Thanksgiving Feast

To top off learning about Nutrition, Pilgrims, and Indians, we had a Thanksgiving feast out in the first grade hall. To get ready for it, we make Indian headbands and Pilgrim hats. Then the whole first grade gathered around the table to feast. We passed plates of fish, vegetables, crackers, and other yummy foods. We remembered our manners and had a good time celebrating!

Parking Lot Madness

We have been lucky enough (or unlucky enough?) to have construction for the new parking lot RIGHT outside our window all year. There was often BIG machines inches from our window and for some reason, from time to time, the kids found that more fascinating than what we were learning about :) We frequently had to take a 2 minute break to peek out the window and see what was going on out there! It was fun to get to see all of the big machines that they used and get an up-close view of the construction. But I must admit, I'm not too sad that the parking lot is done now and we no longer have that distraction!

Turkey Hunting!

Last week we went turkey hunting and it was so much fun! We have been learning about the pilgrims and Indians. We learned that the Indians helped the pilgrims hunt food and settle in their new land. Somehow a whole bunch of turkeys got wild in our first grade hall and we had to go hunting with our bows and arrows to get them!


After we had hunted all the turkeys, we headed back to class to eat them! We made turkey cookies. First you start with a sugar cookie that has been cut into two pieces. Using frosting as the glue, glue one half on top of the other half. The next step is to add a whopper for the body. Then add a chocolate chip for the head and a red hot for the gobbler. Finish it off by using candy corns for the feathers! Then add a chocolate chip for the head and a red hot for the gobbler. Finish it off by using candy corns for the feathers! And.....Ta-Da.......a TURKEY cookie! YUM!!

Wacky Wednesday!

One of my favorite childhood books is Wacky Wednesday. It is about a boy that wakes up one Wednesday to find a shoe on his wall and that is just the beginning of the wackiness! One Wednesday in November I read the book to our class and did a bunch of Wacky things to our classroom. The students had to walk around and find and fix all of the wacky things so we could get our normal Wednesday back!

Here are some pictures from our classroom that day....can you find what is wacky?