Royal Reader!

This week, we had a Royal Reader pay us a surprise visit! She read "Mrs. Twiggley's Tree". This was a book that most of the students had not heard of before, and they loved it! Thanks so much for joining us!

Dreidel game

Last week, Mr. Smith visited our class to read us a Hanukkah story and teach us the dreidel game! Most of the students wrote down the rules that Mr. Smith wrote on the board for us, but in case they didn't, I've posted the rules here. (Click on the image to enlarge) Enjoy!

Happy Hanukkah!

Today we began our Holiday Traditions unit, in which we will study Hanukkah, Christmas, Kwanzaa, Eid, and also discuss various family traditions. As this is the first day of Hanukkah, we started our unit with the book, "Our Eight Nights of Hanukkah", and the students illustrated a menorah on the Hanukkah page of our Holiday Traditions book. In this photo, one of our students enthusiastically models for the class how to draw a menorah! We will continue our study of Hanukkah tomorrow, so stay tuned!

Happy Thanksgiving!

I am so thankful for the little turkeys in 1-1! They have made such wonderful progress so far this year, and they have such joyful personalities. Thank you for all of your support at home, and enjoy the time with your families over this Thanksgiving break!

Art Appreciation

Our second art appreciation lesson of the year was a success! Mrs. Geisler came in to teach a lesson about the painting "St. George Slaying the Dragon". The students enjoyed sharing their ideas about what may be happening in the painting, and then they were able to use colors to add details to their own picture of St. George and that pesky dragon. Thank you Mrs. Geisler for all of your hard work!

Royal Reader!

This week, we were surprised by another Royal Reader! She read us "The Thanksgiving Day from the Black Lagoon", which was just perfect for this time of year. The kids also enjoyed meeting a special little visitor who accompanied her! Thank you for coming in to read to us!

Correction- AHML reading event!

The event at the library that I mentioned in my last post will actually continue throughout the school year until the end of May! Even more time to take advantage of this special opportunity!