A big thank you for the many thoughts, well wishes, and donations for Sommar's benefit this past Saturday. Last week our class created a framed picture to donate to the silent auction. We studied the illustrations of a favorite author, Todd Parr, and thought we could draw and paint like him too. We used a black marker to draw and then filled our drawings with bright paint. Our small paintings were put together in a collage-like fashion and framed. It looked awesome! I know someone special is enjoying it at home right now. Our class felt good about doing a little something to help Sommar and her family. 

Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow! After reading Snowballs by Lois Ehlert, we worked in small groups to paint large snow "characters" (both people and animals). We collected "junk" from home and added details to our creations. We were amazed with some of the things that actually "stuck" by just using glue!  

All our Razzle Dazzle Reading at home is not only making us stronger readers, but also won us the opportunity choose the "Razzle Dazzle Lunch of the month" for December. After great discussion and some votes, we selected french bread pizza, grapes, fresh veggies, and ice cream with a cookie on top. Yum!!

December brought many busy days filled with holiday fun. Some of our highlights were making cookies, watching the book buddies' holiday play, molding and painting Kwanzaa beads, making book to book connections between gingerbread stories, and caroling around the school.

You're a mean one, Mr. Grinch! Green shirts, green ice cream, making the Grinch grin with our sharing, green grinchy stations...Friday was grinchfully great.

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These monsters were just too great not to share! After reading monster stories, we graphed our favorite story by placing our own monster next to the book cover. Which one did you choose?

Fruit Feast, Fruit Feast
Yum, yum, yum!
Which fruit is your favorite one?