Advent
Adventskranz

This section contains :

1. Information on Advent.
The significance and traditional activities of Advent are explained in English.

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2. December vocabulary.
December Vocabulary - Dezember Wortschatz- Important vocabulary for Advent, St Nikolaus and Christmas. This section has the words in German and the English beside them.
Note: Four A4 blackline masters depicting these words (with appropriate pictures) can be obtained by contacting the author at Billanook Primary. The blackline masters can then be enlarged to A3 and coloured in for attractive display charts or used as the basis for worksheets.

3. Information on the Advent wreath.
The wreath is explained in simple language introducing the concept of 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th Advent.

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4. Advent poems.
Two Advent poems. One of the poems with appropriate illustrations can be obtained by contacting the author at Billanook Primary.

5. Craft activity.

Wreath that the children can made.
Grade Three and Four sheet - Children make their own wreath (Adventskranz). This activity consists of a design for the wreath to be coloured in using felt markers for twigs and ribbons, and green pencil for background. It is then pasted onto a plate or thicker paper and carefully cut out. The candles and flames (KerzenFlammen und Ständer) are coloured in, cut out and folded where marked "hier falten". The backs of candles and flames are pasted together, creating a double-sided candle and flame. Paste is applied to the bases (Ständer)of the candles, which are then attached to the wreath to form a circular base (Ständer). The bases (Ständer) lie flat on the wreath, whilst the four candles stand up.
Note : A Prep and Grade One Advent paper-tearing activity that requires large green kindersquares and photocopied sheet is available by contacting the author at Billanook Primary School. For this activity the children colour the candles red and the flames yellow, then tear small pieces of green paper and glue these to wreath.

6. Worksheets.
(a) Grade One and Two Cloze Activity - Children choose the appropriate words and write these in the blank spaces.
The appropriate words are in brackets under the poem.
(b) Grades Four, Five and Six - A cloze activity on Advent. Three words to be added in each section are grouped together to simplify the activity

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7. Resources

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