Christmas Ornament Part, Part, Whole

We did this little part, part, whole and fact family activity before the break.  I purchased a package of large multi colored sequins at Hobby Lobby and gave each child two colors (making sure to give each child different amounts.)  They glued them on their Christmas tree and then filled in their recording sheet.

                                                                      

You can grab yourself a copy of the worksheet and tree pattern by clicking on the picture above.

Santa Apple & Parent Gift

Today we made our Santa apples and the kids loved it!  One little girl told me it was "the best day ever!"  It is amazing to me how sometimes the smallest things we do make the biggest impact.

 

 

The students took their parent gifts home today.  I hope none were broken on the way home.

 

To the teachers, students, and first responders in CT - You are all HEROS!  Many prayers for you and your families!

4 Seasons {Poetry}

Summer, Spring, Winter, Fall

Which is best?

We like them all!

 

  I had my students pick a season and write a cinquain poem about the season they chose.  All my students chose winter except for two and those two chose summer.  Go figure.

Winter

freezing, bright, white

sledding, playing, snowing

It is freezing outside.

Seasons

 Summer

hot, blazing, fun

swimming, playing, fishing

It is hot outside.

Seasons

Winter

snow, cold, freezing

throwing, playing, skating

It is freezing outside.

Seasons

 

Summer

hot, pink, fun

swimming, cooking, playing

It is hot outside.

Seasons

 

 

Countdown to Santa

Here is a picture of our Countdown Santa.  I have my students put a cotton ball on whatever day in December it is and when we get to 25 -  SANTA!  (When we leave for break, I send enough cotton balls home in a baggie with each of my sweeties so they can finish it at home.)

 

Here is a picture of our art center this week:

 

The kids loved using the hole punch!  You would have thought I was passing out $100 bills!

 

 

Zebras, Leopards and Gingerbread Graph

We've been busy learning about zebras and leopards this past week.  It goes along with our story for the week - "How Leopard Got His Spots." 

We wrote about zebras:

We did a Venn diagram comparing leopards and zebras and then the students had to use their Venn diagram to write a sentence telling how zebras and leopards are the same and how they are different:

Here is one of my kiddos doing the "Spin a Character" center that you can grab for yourself for free by clicking on the picture below:

 

We did get in one or two Christmas activities as well.  I read several versions of "The Gingerbread Man" and we did several activites with that.  One of the favorite activities was the gingerbread/snowman marshmallow graph:

 

If you are interested in doing this with your kids, then you need these two packages of marshmallows:

 

 and then you need to grab yourself a copy of the graph by clicking on the picture below.