Thanksgiving

To start off our week learning about Thanksgiving, we brainstormed things we know about turkeys and thanksgiving and read "This is the Turkey". It was a great book to introduce the foods and traditions of Thanksgiving. 


The question of the day was "Do you eat turkey for Thanksgiving?" We counted how many friends like turkey and how many friends don't like turkey. 

JOURNALS: We drew what we will eat for Thanksgiving. Many friends seem to like pumpkin pie!


In math we drew what we are thankful for at home, school and outside. 





In music, we sang lots of thanksgiving and turkey songs, danced with scarfs and each played a wooden instrument that sounded like a frog.






"Turkey Trouble" was a silly book where the turkey wanted to disguise as different animals so he wouldn't get eaten. 





 

TUESDAY: 
SECOND STEPS: In todays discussion, we talked about feelings and how we can use a friends' visual cues to show how they are feeling: happy , sad, mad, excited, scared, etc.

We worked really hard on  our cutting skills, coloring letters by following directions, and cutting out food shapes to match shapes on the plate.








We tasted some Thanksgiving foods: turkey, mashed potatoes, stuffing, cranberries, and vegetables. Some friends like it, some friends didn't. We charted what foods we tasted and counted how many friends liked it and how many friends did not like it. 




In art we made turkeys and painted with pumpkins. 






Golf ball rollings were fun too, the yellow paper will be cut into feathers! 


Moon sand is always a good idea! 


In math we counted dots on feathers to match the number feather. We practiced cutting around the feather.


We reviewed "Turkey Trouble" and brainstormed the characters, the problem and what happened at the end. 

Turkey letter sounds and words was fun! 







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