Merry Christmas

Dear Parents and Students,

It is about 10:00 PM on Christmas Eve and as I sit here in West Virginia you all are on my mind. I hope all of the children are tucked into bed awaiting Santa. (I know I am about to be!) I wish each and everyone of you a very Merry Christmas. Enjoy your time together as a family because your little ones will grow up fast. I hope that as you wake in the morning you will all find exactly what you wished for and that you enjoy a great day of family, friends, and food.

I will wake up early to help my mother with our Christmas Day dinner. Then as Dad gets up we will see what Santa brought and then enjoy a great meal before my mother heads off to work. Then Dad and I will "relax"- which really means watch TV and fall asleep before we head to the neighbors for time with great friends and more food:)

I wish you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Germany

Decorating the tree is an important part of the Christmas celebration. Besides using ornaments, lights, and tinsel, the German people also hang cookies (shaped like people, animals, hearts, or stars ) on the branches.

A Christmas Game in Germany: A hat, scarf, gloves, knife and fork are needed to play this game. You also need a dice and a wrapped chocolate bar. Players take turns throwing the dice. When one gets a double, he quickly puts on the hat, scarf and gloves and tries to open the bar, using only the knife and fork. He eats as much as he can, still using only the knife and the fork. Meanwhile, the other players, keep throwing the dice.If another player throws a double, then it is their turn to take the hat, scarf, mittens and put them on to take his turn at the bar. This game goes on until the bar has been eaten. http://www.saskschools.ca/~gregory/chr/germany.html

We followed a pattern and made Christmas trees out of pasta wheels.

France

On Wednesday we talked about France. Nearly every French home at Christmastime displays a Nativity scene or creche, which serves as the focus for the Christmas celebration. The creche is often peopled with little clay figures called santons or "little saints. We used clay and created our own santons. We will be use our creative writing skills and write a story about our figure and publish our writing.

Mexico

On Tuesday we talked about Mexico and the Legend of the Pointsettia. We followed directions to create a poinsettia out of construction paper.

China

In China they make paper lanterns, paper chains, and paper flowers to add to their "Tree of Lights."

We had a great time making our paper chains and paper lanterns today after we got off the plane in China this morning!

Christmas around the World

As we work our way toward Christmas break the students and I are learning about the different customs surrounding the holiday season in different countries. I will post pictures each day showing what we are making to "represent" each of the countries. I hope you enjoy our "live action" shots this week.

Turkey Time

There are a lot of turkeys in our classroom!

Gobble, Gobble, Gobble!

Math Tub Time

Check us out- we are all busy working with our Math Tubs.

Today we worked with three tubs: Dominoes, Pattern Blocks, and 3-Digit Addition Dice.

Character Pumpkins

From Harry Potter to.....

Chrysanthemun and Junie B. Jones
Frog from Frog and Toad

Humpty Dumpty and Sister Bear


The Raccoon from the Kissing Hand and Henny Penny



Green Eggs and Ham


This project turned out awesome! Other classrooms have been touring our hallway to check them out. Great Job!

Socking it to Drugs

We were socking it to drugs today! Check out all of our crazy socks!

Western Day

Here are some very silly cowgirls and cowboys- we sure do know how to have fun at Keowee!

Western Day

Check out all the cowgirls and cowboys on Western Day!

Opening Post

Parents,

I hope that you find this Blog helpful. I want to be able to post pictures and information about our class in a more creative way. I am going to try this for awhile. Please add posts and help me keep this going.

Thank you for your support, Mrs. Brown