Room 7
December 21, 2007
Friday’s Message:
Sweet Lessons
Your child brought home his/her gingerbread house. My original plan was that it would take a couple of days; we spent 6 days. The first was making the icing and building the walls, then the roof. We played “What’s my rule?” when we sorted the candies; then we did a blending lesson as we spelled out the name of each.
We spent two days decorating the house and doing the landscaping. When decorating, they got to choose 25 candies at a time. Then they recorded with tally marks the number of each candy. Next they wrote a number sentence for that set of candies. Yesterday they wrote a story about their gingerbread house adventure. Ask your child
how they made their house or tell you the about the story s/he wrote.
Hanukkah
Jordan K’s mom, Tiffany, shared some of the Hanukkah traditions with us. She
read a story and explained how the holiday began its celebration over 2000 years ago.
She told us Hanukkah is a fun winter celebration; it is the celebration of lights.
We learned about the miracle of the oil lasting 8 days, instead of one. Then Tiffany showed as a menorah, and the 8 candles that represent each day the oil burned.
She told us how they light one candle for each night of Hanukkah, and that on the eighth night how bright the light shines! Then she lit the candles.
She showed the students a special dreidel that Jordan has, and our class read the symbols. She told us these Hebrew words actually mean “ a great miracle happened here.” Then she told us a special Hanukkah food is latkes. These potato pancakes are cooked in oil. It’s the oil that makes it an important holiday tradition. Then Jordan passed out a latke to everyone.
Time Capsule Container
When your child returns to school next year, have him/her bring in a clean plastic container (one pound size) with a lid. Please have your child label his/her container. We will be putting writings in it to save and to be opened in a couple of years.....
Winter Recess
Have a great winter break! There is no formal homework except to read and record in your child’s Reading Log.
See you next year!