Today we were archeologists!  We pretended that the chocolate chips in our cookies were Mayan ruins.  We had to be very careful not to break or chip the chocolate chips as we dug them out. 

We made Aztec Headdresses today! 

Mrs. Shmaeff also taught us how to make latkes!  

Mrs. Shmaeff taught us how to play dreidel! 

Mrs. Owings came to visit us today!  She read "The Gingerbread Girl" and we decorated our own gingerbread boys and girls.  

Mrs. Owings came to visit us today!  She read "The Gingerbread Girl" and we decorated our own gingerbread boys and girls.  

Mrs. Owings came to visit us today!  She read "The Gingerbread Girl" and we decorated our own gingerbread boys and girls.  

Mrs. Owings came to visit us today!  She read "The Gingerbread Girl" and we decorated our own gingerbread boys and girls.  

Mrs. Owings came to visit us today!  She read "The Gingerbread Girl" and we decorated our own gingerbread boys and girls.  

Mrs. Owings came to visit us today!  She read "The Gingerbread Girl" and we decorated our own gingerbread boys and girls.  

Here are the twenty-three little reindeer! 

First Grade Pharaohs! 

First Grade Pharaohs!