Gingerbread Houses

Last week we read lots of Gingerbread books. We read the Gingerbread Man, the Gingerbread Boy, The Stinky Cheese Man, Gingerbread Fred, and finally the Gingerbread Baby. There is a gingerbread house at the end of the Gingerbread Baby so on Friday we did that for our Fun Friday activity. We made two; one for the boys and one for the girls.

First are the pictures of the girls house. They were very eager and theirs kind of fell apart.

And now here is the boys house. They may be the next Aces of Cakes!

And now the best part, EATING IT!

Sock Hop

Our student council hosted a sock hop on Friday. Each child who brought a pair of new adult socks was admitted. The socks were collected for the elderly at a local nursing home. We were excited to help with the service project as well as get to do the Cha-Cha Song with some of our teachers!

Christmas Ornaments

We have been carefully making Christmas ornaments for our class Christmas tree. Here are two of the ones we have made from beads and pipe cleaners. The top one is obviously a candy cane and the second one is a Christmas tree.

November Home Project

Several months out of the year we have a home project that is fun. For the month of November we had a turkey to decorate. We are allowed to use any decoration that we can think of! This year we had feathers, pasta, rice, beans, magazine cutouts, and crayons. Check them out:

Six Sticks

A couple of weeks ago we worked on ways to make six. We read a book called Six Sticks. Afterward we use six Q-Tips to make our own pictures. Here are a few of our pictures.

Native American Lunch

Today we all dressed as Native Americans for lunch. Yesterday we dressed as Pilgrims. We have learned a lot about the Pilgrims and Native Americans the last couple of weeks. Here are some of the things we have learned:

Omar: "Some Native Americans lived in teepees."

Skyler: "Native Americans lived in different houses and they didn't paint them."

Brooklyn: "The Pilgrims came over on the Mayflower."

Sarah: "The Pilgrims helped start Thanksgiving."

Quincy: "Native Americans sometimes lived in teepees so they could move around."

Even though we looked at all kinds of stuff about longhouses, wigwams, and chickees, somehow the famous teepee is what always sticks in their mind!

Math Coach

Monday Mr. V came to do math with us. We have been studying shapes and geometry. Today he taught us about symmetry and we made some really neat symmetry faces. Check it out!