We tied our knowledge of 2D shapes into our learning about the winter holiday Kwanzaa! We observed the different shapes that appeared on the traditional African clothing that some people wear on Kwanzaa and made our own textiles using shapes! We discovered how 2D shapes can combine to create other shapes while making these collages. (student 1: "Look 2 triangles make a rhombus" student 2: "yeah and two trapezoids make a hexagon!") We also learned about Diwali the Festival of Lights (student: "Hey I thought Hanukkah was the festival of lights?!" me: "That's right that's what Hanukkah is called too! How are these two holidays similar?") As we continue learning about Hanukkah and Christmas we will continue to draw similarities and differences between them! I love how the study of holidays allows us to delve into rich conversation about family, tradition, and culture! It's fantastic! Talking about families led us to talk about word families (words that share the same ending). We created Diwali word family candles. Stay tuned for our syllable Hanukkah menorahs that we will make next week and our sight word holly Christmas wreaths!!! Speaking of Christmas, do you know a Christmas tradition in Greece is to decorate boats?! Well we do! Check out our Greece holiday display outside our classroom. And I may or may not have gone a little crazy on Amazon and bought supplies for the students to make their own boats with their reading buddies!!! (The students don't know that I've done this yet or that this is the plan!)
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This is my seventh year at HFE. I love teaching, reading, writing, traveling, and sushi Archives
April 2021
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