In England, one of the traditions is that a yule log is burnt in the fireplace and decorated.
We have found Peppermint is some funny places this week too.
Our essential question is reading this week was "What do we love about animals?" We read several poems about animals and discussed what the author of the poem loves about that animal. In one of the poems, the boy had a pet crocodile and he loved him so much that he wanted to keep him in his bathtub when he grows too big.
This week the students all entered a school wide writing contest. This year our school reading theme is "One School One Author." Our featured author this year is Patricia Polacco. We have read several of her books throughtout this year. In the writing contest, the students were asked to write about their favorite Patricia Polacco book. Winners of the contest will be announced at an assembly on December 23.
Today was our annual Christmas concert. The second graders have been practicing their songs every day and sounded great singing at the concert. I hope you all got a chance to come out to our concert on Thursday night.
Did you see the snow????