Winner winner TURKEY dinner!

Well...I just have to say that I have been blessed with an amazing group of students for the next two years. What did I do to deserve that? Whatever it is I am very thankful for each and every one of my students and their parents. So needless to say I am the winner! (Winner winner TURKEY dinner...that's me!)  Happy Thanksgiving!

Now that I am done being sappy...
We had so much fun today out at the ICF property! Check out some of our pictures. If you have more, please email them to me.

 

Eating Snack the Wampanoag Way

Today we learned that Squanto taught the Pilgrims how to plant their crops. He showed the Pilgrims that if they planted a dead fish with their seeds their crops would grow better. 

Our snack today we planted corn the Wampanoag way. We crushed up Oreo's for our dirt, threw in a few candy corns, for the seeds, and added a Swedish Fish to help the crop grow nice and big.  Our favorite part was eating our delicious harvest!

Scarves That Warm Our Hearts!

Today we had a discussion about needs and wants.  We talked about what we WANT for Christmas.  Then we discussed things that we NEED.  Right now we need warm clothes to keep us warm outside.  We imagined what it would be like to be outside without anything to keep us warm.  We thought about the boys and girls in the towns that were hit by tornadoes. We decided that one way we could help them would be to give them a warm scarf to keep them warm this winter season.

Working hard to make scarves. Our little fingers are perfect for this job! 

 

 

Check out the finished products...

 

 

Hunting and Pie..oh MY!

Hunting

 

 Oh a hunting we will go, a hunting we will go...

Okay I will STOP singing now.

 We had a lot of fun on Friday "hunting" for proper nouns. Before going on our hunt, we read an article about the Wampanoag Indians.  We practiced walking toe to heal just like the Wampanoag did so they could be quiet when hunting animals.  Then, we went in the hallway, walked toe to heal quietly searching for proper nouns.  When we found one, we had to write the noun and circle if it was a person, place, or thing.  We sure did have a lot of fun doing this.

 

Pie

Well if your child came home and told you that Mrs. Wanke got a pie in the face...TWICE, they are not pulling your let.  Thank you Brylee and Hayden for throwing a pie in my face at our assembly.

 



 

 

Life on the Mayflower

Today we read an article about the Mayflower's Voyage. We learned that the Mayflower was only 106 feet long and 25 feet wide. That didn't seem so bad to us. So...we went into the hall and measured out the length of the Mayflower. We still thought it seemed BIG. Then, we remembered there was 102 passengers on the ship. Mrs. Wanke had us stand next to each other with about the same amount of space between each other that the Pilgrims may of had. Now we understand why the author referred to the size as ONLY 106 feet long! Yikes it was crowded. Then, you throw in the fact that they were on the boat for 66 days, there was no running water, no bathrooms, and when the food went bad with bugs, they still had to eat it! WOW what a miserable voyage.

We made pilgrim suitcases today. We had to draw and label three things we would bring with us if we were going on the Mayflower. We also had to explain why we brought these items. Some of us were very practical and others, not so much. ;)

 

 

Thank you JCP Cares!

 

I got an email today informing me that JCPenny Cares "adopted" my classroom by giving us a $100 grant!  WOW!  I was shocked and excited! 

 

I was able to get...

 

for our writing center!

 

Thank you JCPenny Cares!

 

 

 

 

The Mayflower Voyage

Today we read an article called, Meet the Pilgrims.  We answered questions about the article by going back and locating the information in the text. Then, we compared the information in the article to the information presented in the website below. 

 

Click on the picture to visit the website.

We then made our own maps of the Mayflowers Voyage. 

 

 

Lastly, we discussed if we would like to go on the Mayflower.  Most of us said, despite the terrible conditions and leaving everything we have ever known, we would still go on the Mayflower.

 

Four of us have changed our minds since creating our graph.

 

 

What would you do?  Fill out our survey below so we can analyze the data! 

 

Would you leave everything and take the voyage on the Mayflower?
	Yes
	No
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Donors Choose: Techie Teaching

Click the picture to see our proposal.

 

I created a proposal on Donors Choose.  I am trying to get our class a Microsoft Surface tablet for use to use during Guided Reading, Guided Math, and for interventions.  Please help us spread the word!

 

Pumpkin Jack: Day 18

Well the decomposing of Pumpkin Jack has begun!  One pumpkin is completely flat and the other pumpkin is white and "furry."  YUCK!  We are excited to see all the changes that are taking place and can't wait to see the next transformation of Pumpkin Jack.

Flat Pumpkin Jack.

 

Furry and white Pumpkin Jack.

Chunky the Monkey

Chunky the Monkey reminds us that we need to look for chunks in words when we read.  This helps strategy helps us to figure out and read unknown words. 

Check out the link below.  It is a fun game that helps students chunk words. 
http://www.starfall.com/n/skills/chunking/play.htm?f