We had such a great week learning about turkeys and Thanksgiving! We talked about the first Thanksgiving, learned some facts about turkeys, and brainstormed different foods eaten for Thanksgiving meals. The hippos enjoyed doing movements to a jingle about the different foods we eat at Thanksgiving. During the week we made turkeys out of play-doh, counted feathers (clothespins) and put them on the turkey, added feathers to a strainer, went on a turkey number hunt, practiced positional concepts with turkeys, used clips to make feathers, worked on comprehension by answering questions about our books, sequenced events in a story, and cut out feathers and wrote what we are thankful for on them. Our dramatic play center became a fall feast with bowls, Thanksgiving food, utensils, aprons, etc. We voted with our names on our favorite Thanksgiving foods. We then compared numbers. (fine motor, gross motor, counting, recognizing numbers, sequencing, positional concepts, taking turns, resolving conflicts if they arise)
A BIG THANK YOU for sending in canned food. We discussed how some people do not have enough food and our donations would help those in need. Our class showed kindness for others by helping those less fortunate than ourselves. We used these cans to count, add on, recognize numbers, match, shake, predict, weigh, sort, measure, compare, roll, build and discuss the similarities and differences between the cans.
Our letter was G this week. We built it with our strips, went over the sound and thought of things that start with the letter G. We practiced making letters in sand trays with our pointer finger!
After we read, The Thankful Book, we each took a turn telling the group what we are thankful for. (using language, voice volume, confident behavior, contributing as a member of a group, respectful behaviors)
Books Read:
Stone Soup (We used props to enhance comprehension and sequencing)
Bear Says Thanks
The Thankful Book
Give Thanks
Questions to Ask:
1. Does a wild turkey fly? (yes, turkeys in the wild can for short distances.
2. Can a farm turkey fly? (no, they are too big)
3. Where are turkeys raised? (on a farm)
4. Who did we give the soup cans to? (those who don't have enough food)
5. What did you do with the cans during center time? (rolled them, shook them, counted, weighed, built, compared them, and more)
6. What do you like to eat on Thanksgiving?
7 What did you like about Babaloo?
Reminders:*Thanksgiving Break- no school 11/22-11/26
*Return to school 11/27
Below shows all the fun we had sharing, learning and exploring!! We are so thankful to have your child in our class.
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| Garden fun! |
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| We pretended to be different Thanksgiving foods! |
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| We built, weighed and sent some cans down ramps to see which would go faster. |
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| Babaloo came to perform Thursday! He was a hit!! |
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He picked Valerie to come up and sing the ABC song in the microphone!
She did great!! |
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| Art centers. |
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| We made acorn faces in art after listening to a story about acorns! |
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| Our turkey has such creative feathers!! |
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| Go Blues! |
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We made turkeys out of feathers, pipe cleaners and googlie
eyes in playdoh! |
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| It was fun to build and experiment with Lincoln Logs! |
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| I am making a Thanksgiving feast! |
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| What is your favorite? It was ok not to like any of the foods. |
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| Everyone loved playing these drums in music! |
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We practiced following 2 step directions by gluing on
pieces to make a turkey. |
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| We made a turkey with feathers and a strainer! |
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After listening to Stone Soup, the students
pretended to tell the story using the props. |
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| We strengthen finger muscles by using tongs. |
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| The orange paper is the fire and this stone soup needed pretend pepper! |
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| The hippos love to experiment with the magnets! |
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Here, we picked a number and put that many pieces of popcorn in the container.
Our goal was to fill it up! |
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| Teamwork and problem solving! |
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| We continue to water our popcorn plants. They are beginning to sprout! |
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| We made the letter Q in sand trays. |
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| A turkey number hunt! |
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| Show and Tell |
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We practiced positional concepts after listening to
a short story about a turkey and a farmer.
(concepts: above, below, beside, between, in front of, behind) |
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| Show and Tell |
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| Show and Tell |
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The students love to decorate their turkeys.
This works on fine motor, making decisions independently
and persistance to task! |
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| The turkey dance! |
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We practiced counting by giving these turkeys feathers using
clothespins. |
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| Sequencing Stone Soup. |
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As a group we turned over these cards with different Thanksgiving foods.
We talked about each one of them. |
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| Stuffing |
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| Cranberries |
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| Pumpkin pie |
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| Building with magnets! |
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| Continued garden fun! |
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| ABC bingo! |
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| We worked our finger muscles by crumbling tissues to make popcorn! |
