Happy Holidays!

Hi everyone! I hope y’all are enjoying the two weeks we get off to spend time with friends and family, to travel, and to sleep in. The last week before school let out for winter break was hectic. We wrapped up our money unit and weather, seasons, and day & night unit. We played some fun money games on the website ABCYa if you would like your child to practice counting coins. We played a bingo money game and another counting money one that the kids really liked.

We did our monthly Vietnamese writing that will be added to their first grade book at the end of the year. It was a fun guided writing about a reindeer. They got to give their reindeer a name, write about what it likes to eat, and if it was a girl or a boy.

In VLA, we learned the blends of CH and TR. When we get back from break, we will jump right in learning G and GH.

 We squeezed in our monthly science buddies. Thanks for those who brought in baking soda and shaving cream for the class! Ask your child what they did with their 5^th grade buddies. They should have brought home a bag of “snow.”

 We returned our little class friend. Here is a picture of Jiffy! He was a very playful guinea pig and always came out to interact with the kids from his cage.

We made reindeer bags and placed our first grade Christmas ornament in there. Look at how cute some of the reindeers are.

 We wrapped our books for the Holiday book exchange. The kids had a good time with this. This year we had no criers! I talked to the kids about how we needed to be thankful for the book we get even though it might not be the book we want prior to the book exchange. This class is pretty good about good sportsmanship and getting along J I was so busy during the Christmas party that I didn’t get to snap any photos. It was so rushed but so fun.

Students will return back on January 5^th, 2016!