Zipping Through to Holiday Break

This week we did some winter activities and of course we couldn't wait to see what Zippy did this week!

Zippy the Elf
Zippy was quite entertaining this week. Since Zippy came last week the students have been documenting his daily position and we have been making a timeline in the hallway.

Check out where Zippy was at this week!

 On Monday he was sitting on the tree branch over blue table.

 On Tuesday he was riding Pig and then later he had captured a box of treats with his lasso!

 On Wednesday he was practicing his counting with Pig and Rudy.

 On Thursday he had found the red paint and got his handprints all over the room!

On Friday he was all about the "peace promise". He had a sign that said " peace baby" and brought treats for peaceful friends.

We can't wait to see what Zippy does on the last week before the holidays!

Bakery Investigation Treat Models
We started our centers for our bakery investigation a week ago. I will post more about the baking investigation soon, however I wanted to post some pictures of the students making their treat models with air dry clay. Each group signed up to be on a team and I have been working with them to create their models. When we get back from break we will paint them and display them.

Making Snowmen
Today we read the story Snowballs by Lois Ehlert. It's a great book that shows snowmen created with natural materials. The kids loved it! After we read they had to make their own snowman or woman. They used white and construction paper but had to do all the cutting and designing. The only requirement was 3 snowballs. They did great!

Next week will be a week of learning and holiday fun!