Brrrrrr

I've been so cold this week, this seems like the only logical title! But, with the cold weather comes so perks! Monday, we had a two hour delay and on Friday the first graders received a special treat for silently reading 20 books, an extra recess outside! Throughout the week we have also continued our Christmas Around the world social studies themes, and creating some fun Christmas projects to go along with it.

On Tuesday we flew to Germany, and while there we learned about their traditional Christmas treat, gingerbread! The students decorated their own gingerbread cookies to take home with them. On Wednesday we flew to Africa, and made some stockings with traditional Kenyan print.

Thursday we took a break on our theme to spread some Christmas Cheer at our local nursing home. The students did a wonderful job at singing Christmas carols, sharing memory verses, and passing out Christmas cards. We even had one student sing a solo! I think we definitely brought some energy to the residents there!

As we're narrowing down to Christmas break, the Kindergarten have been learning their last few alphabet letters during phonics. This week we read words with the letters "x" and "z" in them. First grade are still trucking along with learning grammar rules for long vowels. We've talked about long "u" and silent "gh". We've also are doing a lot of writing, and are implementing writing journals during Bible time.

The Kindergartners have started a big unit in math, money! This week we started talking about pennies and how to count them. First grade is doing a lot of work with hundred numbers, quarters, and centimeters.

Next week is the last week until Christmas break! On Thursday is the Christmas Party, with a book gift exchange. Hope everyone has a fun (and cold) weekend.