Thanksgiving Day Feast!

Today we had so much fun celebrating Thanksgiving with all of our friends. This morning the kids made noodle necklaces. They used green, blue and orange wagon wheels. The kids were very careful so the noodles did not fall off their yarn.

We also prepared for our Thanksgiving feast by making pilgrim and Native American hats. The kids that made the pilgrim hats added a white strip and bucket to the black hat. The kids that made the Native American hats added 4 different colored feathers. The kids were able to wear their hats during our lunch!

Today Ms. Michelle came to see us! First the kids crawled through the white tunnel, then they walked on the stepping circles and finally they laid on the scooter and carried a frog to the "pond." Next, the kids made noodle bracelets for us to wear at our Thanksgiving feast! We used both big and little noodles and put them on our pipe cleaner.

Our story today was "Thanksgiving Mice" by Bethany Roberts. The story described the pilgrims sailing to American. The Native Americans helped the pilgrims plant corn and they celebrated with a big Thanksgiving feast! Before our Thanksgiving feast we practiced the kids favorite Thanksgiving songs.

We had a wonderful time at our Thanksgiving luncheon. It was great to spend time with our TSGI families! I hope everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday. I know I am extremely thankful to be working with your wonderful children!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Today we started learning about Thanksgiving! This morning during morning circle we talked about the calendar. We also finished the November pattern. We will start a new pattern in December. We practiced our Sound Brothers and learned our first Cousin sounds. Cousin sounds are very similar...we learned the wind sounds (w, wh, h). We have to use our air to blow out these sounds. The kids also practiced their sounds when everyone had a turn pulling a chip out of the mystery box.

 Our story today was "Thanksgiving Day Thanks" by Laura Elliot. In the story a class was preparing for their Thanksgiving Day feast. They learned about the pilgrims coming to American and the Native Americans helping them learn to grow food. The students in the class made hats, necklaces, and decoration for their school feast. The kids shared family traditions with the class....some like to eat turkey or make pumpkin pie. They also talked about being thankful. After reading the story we made a list of things we do during Thanksgiving.

For art today we made a name turkey. First the kids had to unscramble the letters on the feathers to spell their name. Then they glued the feathers onto the turkey in the correct order. Next they added feet, beak and eyes to the turkey. We all practiced saying gobble, gobble!

Before eating lunch we practice writing the letter W and sight words. After eating lunch we learned some Thanksgiving songs. I think the "Turkey Time" video was their favorite!

Stop, Drop and Roll

This morning we worked on spinning the spinners and taking turns while playing our board games. During morning circle we talked about the calendar and continued our AAB pattern. Only one more week until we start our new December pattern. We also practiced our sound brother pairs. After reviewing all sounds the kids selected a letter from the mystery box. They said the letter name, letter sound and a word that started with the letter. For writing we worked on the letter V today, wrote in our journals and practiced writing sight words on the iPad.

 

 Our story today was "Big Frank's Fire Truck" by Leslie McGuire. In the story Big Frank and the rest of the firefighters race to the scene of an accident, inspect the local grocery store, demonstrate fire safety at a School, and battle a raging forest fire! Firefighters have very busy days! After reading the story we sorted objects that the police, firefighters or both use when helping the community.

 For our first science activity we talked about stop, drop and roll. If there is ever a fire in our house and our clothes catch on fire we need to know how to put it out. We practiced stopping, dropping and rolling. The kids had "fire" on their clothes and they rolled on the ground until it was out.

 

Then we talked about how fire makes things change. We described what a piece of paper looked like..it is white, in one piece and we can write on it. Then I lit the paper on fire and we watched it burn and smoke. After the fire went out we looked at the burnt paper. It turned into ash and was gray and in little pieces. We talked about how only grown ups are allowed to use fire...it can be very dangerous and hot!

I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend. Next week will be a short week and we will be learning all about Thanksgiving!

Fire Fighters!

During our morning circle we talked about all the different things we saw at the fire station yesterday. They kids shared their favorite parts...they loved getting to go inside the fire truck and playing with the hose! We talked about the calendar. There are only 7 more days until Thanksgiving!

Our story today was "This is a Firefighter" by Laura Godwin. In the story the firefighters hear the alarm and race to put it out. A building was on fire in their community. The firefighters hooked the hose up to the fire hydrant and start putting out the fire. Other firefighters went into the building and helped the families get out safely. They even used a tall ladder to help people get out their window. After reading the story we made a list of things firefighters wear and use.

For art today we made five little firefighters! First the kids made a red hand print on their paper. Then they glued a head and fire hat to the top of each firefighter. They we drew a hose and made water squirt out of the hose to put out the fire. On the bottom of their paper was a poem about firefighters.

Everyone seemed sleepy and tired at lunch today. They are worn out from seeing the police officer and visiting the fire station. At the end of the day the kids each took a fire fighter hat home. Tomorrow we will continue to talk about firefighters.

Visiting the Fire Station

Today was a very fun and exciting day! We started the day with Ms. Abby. We worked on holding hockey sticks and hitting the puck first. We practiced passing a ball to a partner and shooting a ball into a goal. Then we worked on golfing. The kids tapped the ball around cones with a putter. They also practiced putting the ball into circles.

Then it was time to head to the fire station! On our walk we talked about things we were going to see. The fire man said hello to us when we go to the station. We first looked at the ladder truck. It had a big white ladder on top of the truck and had lots of ladders in the back of the truck. The fire fighters showed us where they hook up the hoses to put out the fire. The kids took turns looking around the back on the fire truck. Then the fire siren went off...the fire man had to go help someone in our community! Lucky for us, the water truck just pulled in the station.

The kids toured the water truck and took turns pretending to turn on the big fire hose. The fire fighters hook the hose to the fire hydrant to get water to put out the fire. They also walked through and sat down in the back of the water truck. Fire fighter Rob showed the kids their special uniform. Fire fighters wear special pants, jackets, hood, gloves, mask and hat to they are safe when they are putting out fires. We showed the kids that fire fighters aren't scary when they are dressed up...they are trying to help you! It is important to look for a fire fighter if your house is on fire and not hide. The kids each gave fire fighter Rob a big high five in all his gear.

We saw some many great things at the fire station today! We had so much fun that it was time for lunch when we walked back to school. Tomorrow we will learn and talk more about fire fighters!

Fire Station #2 Out And About Pictures

Officer Wade Visits TSGI Pictures