Students’ Poems

My Mother
Tender and pretty,
Raising children,
Loving father,
Running her business,
A very interesting personality.
( by Kate Osina
Grade 8a)

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My Mother
Good and careful,
Bringing comfort to our house,
Helping in any situation,
Loving her family,
My best friend.
(by Anita Sumaruk
Grade 8a)
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Mother
Happy and beautiful,
Loving and caring,
Helping in difficult moments,
Giving advice,
A very important person.
( by Tair Galiev
Grade 8v)

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My Mother
Lovely and hardworking,
Giving a lot of things to me,
Helpful and very kind,
Taking care of us,
A generous person.
by Svetlana Dremina
Grade 8a

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My Mother
Happy and kind,
Living for us,
Loving us very much,
Always supporting,
The best mother in the world!
( by Vladislava Rachinskaya
Grade 8a)

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The most important person in my life
Beautiful and beloved,
Hardworking and caring,
Helping in hard situations,
Giving me life,
My mother.
( byYana Ivanitskaya
Grade 8v)

Survey Results from the USA/ Ответы наших партнеров из США

Moravian Academy

Here are the results of our parent's survey:
Store bought gifts for Mom:
~flowers, cards, jewelry, clothes, books, earrings, purse, shirt, necklace, vase, a colorful scarf, favorite soap, and take her to lunch.
Handmade gifts for mom:
~cards, paper hearts, books, scarf, breakfast in bed, drawings, pictures, poems, a school bag, and a painting.
Additional questions:

1. What special activities did you enjoy doing with your mom?
~cooking, gardening, baking, talking to her about anything, knitting, shopping, playing board games, taking walks, going to the beach, doing volunteer work together, going on family outings, laughing, playing cards, going to the library, going to the park, and singing songs with her harmonica.

2. What special skills/talents did your mother teach (or pass down) to you?
~baking, being nice to everyone, attention to details, creativity, knitting, how to write and read in Spanish, cooking, the importance of family, cooking ethnic foods, canoeing, patience, how to make fudge, how to be a good mom, and to be hard working.

If you get a chance, we'd love to know to result of your survey.
It'd be interesting to see how we are alike and different.

Thanks, I think the moms enjoyed sharing these ideas with their children.

Robyn Endress,
Bethlehem, PA

USA

Project survey

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  Your parents’ were schoolchildren and also prepared presents for their mothers. Ask them:
  1. What presents they used to give to their mothers:
  a) from the shop
  b) made with their own hands
  2. What presents they created for their mothers:
  a) drawings/pictures
  b) embroidery
  c) woodcraft
  d) handmade paper things
  e) cookies
  f) other things.
  Grades 1-5 ask questions, grade 8 works out the results.

Project Participants

Grades:
1a-Teacher: DvoryanskayaL.K.
2a-Teacher:Krikun S.N.
3b- Teacher: Mironchuk E.A.
4a-Teacher: Chernaya L.A.
4b- Teacher:Gridneva A.A.
5a-Teacher: Beltseva S.M.
8a-Teacher: Rubleva T.I.
8v-Teacher: Kerez S.I.
Teachers of Economics:
Kucherenko N.V.
Nikolenko N.M.
Teachers of English:
Kolonskih N.M.
Lysenko A.S.
Stepanenko L.Yu.
Trotsenko S.V.
Shurupov V.V.
Computing Teachers:
Vinichenko S.A.
Semenova E.V.
Teacher of Arts:
Savkova M.V.

Project Stages/ Этапы проекта

1.Анкетирование учеников 1-5 кл. и их родителей.
2.Подготовка к чествованию мам:
*Изготовление подарков и открыток своими руками (1-8кл.)
*Подготовка сочинений и стихов о маме (5, 8 кл.)
*Подготовка рисунков ( компьютерная графика), посвященных мамам (3-5 кл.),
*Выпуск газет, посвященных Международному Женскому Дню 8Марта (8а, б кл.),
* Разучивание стихов, песен, инсценировок (1-4кл)
3.Презентация результатов проекта:
* Ярмарка праздничных подарков
* Выставка рисунков, открыток, газет
* Праздничный концерт для мам
4.Подведение итогов проекта
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Project Stages :
1. Students’ survey “The Way Our Parents Congratulated Their Mothers”(Grades:1-5)
2. Preparations for celebrating mothers:
* Creating handmade presents and greeting cards (Grades: 1-8)
* Creative Writing Contest: poems and essays about mothers (Grades: 5-8)
* Computing Graphic Contest (Grades:3-4)
* Wall Newspapers Contest: Women’s Day/ Mother’s Day (Grades: 8a, 8v)
* Preparing poems, songs, plays for the concert (Grades: 1-5)
3. Project Presentation:
* Charity Fair “Our Presents for Mothers” (Grades: 1-8)
*Project Exhibition: drawings, cards, newspapers (Grades: All)
* Great Concert for mothers. (Grades: 1-4)- March 7, 2008; 9.00a.m.
4. Summing Up. Project Evaluation - March 7, 2008