Celebrating Fall

      Our class enjoyed celebrating fall this week. We made lots of fall crafts, two Thanksgiving class books, many art projects, and our Thanksgiving soup. Students learned about the first Thanksgiving and compared our traditions to those of the Pilgrims and Native Americans.  Students also wrote about what they were thankful for in their writer's notebooks and in our class book.  They also made "Thankful Turkeys" reviewing what a noun was, by listing a "person, place, and thing" they were each thankful for.  Enjoy reading these with your children.  They were very thoughtful with their choices. 

      We had our fall party on Tuesday. Thank you to all of the parent volunteers for your help in organizing the party. It was fantastic! We had a scarecrow station, an acorn station, chopstick game station, apple game station, and turkey treat station.  The party was a success thanks to the volunteers that took time to come and help out with the stations.  Students had a wonderful time at the party and will have some great memories. 



Students enjoyed making pine cone turkeys on Monday.



This was a fun fall game at our party. Students loved it and

it was a great fine motor skills activity for young learners! 

Students made these yummy turkeys!

  

Students enjoyed making their paper bag scarecrows at this station.

(picture from Amazon.com)

Mrs. Sampson read the book, Turkey Trouble by Wendi Silvano.

       Mrs. Page was a good sport to wear the silly hat and bring the pizza that the turkey in the story decided to have for Thanksgiving dinner.  The kids loved it!!

      Thank you again to the parents for making this a special party for the children. Everyone was very involved in working with the children in making their crafts and enjoying the games. This will be a day the children will never forget. I am thankful for such supportive parents and each of my students. Happy Thanksgiving!