Happy Thanksgiving!

We took a break from our reading series since we had a such a short week. We were able to sneak a few extra projects and read a few extra books at this time. We learned a lot about what the pilgrims and Native Americans wore, ate, where they lived, etc. We noticed it was very different from us! We also had a Ping-Pong Ball activity from our special area teachers for great behavior on Monday and had RIF on Tuesday with our Reading Teachers!

Making our pilgrim hats.

After we used our tiles with our math trays to make our number partners, we decided to use ourselves! In this picture we were showing 3+3=6 (the pink yard stick separates the group.)

The Kindergartners were pilgrims and rode on the Mayflower to America! We learned about how the boat was very crowded and the pilgrims got sea sick and had to go through storms to get here!

This is how some of the pilgrims had to sleep because it was so crowded- back to back!

After 66 days we finally landed in America! The pilgrims were brought from the ship to the shore by boat.

As soon as they got on to the land, they had to build a homestead!

Singing "When I First Came to This Land"

We ate our lunch in the classroom on Wednesday just like a feast! We opened the doors to all the Kindergarten rooms and then shut off the lights. The kids thought this was so cool!

(Sorry for the late posts... my girls have been sick lately and I seem to not have any extra time!)

The Gingerbread Man!

This week we learned about the Gingerbread Man! This is one of my favorite weeks to teach! We could not say ‘go’ around him or he might take off! We either had to whisper it, or spell it. Sometimes Gingy will leave if it gets too noisy in here, but this year we were so quiet! He did leave the room a few times, but it was because he was looking for us. He liked staying in here as much as he could! On Thursday we made our own gingerbread boys/girls. And as Bently said, “We are making a family for Gingy!” When we got to school of Friday, all the gingerbread boys and girls were huddled around him. :)

On Wednesday we made gingerbread cookies. 18 out of the 19 kids tried them, and almost all of them liked them! The most popular way to eat them was eating the leg first.

We read many different versions of The Gingerbread Man! Sometimes there was a fox at the end of the story, sometimes a wolf, and sometimes he never got eaten at all!

Since the beginning of this week was very rainy, we watch the movie Inside Out in Mrs. Mayne's room. This is such a cute movie and a great way to talk about feelings!

One day we found Gingy outside Mrs. Mayne's room with Taylor's coat on!

Making cookies.

We decorated our own Gingerbread boys and girls. During buddy time this week, the 4th graders helped us write a silly story of an adventure that they went on!