Hello Families,
This week will be a short one...but very busy! Mrs. Mondal will be with us for the week and will be leading the class/instruction through most of the days.💖
**Shaker Lane is still taking food donations!
Theme: Thanksgiving
K Word: a
Song: Albuquerque the Turkey
Since this is a short week (only 2 1/2 days), our format will be a little different. Rather than math groups, we will spend each day learning about various aspects of the first Thanksgiving in America. We will learn several facts about Thanksgiving and write about them. A turkey theme will be integrated into our math centers. We will also learn about Native Americans and how they helped the Pilgrims survive. We will continue our Wit and Wisdom lessons, however.
- Monday: The children will listen to the story The Pilgrims First Thanksgiving by Ann McGovern. The story describes what role the children played in the early years in this country. They worked as hard as the adults and had to overcome great adversity. Did you know that a sign of good manners was for the children to eat their meals standing up! They had to wear their hats and could not speak unless an adult spoke to them first. We will try this for our snack time! We will also do some “turkey math”.
- Tuesday: The children will learn a bit about the Wampanoag Indians who were living in the area near Plymouth when the pilgrims first settled. Squanto, one of the Native Americans, lived with the pilgrims and taught them how to hunt, plant and fish in the new country. He even introduced the new settlers to popcorn. Did you know that popcorn was served at the first Thanksgiving? We will explore some Native American pictographs, which were an early form of writing. The children will use some of these pictographs to “write a story”. I will attempt “Native American Storytelling” by telling the children a story about my name and will demonstrate my Native American flute.
- Wednesday: On Wednesday, we will complete any writing/art projects that we started earlier in the week. I will read a story about being thankful and then the students will brainstorm the things for which we are thankful. The Children will then complete a writing/art project that will demonstrate those things. It will be a 12:20 dismissal for the whole school.
We would like to wish you and
your family a very Happy
Thanksgiving- Enjoy!
~💖Michelle and Jen
Here are some pictures from last week's fun and learning!
GLOW DANCE PARTY!
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| A HUGE thank you to Mrs. Artis for being our Mystery Reader! What a special day for Alexander! |
We had a visit from nursing students who taught us the "proper" way to wash our hands and demonstrated the power of soap!
practicing fine motor skills while making a volcano during choice time
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Using the Felt Board app, the students created a farm scene with 10 farm related items/animals and then counted them on the TV for me:).
LANGUAGE ARTS!
listening to first sounds and tracing the correct letter, reading a predictable sight word reader, coloring trick words, making a sentence with words from our Mrs. Wishy Washy story, identifying the /w/ sound
math games with a partner and practicing number writing
We set up a veterinarian office, complete with a receptionist and patients- SO CUTE!💕
