Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Our Last Stop

Our last stop was the U.S.A. We learned about all of the Christmas traditions that were started in the United States. We made mini candy canes, watched The Polar Express and ate cookies! What a great way to end Christmas Around the World. We had a lot of fun discovering different traditions while learning our continents.

It's Kwanza Time

It's Kwanza Time! We had a fun time learning about Kwanza. We made Kwanza mats and learned about the seven days of celebration!

Monday, December 14, 2009

Gingerbread Math

On Friday we did some yummy Gingerbread math!






Economics Fair

We had a great time at the Economics Fair. The snow cones were a hit this year! We all had red and blue lips the rest of the day! Thanks fifth grade!






Wednesday, December 9, 2009

Germany

Today we learned about Germany traditions. We read Why Christmas Trees Aren't Perfect and talked about the tradition of Christmas trees from Germany. We also learned that Germany gave us yummy gingerbread.

Tuesday, December 8, 2009

Mexico

Today we visited Mexico. We learned about poinsettias and hot chocolate. We read the story The Legend of the Poinsettia and made poinsettias!

Thursday, December 3, 2009

Christmas Around the World

We started Christmas Around the World today. Our class will be visiting five different countries over the next two weeks. Today we learned about Israel and Hanukkah.

Wednesday, December 2, 2009

Noun Review

We have been learning a lot about nouns. Have fun playing this noun review game!

Tuesday, December 1, 2009

December Book Order


The December Book Order is due December 8th.
OnlineOrdering
User Name: hansen
Password: creekside