Advent Week 3, Christmas Story and Hour of Code

Today we lit the third candle today and sung the song "Light the Advent Candle". We also practiced our Christmas Story plays and will begin to present them to the classes tomorrow in front of the green screen.  Students have been very engaged and we can't wait to see their creativity shine! 

We finally were able to do Hour of Code today! Yay! Certificates will be handed out tomorrow. Students can do hour of code at home too!  Ask your child about it:)

Last week we created Bethlehem art using sharpies and pastels.  They turned out beautifully!

The Christmas Story and Bethlehem Art

We have been learning a lot about the Christmas story over the past few weeks.  We have listened to stories and watched videos about the birth of Jesus.  On Friday, we got into groups to create our own versions of the story.  Some groups wrote scripts and others decided to bring in props from home. Next week we will continue to practice and present to the class. Here are a few of the videos we watched to inspire our own plays!

 In art, we created scenes of Bethlehem using oil pastels and sharpie pens.  We then wrote our wonderings about Bethlehem and the journey Mary and Joseph took to get there, Using green screen, we recorded ourselves over our artwork.  Take a look!