December 3, 2016

Holidays Around the World (Week of 11-28-16)

This week we learned how other countries celebrate Christmas. Here is a peek at our week! 

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Monday:  Today we talked about how we celebrate Christmas in America and made a family traditions quilt. Here is a picture of it:


Tuesday: Today we learned about Christmas in Mexico. We made poinsettias and wrote about how their Christmas was different from ours. Here is some of our work:


Wednesday: Today we learned about Christmas in France. We made a nativity scene and talked about how it is different from our Christmas. 

Thursday: Today during Science, we used cookies to show the different phases of the moon. Here are some pictures:

  










We also learned about Christmas in Israel. We made  menorahs and sang the dreidle song.



Friday: Today we learned about Christmas in Germany. We made these Christmas trees and ate them! We also chose which country we would want to celebrate Christmas in and why.






Reminders: 

*The book fair will be here until the 7th! 
*On Wednesday December 14 we will have Polar Express Day and the kids can bring a blanket/pillow
* Our class holiday party is Thursday December 15 (see the note in progress report folder or the link on here) 
*Our winter break begins Monday 12-19-16 :) 




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