10 more days
'till Christmas!
Here is our week so far, and the plan for the rest of it:
Monday:
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Sick day.
Tuesdsay:
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Story: Wise men followed a star
Bible activity: Acted out being a wise man, seeing the star and then following it.
Symbol: Santa: Watched The Santa Clause movie.
Craft: Cut out a stocking, and "sewed" it together with yarn.
Carol: What Child is This? First verse and chorus.
*Write in Christmas Journal each day.
Wednesday:
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Story: Wise Men visit Herod.
Activity: Act out the story.
Symbol: History of Santa
Craft: Cut out a star and cover with glitter. (Can use to play follow the "star")
Sing this weeks carol.
Thursday:
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Story: Wise Men find Jesus!!
Craft/activity: Draw and cut out a heart. Have Cora draw a picture of herself on the heart. Place in a box and have her wrap it up as a gift for baby Jesus.
Options: Add hands, and mouth in the box.
Sing Carol.
Friday:
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Story: Wise men go back home a different way.
Activity: On left side of a sheet of paper draw three men. In the middle draw a crown (Herod). On the right draw a house/home.
Draw a line from the wise men to the house, but go around Herod.
Sing Carol.
Hope to make pumpkin bread.
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
December: Christmas Unit Study
After taking a week off for Thanksgiving, and with the excitement of the Christmas season, I just couldn't bring myself to force us back into our normal routine.
Tuesday:
So we are putting Heart of Dakota on hold...
Just for December.
I am taking this entire month to really celebrate the true meaning of Christmas...the birth of our savior, Jesus Christ.
So I took a little time and put together a Christmas Unit Study.
Here is what week one looked like:
Monday:
- Teacher planning day. :-)
Tuesday: - Bible: Angle visits Mary (Little Golden Books. The Christmas Story)
- Bible activity: Cora acted out being Mary and I was the angle Gabriel.
- Carol: Learning Away in the Manger with hand motions (repeated daily)
- Symbol: Meaning of the Christmas tree (Science: What is an evergreen?)
- Writing: Copied today's date and the word Mary. Then drew a picture of today's story.
- Craft: Planned activity:Color and cut out a Christmas tree. Actual Activity: Made a Christmas count down, with tear away numbers.
- Christmas Countdown: Drew weather for the day on the calender and pulled off number on the Countdown board. (repeated daily)
- Advent: Verbally count number on the calender 1-25 (repeated daily)
Wednesday:
- Bible: Angle came to Joseph in a dream
- Symbol: Read more about the history of the Christmas tree
- Writing: Copied today's date and the word Joseph. Then drew a picture of today's story.
- Craft: Planned: Cut out different shapes to sort, glue them as ornaments on the tree from yesterday's craft. What really happened: No craft.
- Advent
- Christmas Carol
- Story: The story of the Three Trees
Thursday:
- Bible: Mary and Joseph travel to Bethlehem
- Bible Activity: Acted out packing and taking a long trip to Bethlehem.
- Opt bible activity: Look up distance from Nazareth to Bethe lam on a map.
- Symbol: discussed the meaning of Christmas lights/ Tree decoration
- Craft: planned: color and cut out light shapes, glue on tree from first day. Actual: none
- Writing: copied Date and Bethlehem, then drew picture of today's story.
- Advent
- Christmas carol
Friday:
- Bible: No room in the Inn, Jesus born in a stable
- Bible Activity: Went around knocking on "doors" asking for a place to stay, and finally going to the stable. Cora played the part of Mary holding baby Jesus, while Caleb and I pretended to be various barn yard animals. Then we switched places.
- Activity: Made and decorated Christmas cookies. Then delivered some to our neighbors.
- Advent
- Christmas Carol
Key bible Verse for this week:
John 3:16
"For God so loved the world that he gave his only son, that whoever believes in him, will not perish , but have eternal life."
Unit 20 - Review
I skipped this unit the week before Thanksgiving and we moved on to unit 21 - Letter Q.
The plan was to do the Unit 20's review after our Thanksgiving break.
The plan was to do the Unit 20's review after our Thanksgiving break.
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