This week we looked at words where the last syllable is (Consonant)le. We had to put together word puzzles to create examples of these words.
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Fossil activities
We enjoyed looking at fossils and realizing how difficult it is to put a dinosaur skeleton together!
New Year Dragon Dilemma character dress
Paleontologist cookie dig
We enjoyed getting our first “taste” of being a paleontologist as we had to dig the fossils (chocolate chips) out of the rock (cookie) using tools such as pencils, scissors, and toothpicks.
Chinese New Year parade and party
Even though we were small, we did a great job on our dragon parade! We visited all the other classrooms, taught them a little about China and the celebration, and shared a song. When we returned to our room, we enjoyed a feast, complete with chopsticks!
Dragons
Check out this beautiful dragons! Can you identify each person before they reveal their face?
Farewell Brielle
We took some silly sock pictures with the socks Brielle gave us then enjoyed sharing our book with her. We’ll miss her!
Tangrams
We read a tale told with tangrams and learned that the tangram legend says that an Emperor dropped a glass square and it broke into 7 pieces (tans). He ordered his servants to put the pieces back together again, so we challenged ourselves to recreate this traditional Chinese puzzle!
Chinese caligraphy
We practiced writing Chinese vocabulary words and even painted name scrolls, with our Chinese names.
Chinese art activities
We had fun making quick paper from toilet paper! First we had to shred the paper and mix it with water to break apart the fibers and create pulp. Then we picked a pretty add-in. Next we poured the pulp into a cookie cutter to make the shape of our new paper. Last we had to push and sponge all the water out.
Novel study
Having some fun measuring out a character’s height from our novel study!
We love getting to read the next chapter each day too!
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Valentine's Day
We enjoyed celebrating Valentine’s Day with special lessons, games, and activities throughout the day. We learned who St. Valentine was and why the day is named for him. We also had lots of fun at our party!
