Wow this was such a fun week getting ready for Thanksgiving. There are so many projects that we did and fun reflection activities which of course means tons of pictures in this post, so enjoy!
Finger Painted Leaves
The kids have been begging me to do some more finger painting so I figured with the beautiful fall leaves outside our window as inspiration, we would do some color mixing finger painting to make a leaf masterpiece. Students got to pick which leaf they wanted for me to glue on the top and students got to pain the white paper that became the background color of the leaf. I gave students yellow red and brown paint and let them mix it how they wanted to make the perfect leaf color! I was so impressed with how seriously students took this project and how hard they worked to make the perfect leaf color. They were color mixing magicians and their leaves turned out beautifully!
Thankful Turkeys
One of my favorite November activities is coming up with some ideas of things that we are thankful for. We read some wonderful thankful books to get our ideas going and then as a class we came up with a list of things that students shared they were thankful for.
After we made the list students were able to make their turkeys with one thing they are thankful for on each feather. They turned out so cute and I was so impressed by how thoughtful the kids were with what they included on their feathers.
Pattern Block Turkeys
A fun activity that incorporates math and turkeys was our pattern block turkeys. I taped a turkey picture to the tables and students had to arrange pattern blocks to be the turkeys feathers. Once they were done they filled out a recording sheet to figure out how many of each shape they used. We also talked about symmetry and what it would look like for the feathers to be symmetrical on the turkey.
Turkey Drawings
Finally our week wouldn't be complete without a directed drawing of a Turkey. Step by step we dew out our turkeys and I let students color them however they wanted! They turned out so great and decorate our walls of our classroom beautifully!
Thank you all for coming to parent teacher conferences. I loved getting to speak with each of you about your children. I love getting to spend every day with them! Only 3 weeks left until winter break. Lets make it awesome!
Smiles,
Miss Adams
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