Measurement Trees

Throughout December we have been learning about different December holidays through read-aloud books as well as some fun projects. During Hanukkah we read books to learn about the holiday and also learned to play dreidel as a math activity. Currently, in Mexico (a country we will study later this year), the holiday of Las Posadas is going on. We are reading some books about this holiday and will be making a poinsettia art project to go along with it (stay tuned for photos). Christmas, Kwanzaa, and New Year's Day are coming up and we will be reading and doing some projects to go along with those December (and January 1) holidays as well. If I have missed a December holiday that you celebrate at home please feel welcome to send me an email and I would be happy to include it with the other holidays we are learning about! kellyh@csdvt.org

One of the main topics of our December math unit has been measurement so our class tied learning about measurement to reading about holidays and created a measurement Christmas tree! Students started by learning a bit about crayon resist to make backgrounds. They drew snow with white crayon on white paper then painted over it with blue allowing the white crayon drawings to pop out! The kids then practiced using rulers to measure different sized strips of green paper to create the tree. They each chose their own way of decorating their trees (or leaving them plain) as our finishing touch. This was a very fun, festive way to practice measuring with rulers! Below is a slideshow from this project.

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