I hope you all had a fabulous Thanksgiving! Now we are in the home stretch until Christmas break! I would first of all like to say how relaxing it is to get to visit with family and friends during long breaks from school. I was so blessed to spend my weekend before Thanksgiving with a close friend that I used to teach with. It was motivating to talk to someone who shares a positive attitude about our kids and their potential in meeting their end of the year goals in reference to testing.....and have a couple of glasses of vino:) Add to that a 6 day weekend with family in FL, and voila! Relaxed and ready to go!
I have posted a new product on
Teachers Pay Teachers that I will be using with my third graders in the weeks leading up to Christmas break. It is a Polar Express Writing Unit, and is a BLAST!! There are so many great options for using The Polar Express in the Classroom, but I absolutely LOVE using it for writing! Check it out
HERE:
THE POLAR EXPRESS WRITING UNIT
Also, here are a few pics of things that we did during Thanksgiving. The newspapers and paper plates were used in a budgeting lesson teaching kids how to plan for and budget for Thanksgiving dinner. Whew! That was a toughie, but definitely an eye-opener for my students! (Think: What do you mean the turkey cost $20???) Priceless! It is amazing the street smarts that come out during lessons like that too! (Think: I am going to get green beans in a can, since they are cheaper.) I hope you all had success teaching Thanksgiving to your kiddos too!
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| Comparing and Contrasting the Pilgrims and Wampanoag Tribe |
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| We don't have bulletin boards in the hallway, so this is my makeshift attempt at displaying our Thanksgiving work:) |
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| Getting Serious!! Budgeting our Thanksgiving dinner! |
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| A little Pilgrim girl and flow map for the First Thanksgiving |
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| Bulletin Board in my classroom with Pilgrims and first Thanksgiving flow maps. Had to post this so that everyone could see the pink/blonde pilgrim:) |
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