Christmas Fun in Mexico!

What a week we're having in first grade!

For our Christmas around the world project, we have traveled to two countries so far! We started out in the United States!! Some of the American Christmas traditions we learned about include hanging stockings by the fireplace, putting up Christmas trees, going Christmas caroling, and spending time with family! We also talked about our own Christmas traditions! We are really getting in the Christmas spirit in first grade!

The next country we traveled to was Mexico! Thankfully we have Paloma to help translate for us! As soon as our plane touched down in Mexico, we were greeted with the Christmas carol “Feliz Navidad.” After, we watched a reading of the book Legend of the Poinsettia by Tomie de Paolo. After, we made our own poinsettia’s in our travel scrapbook. It was so much fun. We also learned about Las Posados, which is a Mexican Christmas celebration. We ended our trip with hitting a pinata! Inside there was candy and toys! Below are some pictures from our fun day!

Fun in First!

I cannot believe it is December already! Time flies when you’re having fun in first grade!

This week we are working on:

Phonics: We are working on the long E sound including ee and ea sounds.

Spelling: Our spelling words this week include the long E sound. The words are listed below:

Feet

Feed

Seed

Me

Bee

Mean

Beak

Teach

Clean

See

Math: We are starting our fifth math chapter. Some of the standards include: doubles facts can be associated with memorable real-world situations, some addition facts can be found by changing to an equivalent fact with 10, addition facts involving 9 can be changed to an equivalent fact with 10, addition facts involving 8 can be changed to an equivalent fact with 10, three numbers can be grouped and added in any order, and numbers can be grouped in different ways to solve word problems with three addends.

Religion: We are learning about advent and the Christmas story!

Writing: We are working on our journal prompts everyday and also writing letters to Santa!

Each day we are also traveling the world to find out how different countries celebrate Christmas. For the past two days we have been in the United States. We spoke a lot about our own Christmas traditions including caroling, putting up a Christmas tree, hanging stockings, and putting up wreaths. In class, we joined forces with the second grade and made reindeer food and homemade ornaments! It was awesome! Below you can find some pictures from our fantastic day!