Highlights the week of 12/10

The highlights of this week...  We knitted and continue to knit.  We played soccer in gym.  We played soccer in recess too.  We also played two square and four square at recess.  We added stuff to our stain painting in Art.  We are finishing up our realistic fiction writing.

In social studies, we learned about Chinese Architecture. Direction is important because South facing buildings gets lots of sun.  The wind comes from the North so the Chinese try to build the back of the building to the North. You may noticed that the roofs are curved.  One of the reasons is to keep away the bad spirits and curve off rain.

Here are some of the houses we made based on ancient Chinese Architectural Principals.

Next week, we will ...