Busy December Activities

We have been busy making and receiving Christmas cards from classrooms across the country. We are participating in the Holiday Card Exchange Project from ProjectsByJen. We made our snowman card using the 3 sizes of marshmallows as a stamp dipped in white paint on a bright blue paper tri-fold card. The students love receiving the cards and looking up on Google Earth where the school is located and then information about the class. We then display the cards in the hallway along with a large map and string showing where the card came from for all of the other students to enjoy. We have also been traveling around the world learning about holiday traditions in other countries thanks to Christina Bainbridge's Christmas Around the World. Finally, we have been studying the water cycle in science and just started a money unit in math.