{"id":854,"date":"2014-01-18T15:49:00","date_gmt":"2014-01-18T21:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/funwithfirsties.com\/2014\/01\/happy-new-year-hot-chocolate-symmetry\/"},"modified":"2014-01-18T15:49:00","modified_gmt":"2014-01-18T21:49:00","slug":"happy-new-year-hot-chocolate-symmetry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lsdesignssites5.techsurgeons.com\/index.php\/2014\/01\/18\/happy-new-year-hot-chocolate-symmetry\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy New Year! (Hot Chocolate & Symmetry)"},"content":{"rendered":"
\nHappy New Year<\/b>!!!<\/div>\n
\n…she says on the18th, about half way through January…<\/i><\/div>\n
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\nSo yes I’m a little late, but you know what they say: better late than never!\u00a0<\/div>\n
\nOur first week back was a jumble of melancholy, excitement, reviewing rules & procedures, and…HOT CHOCOLATE!\u00a0<\/div>\n
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\nYes, it was once again our hot chocolate week<\/a>. Each morning we read Snowman Soup:<\/div>\n
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\nThis week, we also learned about ABC order. Pocket Chart centre and Word Work 1 had kiddies\u00a0practicing their knowledge of ABC order:<\/div>\n
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\n(from my\u00a0Hot Chocolate<\/a>\u00a0mini-unit)<\/i><\/div>\n
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\n(from Cara’s Back to School<\/a> pack)<\/i><\/div>\n
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\nAt Word Work 2, the kids took all of the letters from “hot chocolate” and mixed them up to see how many words they could make:<\/div>\n
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\n(also from my\u00a0Hot Chocolate<\/a>\u00a0mini-unit)<\/i><\/div>\n
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\nOf course, at the end of the week we enjoyed describing and drinking some delicious hot chocolate with marshmallows. For a few more hot chocolatey activities you can check out the pack in more detail by clicking the pic below:<\/i><\/div>\n
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\n*2016: THIS PRODUCT HAS SINCE BEEN UPDATED*<\/b><\/div>\n
\n(pictures in this post do not reflect the updates)<\/i><\/div>\n
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\nLastly, we have been cruising through our 2D Geometry<\/a> math unit, and we had some fun creating our own symmetrical paintings:<\/div>\n
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\n(I was just quickly and “abstractly” throwing paint on the paper when creating my example with the kids, and they ended up totally convinced that I made an outstanding African statue! …I totally see it, though. What a bunch of smarties!)<\/i><\/div>\n
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\nTo make our symmetrical paintings, all we did was fold a big piece of paper in half to create a crease (we also talked lots about the concept of half throughout this unit)<\/i>, loaded lots of paint on to one half, and then folded and pressed both sides together to transfer the paint to the opposite side. *I say you have to load on lots of paint on since tempra paint dries quite quickly, and otherwise the paint will not transfer as effectively*<\/i><\/div>\n
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\nAll of their symmetrical designs turned out so neat and are now hanging brightly on our hallway walls!<\/div>\n
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\nAnd that’s all for now, folks! Stay tuned for our week of consonant blends, 5 Senses Frankie, and an engaging “northern style” descriptive writing<\/a> activity.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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