Summary
A musical tour of the many holidays City Island celebrates and the different families who celebrate them. Same city, many traditions, all on the calendar. Good for a class where holidays look different at every table.
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Discussion questions
Discussion
Three quick questions to run after the short.
- Which holidays did City Island celebrate?
- Why do different families celebrate different things?
- What holiday is important in your family?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: holiday, tradition, calendar.
Try it: Draw one holiday your family celebrates and write one thing you do on that day.