World Travelers in Room 1

For the last two weeks, the students of Room 1 have been "traveling" to different countries to learn about their holiday traditions. Everyday we "board" the Holiday Express Airlines and "fly" to our destination (Google Earth is AWESOME!).

Here is where we have traveled so far & what we have made:

Germany- Where the tradition of decorating Evergreen Trees and making gingerbread houses comes from.

We made Measurement Trees by ordering strips of green paper from smallest to largest to form a Christmas tree, topped with snow.

Greece- where the tradition of hanging stockings came from.

We made stocking addition problems.

America- where the tradition of reindeer and candy canes came from.

We made these adorable "Reindeer Peek" pieces of art coupled with a description of what the reindeer sees! 

More Greek stockings hung by the fire.

Mexico- where the tradition of the poinsettia came from.

We made beautiful poinsettias out of construction paper topped with glitter.

We have also been completing a travel log about what we learned, coloring the map and flag of the countries we've visited so far, and are loading many more fun projects in our "suitcases" that will be coming home next week! Also next week, we will be visiting Israel and England to learn about their holiday traditions.

We hope you can join us to see our classroom and to help celebrate one of Germany's traditions, decorating gingerbread houses, on Friday, December 19th from 8:30-9:30 in Room 1!