Night Tree

Yesterday, we read the story Night Tree by Eve Bunting.  The story is about  families tradition of decorating a tree in the forest with food.  The food is to be a Christmas meal for all of the forest animals!  After we finished the story Mrs. Shea's Kindergarten class came over to help us prepare our own night tree food.  We strung cranberries and popcorn, made fruit loop wreaths, and created our own bird feeders with pinecones and birdseeds.  It was a great opportunity for us to practice working together, doing something kind for others, and following the directions.  Below are some pictures of us working on the different projects!

Fruit Loop wreaths

Bird Feeders

Stringing popcorn and cranberries

Stringing popcorn and cranberries

Christmas Concert

Thank you for joining us for our holiday concert!  We were so excited to share all of our hard word with our families and friends.  

We want to be elves!

Elf of the Shelf

This past week we have had a little mischievous visitor.  His name is Mr. Jingles the elf.  Monday when we came into school we were greeted by a note from him and our door being blocked off by red cray paper.  Then on Tuesday we found a mess in both Mrs. Scorza and our room, glitter had been thrown throughout our rooms!  Finally, at the end of the week we found a recipe for the makings of a surprise.  Mrs. Scorza's class came into our room to make the magical mixer.  As we made this, we talked about fractions, measuring, and following directions.  The next morning to our surprise we found candy canes left!  We are having a lot of fun with Mr. Jingles, and we can't wait to see what he brings to us next week!

Our famous Mr. Jingles

Our recipe left for us

What we found the next day!

Author's Skype

In November we were privileged to do an author's skype.  We met the author of the book Boy and Bot by Ame Dyckman.  It was a great opportunity for students to put a face to an author.  She shared with them how she came up with the story, how long it took her to make it into a book, and how many other books she is writing.  Students were then given an chance to ask Ame about writing and the book.  It was a great experience, and everyone was excited about our Boy and Bot bracelets and bookmarks!

Ame sharing about her book on Skype

Friendship Quilt

To finish up our long ago unit we talked about how long ago they use to have to make their own clothes and blankets.  Mrs. Scorza and I then shared our own personal quilts that we own, and we talked about how each type of quilt has a different name.  One of the quilts Mrs. Scorza shared was called the friendship quilt.  After, each child created their own square using triangles and squares.  When we finished the pieces we put them together to create a beautiful friendship quilt!

arranging pieces to our quilts

Our beautiful quilt taking form!