Thanksgiving, part two

More gobbling fun yesterday and today! One more day of school for the week – as long as the snow doesn’t stop us! (And in North Dakota, it NEVER does!)
We started off the week reading:

Even though the pictures in this book are illustrations, we still decided that this is a non-fiction book because it gives us many interesting facts about turkeys!
We continued by making a tree map about turkeys:

The children wanted to keep adding facts about the turkey long after we were finished! My favorite was turkeys are “yummy.” (I was thinking that, but a kiddo actually said it!”
We created this pie graph from Deanna Jump’s Thanksgiving Unit.  There is a student response page to go with this as well, but we didn’t get time to get to it! Bummer!

One of our reading para’s did this activity with some of our kindergarten kiddos.

Here are a few of our turkeys in disguise.  This was a family project that the children did.

We read this book:

We sequenced it as we read with our “large” old lady.  (the kids really got a kick out of her!!)

Then we drew pictures of every thing she ate and sequenced it ourselves.

We made special handprint poems for our mom’s and dad’s:
 
(idea from a friend)

We read, “Where Is Mr. Turkey” from Kim Adsit’s Thanksgiving Pack and circled sight words.

And, we read this adorable book:

We started this shared writing, but haven’t finished it yet!

Phew….busy, busy days!!

My First Give Away!

I am so excited to be teaming up with Kim Adsit for this giveaway! Kim has been amazing to let me preview her new items up for sale on Teachers Pay Teachers.  I was lucky enough to go to many of Kim's sessions at the I Teach K conference in Las Vegas this summer.  She has great tips and ideas that can be incorporated right away in your classrooms.

So, I bet you're wondering.....what is the prize?

2 lucky winners will receive a copy of Kim's resource pack for  

Jack Hartmann's  Names in Motion! 

(Sorry the CD is not included in this give away!)

The activities include:  

*How Many Beats? (name syllable book)

*Clap and Count Kids

*How Many Syllables in Your Name? (Class and individual graphs)

*Your name, my Name Syllable Sort

*Sorting Friends

Combining music and literacy activities is a great way to get young learners involved in class activities.  Through music, children learn to:

·         Understand language (we must comprehend language in order to become “true” readers)

·         Experiment with rhythm, words, tempo, and melody (which are important skills in reading    aloud)

·         Think creatively and holistically

·         Make the connection between print and spoken words

·         Practice motor development and motor coordination while experimenting with various instruments and dancing

·         LISTEN (we sometimes forget that listening is an important literacy skill)

SOURCE: Songs For Teaching

So, how do I win this awesome prize?

You must do 3 things:

1. Follow me on this blog.

2. Go to Kim's Teacher's Pay Teacher's page by clicking here and browse through all of her activities.

3.  Post a comment about what your favorite resource is.  Be sure to leave your e-mail address.

You must do all three things to be eligible to win the prize!

Contest deadline will be Sunday, September 26, and I will announce the winner on September 27.

Good luck and happy browsing!  

P.S. Her stuff is really almost too good to pass up - browsing may turn into buying!!