Star of the Week, Cooking, Polar Express Day, Addition

Star of the Week
Our Star of the Week is a friend that loves the color purple, always has a bright, happy outlook and wants to be a ballet teacher when she grows up.

Cooking Egg-cellent Eggs
This week we made "Eggs" to celebrate the letter Ee.  It was really vanilla pudding with an apricot half on the top.  It was sooooo yummy.

Addition
This week we solved addition problems using Christmas mats.  We used a fireplace and stocking mat and told stories to solve an addition problems.

Polar Express Day
Thursday was Polar Express Day.  Not only did we wear pajamas like they did in the book, but we also enjoyed the story read to us.  We got to drink some hot chocolate and eat cookies while we talked to Santa!!  When we got back to the room, we found that Santa had left us silver bells!!

Star of the Week, Apex Fun Run, Alliterations, Story Problems, Cooking, Literacy Night

Star of the Week
This week our Star of the Week is a friend that we all love.  He is kind and willing to help others.  His favorite color is yellow and he is super excited about Christmas and Santa coming.

Apex Fun Run
This week the Apex team has been in our class talking about being "extreme leaders."  Each day we earn a new bracelet to remind of the lesson we learned.  Next Wednesday, we will do the fun run and earn our classroom some money to be used for new games and activities.  Please remember to log in to apexfunrun.com to register your shirt size.  The shirts are FREE!!!!!!

X is for X-treme Leaders!!

Alliterations
This week we have been learning about alliterations.  An alliteration is a sentence in which most of the words begin with the same sound.  They are also called "tongue twisters."  We created our own personal tongue twisters.  They are so fun and cute!!!

Story Problems
This week in Math, we have been learning how to use manipulatives to solve story problems.  We love to tell stories and solve them!!!

Literacy Night
On Tuesday evening, students and their families were able to come to the school and attend a special night of fun, games, food, and literacy.  Each grade level presented a "Christmas around the World."  We were able to learn how other countries celebrate winter holidays.  Santa even made an appearance!!!  What a fun night!!

Cooking 
This week, our cooking lesson was about Terrific Teeth.  We used apples as lips, pink icing for the gums, and marshmallows for the teeth, and a recipe to make a toothy smile.