Today, we read the story, Thanks for Thanksgiving. Each page of this book discusses something we can be thankful for. After we read the story, students make "blessings bags." They wrote blessings that are thankful for on strips of yellow paper and placed them in their bags. Some students are thankful for the Pilgrims, Santa Claus, snack, Native Americans, kids, being on green, and various other special things. I love seeing the ideas they write down for this activity. I told them it would be a great idea for them to read these sentences to everyone they spend Thanksgiving with.
We completed a fun writing activity today. Students copied the following prompt and finished the story on paper: Just as we were taking the turkey out of the oven, something unbelievable happened. Student responses were very creative and some were hilarious!
We cut turkeys that had the vowels listed on them and held up the correct vowel for each dictated word. Your student has these turkeys in his or her folder. If you are looking for some "time filler" activities over the break, this activity would be very beneficial.
If we are doing any "Black Friday" shopping, keep in mind the Santa Fund Drive. This is an awesome opportunity to those in need.
Conferences are on Tuesday, November 29, so I will not see your children until Wednesday, November 30th! Enjoy this time with your family! Let's hope the cheesy potatoes I have to make for tomorrow turn out okay!
Happy Thanksgiving!
