each dif—
ferent instrument contributes to making a larger, grander sound as
a group. They can then learn about different musical instruments
from different cultures.

Activity [(5.4

They learn how Children’s Day is celebrated around the world
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Children’s_Day).

They can design their own Children’s Day celebration and/or iden—
tify a person or a group of people they want to celebrate. They then
explain why they want to celebrate that person or group and create
a thank—you card and/ or other forms of celebration. Grandparents
and parents are easy candidates for celebration and thanks, as are the
people they met during the tour of the school and the guest speakers
(people who serve the community) they met in the previous unit.

Resources K5

An explanation of New Year’s Eve (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
New_Year%27s_Eve)
http://www.lessonplanspage.com/NewYears.htm

Celebrations Around t/9e W/orlu': A Multicultural Handbook, by Carole
S. Angell

Children just Li/ee Me: Celekmtionsé by Anabel Kindersley (contrib—
utor) and Barnabas Kindersley (photographer) (http://www.ama-
zon.com/Children—Just—Like—Me—Celebrations/dp/O789420279/ref
=sr__1_1Fs=books8cie=UTF88qud=13065235498£sr=1—1)
http://www.amazon.com/DK—Readers-Holiday—Celebration—
Beginning/dp/O789457113

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