We talked about Christmas in Sweden and how on the morning of the 13th, they eat rolls and drink hot chocolate and coffee.
From Mrs. Clough:
Aside from our time spent learning about and enjoying some of Sweden's Christmas traditions, we continued our work with collecting/organizing/categorizing data in math and even made a class bar graph. In shared reading we continued with another Chris Van Allsburg book, which the kids are LOVING! He truly is a great author and illustrator, not to mention his books are GREAT for inferring. So far we have read:
Jumangi
Zethura
The Widow's Broom
The Garden of Abdul Gasazi
We will continue reading his books until next Thursday, so you can count on hearing more about them!
SWEDEN! (Some fun facts)
In Sweden, Santa is referred to as Kris Kringle and on the morning of December 13th the girls/women wear crowns made of wreaths with candles, and the boys wear "Star Caps". December 13th is referred to as "Santa Lucia Day". Also, it is a tradition that the women serve coffee and rolls. SO...today in 2nd grade we enjoyed some hot chocolate (in place of coffee, because goodness knows that caffeine like that would not be good for a bunch of already enthusiastic 7 and 8 year olds!) and donut holes. YUM! While enjoying our treats, the kids worked on their own wreath crown and star cap.
Working on our crowns and caps, while enjoying some treats!
Star caps!
Wreath crown!
Class picture in our Star Caps and Wreath Crowns!
That is about all for tonight! Have a great night and check back tomorrow to hear about our trip to MEXICO! :)
Mrs. Clough
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