On Monday, we made some stockings to hang in our classroom. Santa visited our classroom and left little gifts in our stockings three days in a row! The children were excited to check them each morning. We also had fun doing a couple of writing projects. On Tuesday, we chose the job we would most like to do at the North Pole (make the toys, take care of the letters to Santa, make the Christmas goodies, or wrap the presents) and wrote an elf to-do list. It was hard to think of the specific jobs each elf would be in charge of. On Thursday, we brainstormed and wrote about the different ways we could make it onto Santa’s nice list. The students had many, many great ways to be “nice” throughout the year and the Christmas season. We also pretended to go shopping for our moms and dads. Each student had ten cents to go shopping with. They had to split it into two groups, one for mom and one for dad, and decide what they were going to buy for each person. They did a super job and had great ideas for gifts for you all!
We continued to work on words with magic e. The students are getting much better at reading these words, even though they can be tricky! We wrote our class story about Keilee Powers, and, of course, read many great Christmas books. One of our favorites was about how people around the world celebrate Christmas. The students sure were surprised to hear that in some places, people celebrate Christmas with fireworks!
During math, we learned to play a few more games. We played The Penny Plate Game on Wednesday. For this game, the students took turns hiding some pennies (out of their group of ten pennies) under a plate and putting the rest on top. Their partner then had to figure out how many pennies were under the plate without looking. This was quite the challenge, but the game was fun! We also played a game using the addition and subtraction symbols.
On Tuesday, Mrs. Sullivan from the Farm Bureau office came and talked to us about Christmas tree farms. She read a book which taught us how Christmas tree farms grow, and then we got to string cranberries and puff corn to make garland for the deer and rabbits at our houses!
As I reflect back on the first half of our year together, I couldn’t be happier to have your children in my life! I’m so grateful for their smiles, hugs, and silly phrases! I wish you all the happiest of holidays! I’ll see you in January!
Mrs. Hansen
We continued to work on words with magic e. The students are getting much better at reading these words, even though they can be tricky! We wrote our class story about Keilee Powers, and, of course, read many great Christmas books. One of our favorites was about how people around the world celebrate Christmas. The students sure were surprised to hear that in some places, people celebrate Christmas with fireworks!
During math, we learned to play a few more games. We played The Penny Plate Game on Wednesday. For this game, the students took turns hiding some pennies (out of their group of ten pennies) under a plate and putting the rest on top. Their partner then had to figure out how many pennies were under the plate without looking. This was quite the challenge, but the game was fun! We also played a game using the addition and subtraction symbols.
On Tuesday, Mrs. Sullivan from the Farm Bureau office came and talked to us about Christmas tree farms. She read a book which taught us how Christmas tree farms grow, and then we got to string cranberries and puff corn to make garland for the deer and rabbits at our houses!
As I reflect back on the first half of our year together, I couldn’t be happier to have your children in my life! I’m so grateful for their smiles, hugs, and silly phrases! I wish you all the happiest of holidays! I’ll see you in January!
Mrs. Hansen