Happy New Year to all our families!!!!!

Today's math lesson was "Selecting Coins for a Given Amount." The students were given the number of coins used from 1-25 to equal $0.25. They had to figure out how to come up with the correct number of coins to equal that amount.

The week of Christmas the elementary celebrated "Christmas Around the World"!!!! Third grade chose Sweden as their country. We learned about several customs/traditions that people in Sweden have for their Christmas celebration and set out to make them in our classroom. The kids did a wonderful job on their projects. 

The students then used their passport to travel from country to country and learned about the traditions and customs of the various countries they visited. They were able to visit the United States, Netherlands, Mexico, Israel, Spain, Italy and Sweden.

The kids loved it and are ready to make it an annual event.

 The pictures above are of the Tomten Garland the students made to help teach the other students in our elementary school about Christmas in Sweden.

 The students above are showing off the Swedish Christmas Hearts they made to share with fellow students.

 The students in the above pictures are showing the Darla Horses they made for our Christmas Around the World.

The students above made Saint Lucia wreaths. They are a part of a very popular tradition in Sweden.

The kids worked so hard to complete the "summer star" yard ornaments and I forgot to take pictures of them before they went home. Above is an example of a small star and also Cole with his finished stars at home. A big thank you to Cole's family for emailing me the picture.

I found the perfect fit of branches for about 45 stars and glued them all together.

Branches, branches and more branches!

I found a great idea for a gift the kids could make and give their parents for Christmas. Of course, I thought it would not be a whole lot of work...Boy was I ever wrong!!!

The kids brought us a table full of branches from the trees surrounding the playground but we need lots more. Enter Dave, who is always willing to help. We were told about a huge pile of branches and off we went to collect what we needed.