Hi All,
Thanks to all who contributed to our class auction basket! It turned out so well.
We had a very fun-filled “Christmasy” day, yesterday!
Our room is beginning to look a lot like Christmas!
We began Unwrapping the Greatest Gift, by Ann Voskamp. Each day we will add an ornament or two that reflects how Jesus’s birth was part of God’s great plan for His world.
We also started our countdown to Christmas by doing the activity on our first gift. We made cards for soldiers. We will send these cards to David Peters, Mrs. Peters’ son. He will help to get them to other soldiers on his base. These men are always looking for chapstick, gum, or lifesavers. If you would like to send in a tube or pack on Monday, I will include them with our cards.
We will do a Christmas related activity each day. Some of the activities will be service projects, like these cards for our military service members, engineering type activities (like building a Christmas tree out of cups or building structures using toothpicks and gumdrops), science experiments, and some just fun projects. We may need a few extra supplies in the next few days. I will try to send out a sign-up form this weekend. Please don’t feel obligated, but a bit of help would be helpful.
We also started to use a few of the Christmas themed math games. The students love these games and playing them with their peers. We use these games to build fact fluency.
A few of the kids have been exploring inclined planes with our blocks. We have been talking about simple machines during science and they are transferring the book knowledge into practical uses in the classroom. Love to see learning in action!
Enjoy the rest of your weekend!
First Grade at CCA 