We had so much fun wrapping up our gingerbread unit this week!
On Monday, we started off our week working on our special holiday presents... lots of writing and hard work went into it! We also finished our alphabet books with Mrs. Belkind in ALO.
Tuesday, we made a gingerbread village out of recycled materials. The students first made a bluprint, and then tried to make a house (or boat, or building) that had...
1. a roof
2. a door
3. a window
4. measured 12 inches tall
5. our gingerbread man toy could fit inside.
Many students decided to work with a partner, which was great to see their collaboration and teamwork.
Additionally, this week in math we played "domino war". The students had a lot of fun with that and worked on their counting, one-to-one correspodence, and introduced them to greater than and less than.
On Monday, we started off our week working on our special holiday presents... lots of writing and hard work went into it! We also finished our alphabet books with Mrs. Belkind in ALO.
Tuesday, we made a gingerbread village out of recycled materials. The students first made a bluprint, and then tried to make a house (or boat, or building) that had...
1. a roof
2. a door
3. a window
4. measured 12 inches tall
5. our gingerbread man toy could fit inside.
Many students decided to work with a partner, which was great to see their collaboration and teamwork.
Additionally, this week in math we played "domino war". The students had a lot of fun with that and worked on their counting, one-to-one correspodence, and introduced them to greater than and less than.
Wednesday, Mrs. Jacobs came and taught us a lesson in stretching out a word and counting how many sounds they hear. This will be a great strategy to help with reading and writing. After, we finished our gingerbread houses, and retold a gingerbread story inside of our creations. Some students even made up their own versions.
Thursday we warmed up by the "fireplace" and then made our very own gingerbread sugar cookies! We had so much fun.
After, we did one final gingerbread STEM challenge. The students had to work in a team to make a bridge out of toothpicks and marshmallows for the gingerbread man to cross. This was a GREAT lesson in working with a team, making mistakes, and also snuck in some fine motor practice. And every group was successful in the end!
After, we did one final gingerbread STEM challenge. The students had to work in a team to make a bridge out of toothpicks and marshmallows for the gingerbread man to cross. This was a GREAT lesson in working with a team, making mistakes, and also snuck in some fine motor practice. And every group was successful in the end!
Olaf came for one more week! He hid in some crazy spots too.
I am so proud of everyone's behavior and kindess these past weeks :)
I am so proud of everyone's behavior and kindess these past weeks :)
Last but not least, we enjoyed pajama day on Friday. We played and saw the sweet first grade winter concert. It was the perfect way to end our week and kick off Winter Break!
Looking forward to more adventures and fun in 2017!
Looking forward to more adventures and fun in 2017!