Stocking Fun!

Each student had a piece of paper with words inside a rectangle. They cut out their rectangle and threw the rest of the words away. After cutting the words and the stocking out, we played our own version of BINGO. I called out a word and they looked to see if they had it in their pile. By the end, all of the words were called and glued on the stocking. We then added cotton balls to the top of the stocking and decorations when we were finished. Each student then had a turn to read the words on his/her stocking and share their illustrations.

Christmas Themed Table Names

I was able to get our table names changed before we leave for winter break. The class was very excited to come in and see the new names on top of the tables!

 

"Deer" Santa

Last week. we wrote letters to Santa and made reindeer. We placed these in the hallway and asked Candy Cane to spray magic dust on them so they would fly with him to the North Pole over the weekend and Santa could read our letters. We were very excited when we returned on Monday morning and saw that the papers were in different spots! We knew then, that Candy Cane took them to see Santa by using his magic dust.

Holiday Tangrams

During our math time today, I introduced holiday tangrams. I first read a story about a man named Tan, who was carrying a special piece of tile and dropped it into 7 pieces. He tried for the rest of his life to put the tile pieces back together. He was never able to put the pieces back together exactly right. While attempting to put the pieces together, he created several wonderful pictures. The class split up into partners and worked together, using only those 7 pieces, to recreate a few of the holiday pictures Tan made.

Adventure's of Candy Cane Week #2

For our second full week of having Candy Cane in our classroom, he provided us with a lot of fun and tricky hiding spots!



On Monday, he was found chilling out above our ENO board with his legs and arms crossed relaxing while keeping an eye all day long.










On Tuesday, he made a point that we should respect our country and our flag by sitting behind it. We think he was excited to say the Pledge of Allegiance with us that morning.




Wednesday, he was found hiding behind the bow on the door to our classroom. He watched how each student kept in a nice READY line as they entered  and exited the classroom.





On Thursday, we found him head first in the seashells on Mrs. Brown's desk! He's most likely telling us he is ready to go on a beach vacation after the holiday season!



Friday, we found that Candy Cane was playing around when we were not in the classroom. He must have been jumping from number jar to number jar and knocked a few off and then got himself stuck from one of the clips! We could not believe how much of a mess he made, but are hoping it's cleaned up by the time we come back to school on Monday!

All I Want for Christmas is My Two Front Teeth!

This week's poem was titled "All I Want for Christmas is My Two Front Teeth". The class loved reading/signing this poem. On Friday, we performed the poem, as well as listened to other versions online! Below is our performance and a few other videos we watched and sang along.

Holiday Sing-Along

Our school had a "Holiday Sing-Along" this afternoon. For the past couple of weeks, each class/grade level has been practicing specific holiday songs. While each grade took their turn to sing, the other classes were encouraged to join in by reading the words on the screen. Below are four videos I took of the kindergarten students singing and dancing along!

Gingerbread Man Hunt!

Last week, we read several gingerbread stories. We read a couple stories titled The Gingerbread Man, The Gingerbread Girl, Gingerbread Pirates, The Gingerbread Mouse, The Gingerbread Baby and a few more! On Friday (which was also pajama day) we decorated and cooked our very own classroom Gingerbread Man. It was my job to put him in the oven during lunch. The class told me not peak too soon in the oven. Well, as I was eating my lunch, I thought I heard the oven timer "ding". I went to take a look and it was too soon! The Gingerbread Man popped out of the oven! He ran back to our classroom and left us a note. After we read the note, we went on a wild goose chase searching around the school for our Gingerbread Man! Below are pictures of the class decorating the cookie, video of the hunt and pictures after the hunt enjoying our tasty treat!

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"H" Brothers!

We started learning about those silly "H" brothers this week. We have talked about them from time to time throughout the year and are beyond excited that we get to focus on them individually this week. We started the week off singing songs that go with each of the brothers. The songs are sung to the same tune as "B-I-N-G-O"

Gingerbread Man Story Sequence

Last week, we read several stories about gingerbread people and animals. After reading one of the stories, we sequenced the characters the gingerbread man came across along his journey of running away from so many people and animals. We first read the book and then completed the chart.