So they say,
"Food brings people together."
In the traditional Chinese culture, dumplings symbolizes wealth and prosperity.
They are often eaten over the Chinese Lunar New Year, when the whole family is together to celebrate. Dumplings are shaped like ancient Chinese gold or silver ingots, which symbolizes wealth.
The students experienced the preparation of jiaozi or what we know as dumplings.
They started off by flatening the dough using their hands or a rolling pin.
Once the dough was ready, they added a teaspoon full of ground meat.
Then they folded the dough and made sure that they sealed the edges by pressing them together creating a moon-shaped dumpling.
Thanks to our amazing parents, Annie, Cliff, and Yoshie for cooking and preparing the dumplings for the students!
Finally, they ate the delicious dumplings in class!
Eating and sharing these dumplings hopefully will help the students remember the Chinese culture of wealth, luck, and prosperous year ahead.
As we come to the end of our Finding Out in our Inquiry Cycle, the students started putting together their research by creating a poster.
This poster gives an information about themselves.
Who I am...
Their country, their culture, family values and traditions.
They have become knowledgeable about their countries flag, historical facts, food and clothing and how these symbolizes and represent them.
They helped each other by brainstorming ideas and facts about their country.
As we continue with the SORTING OUT next week, the students will think of more creative ideas on how they can successfully showcase their understanding of their cultures, traditions and beliefs as they celebrate their similarities and differences.
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