Holidays Around the World

We began our month long journey to learn about holiday traditions around the world!  This week we visited Germany and learned that Christmas trees and gingerbread originated there.

Each student will color a map and flag of each country we visit.
They will keep their projects inside of these "suitcases"!

We integrated math with art in this Christmas tree project. The students made the tree beginning with the longest strip. They used words like "longer, shorter, longest, shortest."

Nicky's Christmas tree

We also read The Gingerbread Man! They had fun comparing and contrasting the different versions.  In their Friday Folders, you will see they practiced sequencing and retelling the story in order, measuring a gingerbread man with cubes, and recreating the book.  We also wrote in our journals using our new sight word "and".

We had fun retelling the story with our friends!

In math, we are continuing to learn about "teen" numbers. We are practicing writing, recognizing, and building them.  

Building "tens" and "ones"-Place value!