On November 30th, we received a very cold package from Santa at the North Pole! It was a letter and a book. Santa asked us to read the book to prepare for the arrival of our classroom elf! We also needed to name our elf. We read the book and brainstormed different names for our elf. We voted on Twinkler. Twinkler arrived on December 1st! Each night he moves to a different spot in our classroom and leaves us a letter. He is encouraging us to be kind and caring. He left us pages to colour during his first week with us. We are looking forward to what he will leave us next week.
On December 1st, we transformed our Drama Centre into a Christmas Centre! The students have been decorating and redecorating our trees. They are also giving each other gifts, dressing up as elves, reindeer or Santa and engaging in dramatic play with the gingerbread men, house, sleigh, reindeer, and elves.
This month we are keeping track of how many sleeps there are until Christmas, doing various games on the computer, putting reindeer number cards in order and matching gingerbread boys or girls.
During the next two weeks, we will be reading various versions of the Gingerbread Man (e.g., Gingerbread Baby, Gingerbread Girl, Gingerbread Cowboy, etc.).
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