Christmas Gift

Math Games!

As you know, Miss Liefer loves math!  Even before Everyday Math, she was using cards and dice practicing math skills while playing games.  In your Christmas gift is a math game booklet (an original booklet made specifically for you from yours truly).

 It includes some of the games we often play during class.  

Also inside the bag are all the supplies you need to play the games!
look for....
*playing cards
*dice 
*a cup to put the dice into to shake them up (because it's always more fun to put the dice into a cup and roll them Yahtzee style)
*paper and pencil and pencil sharpener to keep score
*and a few other treats! ;)  

Merry Christmas!  I hope you enjoy playing the math games at home.

You've got mail!

Remember my Great Uncle Joe who lives out in Oklahoma?!  

Of course, who could forget him?!  We are still using our dictionary/thesaurus that he gave our class at the beginning of the school year.  

(See http://missliefer.blogspot.com/2014/10/a-dictionarythesaurus-of-my-very-own.html)

He responded to our letters!  Look at all this mail!  

I tried to capture their faces as they opened the letters....

THANK YOU!!!!
The students absolutely LOVED the personalized Christmas cards from you!
They were SO excited!

Christmas Painting

Christmas Craft

Here's my idea for our Tuesday craft:  It's an updated spin on the traditional gingerbread house!  Students simply frost an inverted ice cream cone and decorate the cone with small candies to resemble a Christmas tree!

I'll bring in some supplies, but if the students could also pitch in - we'll have plenty to have a creative and fun time.

Supplies needed: 
green icing (or white and I can add food coloring)
sugar cones 
plastic silverware (especially knives and spoons)
plates, bowls, napkins, paper towels
little candies (m&ms, skittles, smarties, etc)
(Donations brought in on Monday 
(or an email/note letting me know what you're bringing) 
would be appreciated so I know what I still need to purchase Monday evening for Tuesday.  Thank you.)





idea came from this website: http://kindercraze.com/2013/12/my-frosted-classroom-christmas-party/

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas...

Using the Pattern Blocks to Solve Fraction Problems

I'm so proud of this class of math students. They are using their pattern blocks to practice fractions!