‘Tis the season to share the winter holiday spirit

Before heading into the holiday recess, Valley Stream District 13 students were merry and bright with the holiday spirit as they took part in various activities and classroom lessons aimed at welcoming the holiday season.

At Willow Road Elementary School, students read the winter favorite “The Mitten” written by Jan Brett. Students focused on identifying the setting and acting out the story in sequential order using animal puppets and creating festive winter trees. Students also celebrated Grinch Day for Spirit Week and engineered a new tree for Cindy Lou while rocking out the classrooms with their Who-Ville-inspired outfits.

Wheeler students also learned about the holidays and the seasonal traditions celebrated around the world including Kwanzaa, Hanukkah, and Christmas.

The fourth-grade chorus shared holiday cheer by singing outside the school and taking part in a sing-along assembly where students sang winter songs together.

At James A. Dever Elementary School, students participated in a candy cane science experiment where they predicted what would happen when they put their candy canes in water at different temperatures.

Students also crafted snow globes and wrote their own stories about what it would be like to live in a snow globe. Howell Road Elementary School students created a gingerbread man billboard by crafting gingerbread men with photos of themselves.

The students stretched their storytelling skills by working on sequencing of events after reading “How to Catch a Gingerbread Man” written by Adam Wallace. In the spirit of the holidays, the students wrote meaningful letters to each other and wore cozy pajamas for Spirit Week. It was an all-around festive time of holiday cheer.