Jolly Gingerbread Shop!

Alejandro, Dereck, Breyton, Mona	Students worked so hard throughout the month of December to earn pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters by demonstrating good character! They saved their money to purchase toppings for their cut-out cookie!
Students received a shopping list of toppings.  They were expected to count up all of their money to see how much they had to go shopping   with at the Jolly Gingerbread Shop.	Angel, Adrianna, Bryce, Ellen
Aiden, Katelynn, Layla, Hinna	Once students counted up their earnings, they decided what they wanted to buy and filled out a shopping list.
Raychelle	Faith
William	Students went shopping with their money and list.  They brought their items back to their desks to begin decorating!! Everyone's cookie design was different and unique!
Dereck's cookie turned out adorable and he was excited to eat it!
	Maram had a lot of toppings to design with, so many that she even put a border around the plate!
Maram's cookie
	Romelle takes pride in decorating his cookie.  He was ecstatic when he counted up all of his earnings!
The holiday festivities really brought our classroom together to form a nice school family!
	The gingerbread party just so happened to fall on Mismatch Day!  Ahood and Ms. Huber were so mismatched that they had to get a photo together!
Mrs. Scherf and Mrs. Pandolphi decorated cookies too!

Mona, Alejandro, Matthew, Adrianna, Aiden, Katelynn
William, Angel, Faith, Mariam, Ahood, Ms. Huber, Layla, Bryce
Romelle

OUR SCHOOL FAMILY!!

The Polar Express Train Ride in Arcade/Attica

	Students were so excited to board the train, especially after the long bus ride! Students posed for a quick photo at the train station!
We took the train through rural areas where students got to see horses, cows, geese, and attributes of rural areas! Students ate their lunches and hung out with friends on the historic train!  Half way through the train ride, the students got to get off for more fun!
Katelynn, Mona, Angel	Students got to to travel through Santa's workshop in the "North Pole."  For students that do not celebrate Christmas, our classroom held festivities for and learned about holidays around the world: Kwanzaa, Hanukkah, Eid, and Winter Solstice.
The students were full of anticipation to get up to Santa!
	Raychelle smiles in front of the decorated tree!
William gets to meet Santa!
	Raychelle, Alejandro, Katelynn, and William meet Mrs. Clause! Picture perfect!
Faith, Maram, and Hinna come out of the workshop to head over to the pavilion to get their cup of hot-cocoa and cookie!
	Conductors Mona, Shaniya, Adrianna, and Faith stay warm while holding their cocoa!
Ahood and Layla hold on to their train tickets in which the conductor punched for them!
	The second grade teachers grab a quick photo before heading back to the station!

Our Fall Harvest!

Karol, Abdullah, and Romelle	Students got to to carve a pumpkin! Every student came up and scooped out some of the pumpkin guts. While doing so, they used their five senses to describe what they smelled, felt, heard, and saw! They filled in their observations on a graphic organizer!
Students got to participate in the planning process for a pumpkin face.  They chose triangles for the eyes and nose and missing teeth for the mouth.  Ms. Huber did her best to execute the design!  Students were so excited to see the final product!	Karol
	Alejandro and Ms. Huber
Students listened as Ms. Huber read aloud a story called "Bony Ben" in which she wrote herself!  Throughout the story, students got to to stick their hand  into brown paper bags to feel the parts of the story.  They got to feel Bony Ben's eyes, teeth, hair, nails, blood, etc.  After the story, students got to guess what foods acted as the body parts!  The laughter and smiles were contagious in the cafeteria.	Maram, Mona, Karol, Katelynn
	Bryce and his mom enjoy the Fall festivities!