Hanukkah is a Jewish holiday of eight nights that starts in late November or December. These texts tell what families do, lighting the menorah, spinning the dreidel, frying latkes and giving gelt, and the story the holiday remembers, in plain words for young readers. The last page asks every child about a tradition their own family loves, whatever holiday it belongs to.
Six pages. Pages 1 to 3 hold two short texts each, with questions after every text: eight nights of light and the helper candle, the dreidel and foods fried in oil, gelt and the Hanukkah story. Page 4 shows four dreidels, one letter on each, to name from a word bank. Page 5 matches six Hanukkah words to their meanings, and page 6 is a draw and write page about a family tradition.
Read a text a day in the week before Hanukkah. If a child in the class keeps Hanukkah, invite them to share how their family does it, as families keep it in different ways. Spin a real dreidel after page 2.
Read the texts together and talk about the holidays and traditions your family keeps. If you have a dreidel, play the dreidel game together.
Six short texts on Hanukkah: the menorah and its helper candle, the dreidel, foods fried in oil, gelt and the story of the holiday. Children answer questions about each text, name the letters on a dreidel, match words to their meanings and write about a tradition their own family loves.
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