Wednesday, December 19th

This morning we wrote about what we would do if we had reindeer.  The ideas were quite creative!  Then, in math we learned how to add tens and hundreds mentally.  We do have one page of math homework.  After we went to the library, we took our Science test.  In Social Studies, we learned about bartering and we reviewed for our test tomorrow.  This afternoon we silent read.  Then, we traveled to Germany!  We learned about the custom Weinachten.  We also learned about advent calendars and how to use them to count down to Christmas.  Did you know that the first Christmas tree was cut down by a German man named Martin Luther in 1604?  In his honor, we made a Christmas tree.  We also learned some German words and sang "O'Christmas Tree".  It was fun.  Tomorrow we will continue traveling to two more countries and we will take our Social Studies test.