On Tuesday last week, the whole school worked together to prepare a Thanksgiving feast! My class helped prepare the fruit salad by cutting up bananas, pulling grapes off the vine, and dumping canned fruit into the salad. A few students also dressed up as Pilgrims and Indians for the feast. We had a wonderful colony in our school!
Going into the new week, we started our Christmas social studies theme, "Christmas Around the World". In the afternoons, we hop on our "airplane" and fly to a different part of the world to learn how they celebrate Christmas. So far we have traveled to Peru, Mexico, and the Bahamas. We've learned about poinsettias, different types of holiday foods, and Spanish Christmas carols. Another way we celebrated Christmas this week is by setting up our classroom Christmas decorations. The tree is now a popular place to read and do worksheets.
We also has a special treat come in on Tuesday. The fire department put on a program that taught us about fire safety in the home. It was very entertaining with magic, puppets, jokes, and songs.
The kindergartners have has a busy few weeks in phonics. They learned to read words containing "f", "v", "m", and "o". They also finished a Christmas reader book. It's been so fun to see their progress in fluently sounding out words. In math they have begun the big concept of addition! The class seams to really enjoy it!
First graders have also been busy learning about sneaky "y", who likes to pretend to be a vowel. They have also been reading different stories about Christmas and snow. In math, they are studying the calendar, telling time to the half hour, and just starting to learn some liquid measurements.
Going through the holiday season, I have definitely been thankful for this incredible class this year. They have been such a joy to teach, and I am so blessed to get to know each and every one of them! Thank you for giving me the opportunity to be their teacher!
Thanks for being a great teacher! Love the update!
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