It may just be me, but this school year is beginning to fly by! Before we know it Christmas will be over and we will all be dreaming of those glorious snow days! But for now, let's slowwww down and focus on Thanksgiving. I'm so excited to spend time this week with my family thanking God for the wonderful ways in which he has blessed us. I'm also excited to spend two full days at school breaking the normal routine and making history come to life with my precious first graders! Tomorrow we will begin by creating a scaled version of the Mayflower. I can't wait to see the looks on their faces, and hear their cute little grumblings as we sit in our Mayflower playing cards, pretending to sleep, sitting on our chamber pot, and eating our meal of dried beef and bread (that I have let sit out all day on purpose...yuck!) Tuesday we will work together as a class to prepare our entire Thanksgiving feast before eating together. Yay! I can't wait!
Of course though I can't leave out technology... Although I did consider it as the pilgrims did not have google or twitter.......... But there are just too many awesome resources to use! Here are a few of my favorites for you to share in your classroom! I apologize for not providing direct links... Just copy and paste the URL under each screenshot to access the sites. Happy Thanksgiving!!!
http://www.scholastic.com/scholastic_thanksgiving/voyage/
http://www.plimoth.org/learn/MRL/interact/thanksgiving-interactive-you-are-historian
http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/stories/history/first-thanksgiving/
P.S. YouTube has Charlie Brown's Thanksgiving and a few other great movies if you are in need of some downtime in the busyness of your day!
