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Elise's Maple-Sap Letter

Kindergarten students read a historical letter and compare family traditions that are alike in some ways and different in others.

KindergartenSocial StudiesInteractive · Printable

Aligned toHIS.K.4

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  • 1 C3 Framework standard
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Format
Interactive · Printable
Grade
Kindergarten
Subject
Social Studies
Question types
Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Circle the answer, Short answer

About this worksheet

What students practice

  • Students describe a family tradition from a historical letter.
  • Students identify ways two family traditions are alike and different.
  • Students recognize that families may have different traditions.

How to use

Read the letter aloud and talk about what each family does again and again. Then let students answer the questions and share a family tradition if they wish.

Curriculum

C3 Framework standard covered

HIS.K.4

Describe family traditions and how families are alike and different.

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Elise's Maple-Sap Letter

Read a letter about two family traditions.

Read the letter

Listen as your teacher reads the letter. Then answer the questions.

A Letter from Elise

March 12, 1910
Dear Theo,
Each March, my family wakes early in Vermont. We ride in a horse-drawn wagon to our maple trees. Father and I hang tin pails to collect sap. Mother boils the sap in a large iron pan. At the end, we eat pancakes with maple syrup. You told me that each October your Ohio family presses apples for cider. Your family works together and shares the cider. Our activities differ, but both are family traditions.
Your cousin, Elise

1.
Where does Elise's family collect maple sap?
  • A. In Ohio
  • B. In Vermont
  • C. At a city market
  • D. At Theo's school
2.
Word bank: March · October · December

Elise's family collects sap each  .

3.
Circle the two ways the families are alike.

They work together.They do the activity in March.They collect maple sap.They share something after the work.

4.
How are the family traditions different?
  • A. One family makes syrup, and one presses apples.
  • B. One family works, and one family rests.
  • C. One family lives with cousins, and one lives alone.
  • D. One family shares food, and one family shares nothing.
5.
Why can Elise call maple-sap collecting a family tradition?
  • A. Her family does it again each March.
  • B. Her family tries it one time in winter.
  • C. Her family reads about it in a letter.
  • D. Her family buys apples from Ohio.

Think about family traditions

Use the letter and your own thinking. Circle or choose the best answer.

6.
Mina's family plants flowers every May. Omar's family paints a family banner every May. How are these families alike?
  • A. Both families press apples.
  • B. Both families repeat an activity each May.
  • C. Both families collect maple sap.
  • D. Both families live in Vermont.
7.
Circle the two examples of family traditions.

A family builds a snow fort every winter.A child drops a cup one morning.A family visits an aunt every July.A child ties a shoe before school.

8.
Word bank: again and again · only once · by accident

A tradition is something a family does  .

9.
Which sentence about Elise's and Theo's families is supported by the letter?
  • A. The families have the same activity.
  • B. The families have no traditions.
  • C. The families have different activities but work together.
  • D. Both families do their activity in October.
10.
Tell one way Elise's family and Theo's family are alike and one way they are different.

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