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!
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, Mrs. Belkind taught us a magic card trick that involves making 10. The students discovered and practice all the different combinations for making 10.
On Monday, we started off our week working on our special holiday presents... lots of writing and hard work went into it!
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, Mrs. Belkind taught us a magic card trick that involves making 10. The students discovered and practice all the different combinations for making 10.
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.
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.
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.
Thursday we 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.
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.
Last but not least, we enjoyed pajama day on Friday. We watched Frosty, 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!