What a wonderful Thanksgiving feast we had! To celebrate all that we have learned about the Pilgrims, Native Americans, and the first Thanksgiving, we had a feast and invited our families. We packed lots of people into our classroom (just like people were packed onto the Mayflower), moved away all of our desks, brought in lots of food, and had a giant feast. We ate on the ground just like they did at the first Thanksgiving feast and shared our food with friends and family. We used our place mats that we wove together and wore our Pilgrim collars or Native American headbands. We even got to do a craft and write what we were thankful on turkey feathers. It was a wonderful day that we have been looking forward to all week!

**My camera has not been working so swell so most of my pictures came out blurry...sorry!

Butter

This week we have been learning about the Pilgrims and Native Americans. We learned that life was hard for the Pilgrims: they were in an unfamiliar part of the world, they left everything behind, they had a rough boat ride over, and the kids had to do lots and lots of chores! One of the chores that kids had to help with was to make butter. So, in the afternoon one day, we made our own butter. We put cream in a jar with a penny (so the fats could hit up against something and start clumping together) and shook it for almost 20 minutes (we were exhausted after all that shaking.) Luckily we got to then eat our butter...which formed nicely...on crackers. And it was really good!

Oceans

Last week we learned about the 4 oceans: Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean, Indian Ocean, and the Arctic Ocean. We read stories about all the sea creatures as well. We really loved the story of Rainbow Fish who gave away his shiny scales to his friends. So, we made our own Rainbow Fish! The kids in the afternoon also decided that they wanted our class to be an ocean so we hung sea creatures from the ceiling. We also decided that each day we came to class we needed to bring gills so that we could breathe in our class ocean. We appointed a decision make to say which ocean our class was, and much to my dismay...it is the very cold Arctic Ocean!

Happy Veteran's Day!

Stone Soup

After going to Miller Farms, we read a book about 2 soldiers who went into a town and needed something to eat and a place to stay. No one wanted to help them so they came up with a plan to make Stone Soup in order to teach the villagers how to share. In the end, everyone had yummy soup to eat! We all shared our veggies from the farm and made our own Stone Soup. We invited our principals, office staff, and specials teachers and they all loved it. We ended up making 4 pots of soup because it was a big hit with our class too. Once kid ate 5 sups full! Who knew vegetables could be so yummy!

Dentist Brian

After our fall party, Dentist Brian talked to us about how to have healthy teeth. He told us that we need to brush for 2 minutes at least 2 times a day. We need to brush all parts of our teeth too. Sometimes we forget to do the backs of our teeth. He gave us teeth sheets to color and a chart where we can color in each time we brush our teeth. He also brought a big mouth and giant toothbrush and we each got to take turns brushing it. To take home, he gave us all a toothbrush and toothpaste. Thank you, Dentist Brian!

Fall Party

To celebrate the last day of school before Halloween, we had a fall party. Thanks to the wonderful, creative parents of the kids in our class, we made bats out of the kids' hands; foam candy corn people, and yummy pumpkin shaped muffins. The kids got to do their crafts and treat then go to recess then come back and eat. It was so much fun! Thanks to everyone who made this possible!