Polar Express and Reindeer Names

 We made reindeer headbands today and then picked a reindeer name to replace our first names and then used our last names to tell one headband from the other.  I was pleasantly surprised to see so many kiddos writing their last names already!

We read The Polar Express today as well.  The kids wrote words from the Polar Express using the first and last sounds, and some kids even used vowels!  We also made a graph of dice rolls with Polar Express objects.  We talked about how a die is a three dimensional shape called a cube.  Then during indoor recess the kids made a Polar Express train track out of blocks.

Everyone has been reading the book Christmas Friends and have taken the books home.  Please remember to send in a white tee shirt tomorrow if you haven't done so already, we are making a Christmas craft in the morning.