This week, we started talking about winter holidays! On Monday, we read “The Runaway Latkes,” a story that touches on some Hanukkah traditions and has the same patterns as the Gingerbread Man stories. We also found an ice ball and a snow ball outside, and brought them in to do a science experiment! Our question was: “Which will melt faster: ice or snow?” Each student made a prediction (and we talked about what that word means), and wrote their names on a chart. At the end of the day, we checked on the ice and snow, and found that the snow had melted faster!
On Tuesday, we spent the morning in the forest classroom! It had rained the day before and a lot of the snow had melted, so we had fun playing in the mud and seeing the fog lifting off of the leftover snow. At Morning Meeting, we read “The Snow Tree,” a book about a bear that works together with his forest animal friends to decorate a boring, snow-covered pine tree with natural items of every color! After that, we took a walk on the trail to find a Solstice Tree (the origin of today’s Christmas tree). Once we had found a nice pine tree, we found colorful items from nature to decorate it with, just like the characters in the story.
On Wednesday, we had our Winter Craft event! Some awesome family members came to make special crafts with the students! We made picture frame ornaments, painted pine cones, reindeer food, and paper plate Christmas trees! It was a fun morning and the students were very proud of their work.
On Thursday, we read “The Snowy Nap” by Jan Brett, a story about a hedgehog who does not want to hibernate because he is worried that he will miss all of the wonders of winter. Students also had fun playing with Mrs. Becka!
On Friday, we learned about Santa Lucia Day. Some students created Santa Lucia crowns in the art center. After snack time, our sixth grade buddies came to visit us and we made “Forky” from Toy Story 4 together!
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