Gingerbread Cowgirl Prep, Snowball Fights, and Math Games!

This week the Whales have been deep in play practice and prep. On Monday, we voted for what rendition of the Gingerbread Man we wanted to do as a class. Of course, the Whales voted for the Gingerbread Cowboy. It is so great to continue on this Whale tradition of performing the Gingerbread Cowgirl to students and families at the ELC. The Whales picked characters and this week have been all about practicing the motions and lines. Next week, we will start working on our set design. The Whales will create their very own set/backdrop for the Gingerbread Cowgirl. We have a parent volunteer, Ms. Natalie, who is helping create some amazing costumes for our Whales, to make them feel like stars on stage. Every Whale is shining during our practices, and they are all super excited to perform to students and parents at the big University auditorium.

The Whales have been getting ready for our Read-In/Authors Celebration. They worked hard on designing some gorgeous snowflakes that will decorate our classroom, and have worked so hard on publishing their books. We have amazing authors in this classroom. Ms. Aimee, and I are so proud of all the hard work these Whales have done from the beginning of the year to now. At the beginning of the year, teachers were writing the words for the Whales, and now all the Whales are writing their own words for their stories. They challenge themselves everyday and are fantastic story tellers.

During wiggle time this week, we have been celebrating the soon to be arrival of winter by having snowball fights. Snowballs were flying everywhere, and every Whale had a smile on their face. The fun did not stop there, the Whales had a math game Friday morning. They learned a new game named make ten. In this game, Whales got a stack of playing cards. They flip over cards, one at a time, and try to add cards together to make ten. They also played bump, color by number, and checkers. After our Math morning we had a very special visitor, a Mystery Reader! A big shout out to Ms. Meghan for visiting our classroom in a Santa beard, and hat, and reading a wonderful story to the Whales.