Hello Families,
We have made it to the final week before Christmas break! I can't believe how quickly the year is going by! Despite excitement about the holidays, I am so impressed at how focused the students have been! We are going to start an exciting "Pigeon on the shelf" for the final days of school where the kids need to find Pigeon in his hiding spot each day.
This week we started learning about and writing our own math stories. This will be the foundational step to start talking about addition and subtraction. Here are some of the number stories students wrote today.
The Pigeon story books are coming along nicely! A friend and comic expert in our class taught us about the different kinds of speech bubbles yesterday. Also, we learned studied Pigeon's different expressions and body language from the stories we have read thus far and talked about how they show emotions. We practiced some illustrations with speech bubbles before adding them to our good copies. The ideas in the Pigeon stories have been so creative and unique! I am very impressed with the level of creativity and engagement in this work.
We also introduced a Santa Clause Problem. In a story we read, The 12 Sleighs of Christmas, Santa's sleigh got completely wrecked before his journey across the world to deliver presents. Today, we are learning about the different hemispheres and how that impacts seasonal change. Next, we will talk about Santa would need to adapt to the different hemispheres while in his sleigh (change clothing, wear sunscreen, etc). Students will need to help solve Santa's problem using what they know about seasonal changes and magnets to redesign a sleigh!
It was also a great week for recess excitement with the amazing snowman snow that arrived! Check out this amazing snow tower made by grade 1/2's that is taller than me!! Wow!
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