Nov. 30 - Dec 6

Happy Holidays from Second Grade!

Trees have been trimmed, lights have been hung, halls have been decked and carols and jingle bells can be heard throughout St. Pauls!

We started our week with a mini unit we will be doing with Miss Hamlin on Mondays called Christmas Around the World.

Each Monday afternoon we will travel to three different countries to learn about their culture and Christmas/Holiday traditions.

This week we started in America and traveled to Mexico and Brazil. We are keeping a "scrapbook" of what we learned and writing about our favorite part in our passport.

In Mexico they celebrate for eight days leading up to Christmas Eve. On the first night the families have Pinata Parties. On Christmas Eve all the children of the village would walk with gifts to the Nativity scene at the church. After Midnight Mass there would be a great firework show!

In Brazil, Papai Noel travels from Greenland to bring presents to the children. Because Brazil is currently in the summer season, Papai Noel must change out of his heavy coat and into silk robes. During Christmas Day you might enjoy spending a day at the beach with family and a picnic.

In Math we have started addition with regrouping. We always remember to start on the right side and if the sum is over nine we must REGROUP! We learned a trading and regrouping game called "3 Town Trade"

Science has begun working on the three forms of Matter: Gas, Solid, and Liquid. We learned that MATTER--MATTERS!

Here are a few of the Christmas projects we have done in class this week:



Homophones



Homophones



We are looking forward to the coming weeks with more holiday projects, group activities, special Chapels, our party, and our Christmas program.