Happy Thursday!
I'm still in knee-deep in testing, but taking a break to link up with Step into 2nd Grade for:
I love reading and seeing other teachers' classrooms.
Such lucky students!
Our school doesn't emphasize Christmas, but I know the students are excited. I have to be discreet, but a festive theme still sneaks in:
To read more about each component of our "WOW" board,
Be sure to return to Ellison Education's Blog on December 16th - I'll be sharing Part 2!
I also mix in as many of my holiday supporting materials (all bundled here) into the instruction as possible and I've been ending each Guided Reading "Power Hour" with a holiday read-aloud. Our favorites so far have been If You Take a Mouse to the Movies, The Snowy Day, and The Gingerbread Boy. Next week is Polar Express followed by a movie screening :)
We are in school through December 23rd (half day). Our testing window ends the Friday before, so I imagine we'll be spending Monday (22nd) and Tuesday (23rd) doing more hands-on holiday activities. We also have a field trip to squeeze in before break...sigh.
Does your school allow you to celebrate holidays and which ones?
Thanks for reading!
Love how you sneak it in! I can't imagine not being able to celebrate, but you still make it look fun!
ReplyDeleteWe call it Winter Break (not Christmas break) but we really get into the spirit. PTO hung tinsel and stockings down every hallway and we have a Holiday Festival at which Santa makes an appearance. Good job sneaking it in there ;-)
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We have a "Holiday" Concert, "Holiday" Sing Along, and "Holiday" Decorations. As long as we don't call it Christmas, we are good to go :)
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