The students loved making these edible Easter nests. Just look at the smiles!
Holidays
Christmas Fun
Over the last days before our Christmas break, we had a lot of fun doing special Christmas activities. We got to shop at the “Christmas Store” in the gym, choosing special gifts with the help of our big buddies…
…and then getting them wrapped by the helpers who donated their time.
Finally, they were all ready for us to take home.
We also hand-made our Christmas cards…
and made special wrapping for our clay gifts…
We decorated Christmas cookies…
and made a cooperative mural.
The highlight, though, was the Christmas concert.
Have a Merry Christmas and a wonderful holiday from all of us.
Letters to Santa
It’s the time of year that we need to let Santa know we are thinking of him. Together we decided that when we wrote to Santa we needed to thank him for last year’s gift, say something nice and then tell him what we were hoping to get this year. The students worked very hard on this; it’s an important document to get right. We mailed the letters to Santa, but first we took a picture of them so that you could see them on their blogs. Be sure to check to see their heart’s desires and their developing skills.
Creepy Characters!
Just look at the strange children that showed up in my classroom on Halloween! We had a lot of fun learning about counting by 10’s as we counted the seeds in our pumpkins with ten frames.
Pancakes and a Bunny
What a great breakfast we had together this morning! Yum, yum. Thank you parents for providing the fruit and cheese. We also had a bunny make an appearance in our classroom and everyone got to find out what a bunny actually feels like.
See Our Santas!
This month, we made a trip to the Art Museum to work with clay. After the clay was fired, we painted and glazed it, then added ribbon as a finishing touch. These wonderful Santa ornaments are the result.
Thank you Mrs. Tolley for taking the pictures and helping the students to finish!
Celebrating Hanukkah
This week we are learning about celebrations. We’ve discovered that some of our celebrations are the same as others in our class and some are different. After we read a story about Hanukkah (which NONE of us celebrate), we tried potato pancakes. Almost all of the students gave them a thumbs up.
Later, we Skyped with Ms Lirenman’s class in Surrey who taught us a lot about Hanukkah, including the dreidel.
They lit a menorah for us to see. We wondered why the candle flame looked like this. Do you know?
Clay Santas and the Christmas Store
Just look at the terrific clay Santa ornaments we made at the Art Museum! Next week, after they have been fired, we’ll paint them so we can take them home for Christmas.
Today was also the annual Christmas Store. For 50 cents, the students could purchase new or gently used gifts for each of their family members. What a thrill for the students to be able to purchase their gifts themselves and to get them wrapped to take home for Christmas.
Making Easter Baskets
My Pot of Gold
On St. Patrick’s Day, after reading a book about some things that were more important than a pot of gold, we discussed what our “pot of gold” would be. Later, the children tweeted about #mypotofgold. I have embedded the tweets below. You’ll have to click through to see the tweets from our class (they are at the end) as others saw our hashtag and got involved. I have deleted a few tweets that were not primary friendly.