Hanukkah Fun!

We learned about Hanukkah from Chad's family. We learned the following:

-You get a present every night for 8 nights.

-Hanukkah is called the Festival of Lights.

-Each night you light a candle on the menorah.

- Every night they say a special blessing and have a special supper.  They also do a special activity like watching a movie, listening to music (Macabeats).

-They also learn about the way we should all live: helping others, being kind, and loving.

-We played the Dreidel game.

Chad's mom made latke's for us.  They were so yummy.  

Owen and Freya made a procedure for making latke's.

Eating Food from Bangladesh

Ayana's family made Bangladesh food for us. 

We ate rice with chicken and pakora. Pakora is made with vegetables and spinach.  We ate food from all the food groups except for dairy. The rice dish had yummy turmeric spice in it.  It is fun to try new foods.

Ayaan's aunt showed us her beautiful sari.

We took a survey with tallies to see which food we liked the best. This is what we found out.

Mrs. Clark- Why do you think most boys and girls liked the rice the best?

Ethan- It had the most flavour.

Grace- There was chicken in the rice.

Mrs. Clark- Why is the information from our survey important?

Anna- If Ayaan's aunt made food again, she would make more rice.

At play time, some of the students made a bar graph to show the data.

Math during play!

Will- I made 3 chocolate chip cookies.

Mrs. Clark- How many more do you need to have 5 cookies.

Will- I have to make 2 more cookies.

Karter- This snowball is too heavy to move.

William- We need more people to help us move the snowball.

Anna- We made a pattern with the buttons.  It is an AABB pattern.

Mrs.Clark- How did you make the snowman?

Freya-First you put the biggest ball on the bottom.  Second you put a smaller ball in the middle. Third you put the snowball on top. (Ordinal numbers, position words, procedural writing).

Nathan- The snowman is taller than all of us.

Raena- Our snowman is shorter than Anna's snowman.

Nolan- I cannot move the snowball. It is too heavy. I need more people to help me. 

Braeden- There are 7 kids helping. We moved the ball.  It is heavy.

Grace- We made a chair. The snowballs are the same size.

William's Video on Monday, December 14, 2015

Ethan's Video on Monday, December 14, 2015

Snowflake the Elf and Making Inferences.

Anna- I think she is up on a high shelf so no one will touch her.  She will lose her magical powers if we touch her. 

Chad-I think she is pretending she is a princess. She is playing in the castle.

Freya-I think she is riding a school bus to get back to school after she has been to the North Pole.

Nemma-I think Snowflake is mixing cookie dough and making cookies for Santa

Owen- I think she was climbing up the coconut tree.  She is finding the letters on the tree.

Recount Of Our Trip Downtown

Last week we walked downtown to go shopping. It was a long walk.  First we went to Manticore Books.

We looked at books.  We bought "Henry's Imagination" and "If You Ever Want to Bring an Alligator to School DON't."

Next we went to Jack and Maddy's. 

There were so many toys to look at.

We liked the Lego, playmobil, science experiments and dolls the best. Then we went to Mariposa Market.

We bought sugar cookies.  We had to get back to school quickly because the bell was going to ring for lunch.

After yoga, we got to eat our cookies. We had so much fun!