Thanksgiving Recap....

Well Thanksgiving has come and gone!  Whew, that went so quickly.  I wanted to share a little about what we did at the end of November before we skip forward to the holidays!!

First off my class did a Reader's Theater presentation.  We invite the families in to watch and it really is a fun afternoon.

We read two scripts: Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type and The ABC's of the First Thanksgiving.  I got both scripts here.  For Click, Clack, Moo I like to split them up into small groups rather than individual parts.  That way everyone has a part and they also have the support of others to help them when they get nervous.  For the ABC's the narrator parts are done in groups but they each have a different letter of the alphabet to share.  

They did a fantastic job, I was super impressed with them!  They were very excited/anxious/nervous but still put on a great performance :-)

We also made some interactive books about the First Thanksgiving which turned out so great.

Our district has school Monday-Wednesday (half-day) so this was the perfect activity to do over those 2.5 days.  The kids really enjoyed learning all about the first Thanksgiving.

They learned what Pilgrim children wore and the chores they did (which was a lot more than us). . .

They saw what the Pilgrims houses looked like and made a comparison to the First Thanksgiving Feast and their Thanksgiving dinner.

They learned about the Pilgrims long trip on the Mayflower. . . 

 This picture really cracks me up :-)  I love the thought process!

We discussed crops that they planted . . .

One of the facts that really interested them  was that there were two dogs aboard the Mayflower.  

Apparently, it was so cramped that the dogs had to stand on top of each other. (Honestly, all three of these children sit at different tables so I thought it was too funny that they all drew it the same way).

As soon as they were done they wanted to flip through all the completed pages.  I love that when they were finished they wanted to read them with each other!

To get your own copy of this book click on the picture below!

And on a final note. . . 

I love it :-)