Catching Up!

I hope everybody is enjoying their break. It's been a while since I have had a chance to post to the blog, so I wanted to catch you all up on our school happenings before we left for break.

The last story we read in our reading classes was "The Go-Around Dollar." In this story, we learned all about how money is made and ways the government keeps people from counterfeiting. (Ask your child what that word means. He/She should be able to answer you right away!)

We added a little science to our reading lesson regarding the dollar, and shredded a dollar bill in a blender. Using a super strong earth magnet, we were able to extract some of the iron from the ink in the dollar bill. We learned a dollar bill is made from special paper and special ink, and iron is just one little special element they add to the ink. Our story said if you send a destroyed dollar to the Federal Bureau of Engraving and Printing, they would replace your dollar bill. We wrote a letter and packed up the shredded dollar, and will see what happens!

We had two very exciting homeroom days before we left for the holidays. Breakfast in PJ's was fun (Thank you Angela's mom and Cyrell's mom for volunteering) and then we made candy cane cards and ornaments our last day in school.

Check out the slideshow to see all of the fun we have had in the month of December!

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