Let's be Thankful for this Day

We have so much to be thankful for!

The class wrote wonderful thank you notes to everyone in our school that makes each day so wonderful.

Jane wrote her note to Mrs. Golladay.

She is thankful for "playing instruments" for us.

 Lulu is thankful for Mrs. Suski because she "lets us pay her money".

 Avey is thankful for Mrs. Dobbins' "hugs in the hall".

 Addi is thankful for Mr. David because he "cleans up our school".

 Joseph is thankful for Senora Reynolds for "teaching us Spanish".

Waverly is thankful for Mrs. Mansfield because she "teaches us".

 Wyatt is thankful for Fr. John's "singing".

 Nash is thankful that Mr. Verlon "makes us good food".

 Winters is thankful for Mrs. Korte because she "fixes our booboos".

 Liza is thankful for Mrs. Handloser when she "comes to visit us in our class".

 Heston is thankful that Mrs. Eichelmann for "reading to us".

 Emma is thankful for Mrs. Palazzi's "love".

 Vada is thankful for Mrs. Baker's "love".

 Savannah is thankful for Mrs. Milton for "teaching PreK B".

 The other thank you notes were wonderful as well; however, we could not track down the person to personally deliver them.

To complete this holiday season we had a Thanksgiving feast!

The Pilgrims and Native Americans came together to give thanks.

 They did a great job singing "Little Pilgrim",

 and feasting on delicious food!

I hope everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving with friends and family!

Howgh!

After learning about the Pilgrims and their long journey to America, it was time to learn about those that helped them survive in this new land...
The Native Americans!

First we learned what the landscape of America was back then.
There were no roads, buildings, grocery stores, etc., so the Native Americans had to hunt, grow, and gather everything.

Look at the American landscapes we made!

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After we learned what the Native American lifestyle was, we made vests and headbands.

During the time of the First Thanksgiving the Native Americans made their clothing and homes from leather, so we made our outfits to look as they did back then.

Look at the great patterning we did on our headbands!

To decorate our vests we used Native American symbols.

This is how they told stories and communicated.

Howgh! to our Native American Princesses!

Howgh! to the chiefs!

Little Pilgrims

This week we learned the true reason for Thanksgiving.

The pilgrims left their home in search of a new land and freedom.

We learned how different America was when the Pilgrims landed in Plymoth.  Life was so different for the Pilgrims with no roads, computers, cars, phones, lights, etc.

We have so much to thank them for!

 After we made our Pilgrim self portraits, we made Mayflowers!

Each student found an object at home to recycle into a boat.

First we had to add sails.  Some sails could be stuck into the object.

 Some had to be stuck with clay into the bottom.

 Then everyone drew their Mayflowers.

 Finally, it was time to set sail!!

 All of our boats sailed, so we logged our findings.

 We are also thankful for this Star!

Sawyer was a great Star of the Week during his Birthday week!

Thank you for the delicious Sundays!