Japan!

Today we traveled to Japan!  This is a country I have never visited, so we had a guest speaker come in and talk with us.  Our next door neighbor, Mrs. Epperson, lived in Japan for 2 years.  She brought over some really cool stuff to share with us as we learned about this new place.  Check out these photos:

Checking out some books about Japan.  Some were even written in Japanese!

Using stencils to create some Japanese art

Coloring a page that showed a Japanese castle on one side, and the other side with a family eating dinner seated on the floor 

Practice using chopsticks...

We weren't too bad!

Playing a sumo wrestling game

Using fans to keep cool, and playing with some Japanese paper dolls 

Kimono time 

Mrs. Epperson talking about the island and showing us lots of different pictures depicting life in Japan

Scholastic Book Orders:  One final reminder.  If you plan to order any books from Scholastic this month, the due date is tomorrow.  I will be placing the order right after school.  You can either send in a check and paper order form, or order online using our class code J2PCY.