December (plus)

 Here it is....finally...winter break.

I hope you will enjoy these memories:

Halloween!

It was fun to dress up.  We played some games in class. The Dance-a-thon was a lot of fun!


















Native American History Month
Thank you to Mrs Sweetman, our ongoing Wednesday volunteer, as well as Will, James, and Joel's moms who pitched in on Shelters day! We could not have done it without you!














Celebrating the Holidays
We discussed and saw videos for many of the Winter holidays around the world, including, Kwanzaa, Hanukkah, and the Winter Solstice. In Science, we studied Conifer trees and learned how to tell the difference between the many evergreens in our area. Here is some of our artwork:















We observed the 'intelligience' of a pine cone by observing it before and after being exposed to water. The cones close up to protect the seed!

Crafts
We glittered pine cones, painted t-shirts and frosted mason jars with salt to make luminaria. I hope everything made it home safely!

















Candy Cane Science
The PTA provided us with some candy canes for our science project on the last day of school. We worked in teams and made hypotheses of which temperature of water would change our candy canes the fastest...cold, warm, or hot. It opened lots of discussions about how our mouth is warm/hot and that's how we melt the candy cane in our mouth, and also about how we put food in the refrigerator to keep it fresh longer!.







After lunch....
We had a lot of fun! We watched Stuart Little, enjoyed snacks from The Jensen's, and the PTA brought around hot cocoa. We finally got on our feet to get the wiggles out before PE.







Saying goodbye...
The PTA had a fun send off for us all with "snow" and visiting winter characters. Thanks to Asher's mom for helping out by getting in costume!



Ongoing science...

Here is our pumpkin decomp experiment. Who here is feeling a little more like the one on the left at this point?
Wishing you all warm and wonder-filled holidays!
We will see you on Tuesday, January 3rd!
Ms Rae










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