Monday - Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer Day
Each day we read the story, watched the movie while eating lunch together, and did some fun projects.
On Monday I painted the students' noses red using face paint. They looked so cute with their reindeer antlers and their red noses!
Tuesday - The Grinch Who Stole Christmas
Wednesday - The Gingerbread Man Day
We started the day reading the story "The Gingerbread Man" and then at the end of the book, the gingerbread man left us a clue. He had us going around the whole school looking for him. We were not fast enough to catch him, but he did leave us a tray with gingerbread cookies for the whole class!!! After our scavenger hunt, we designed and built gingerbread houses. Each kid also had an activity book that went along with the topic and skills learned.
Thursday - If You Take a Mouse to the Movies (also Party Day)
This day was extra especial. I read the story to the kids and then I set up 5 different centers for them to complete. I usually try to mimic the story (make popcorn strings, snowflakes, etc.), but this year our reading buddies were joining us and we decided to buy them cool ornaments and crafts to complete. These became their gifts for their families.
These are some of the things we made that day. I always make the candy cane mouse to remind them of the story. Earlier in the week, we made decorated gift bags to put all the crafts we were going to make during the week. We also made cards for our family members.
At the end of the day, I gave them their gifts.
Friday - The Polar Express Day a.k.a my favorite day!!!!!
During this day we wear our pajamas and we have a guest reader come and read the story to the kids. The guest reader checks and punches a hole on their golden tickets. After the story, they all receive their First Gift of Christmas (bells). My principal requires us to make everything educational, so we make story maps and then wrote about "our adventures on the Polar Express." Once again we ate lunch together and watched the movie. I made them hot cocoa with whipped cream and marshmallows and gave them popcorn.
