Happy Valentine's Day Weekend; Happy Chinese New Year and Happy President's Day! Today I'm linking up with Andrea from Momfessionals and Erica from a Little Bit of Everything for:
Friday Favorites! Happy Chinese New Year!
If you want to read more about Asian traditions , Dumpling Soup by Jama Kim Rattigan gives lots of fun information. Marissa's family lives in Oahu, and the whole family gathers to eat delicious dumplings on New Year's Eve. It's Marissa's first time to make dumplings with her grandmother. Her dumplings are far from perfect but are still delicious.
If you want to hear me read this book, click here. I have a You Tube channel with lots of great read-alouds!
We watched an excellent video of Chinese New Year. This video explained how people prepare for Chinese New Year by sweeping their kitchen to get rid of any bad luck. We also saw family members receiving red envelopes (leisses), the lion dance, firecrackers, etc. The kids really enjoyed seeing an example of the real Chinese New Year.
This week we worked and completed our Square One Art projects. Here is a picture of the kids' work:
From this sample of work, I notice that rainbows are "trending." (that's a word I learned from Twitter)
Even I love making Square One Art. Here are some of the ones I have made:
These pictures can be made into t-shirts, water bottles, potholders, etc. It's a really fun project.
Of course, I brought my Square One paper home to finish over the weekend. While I was at the gym that afternoon, Gabi the Dog, ripped it to shreds. My dog ate my homework! Now it's back to square one if I want to make a new picture.
We did some MCAS prep. this week. We read about Benjamin Franklin and wrote about why he is famous. Also, we finally finished Don't Throw Your Bones On The Floor which explains how the Pilgrims ate. Today we read Henry Hikes To Fitchburg which is such a delightful story about 2 friends who travel to Fitchburg in different ways: Henry walks while his friend takes the train. Even though these MCAS released items are older, the stories are engaging. Moreover, they provide good test practice!
Have a wonderful weekend!
