Book: The Relatives Came by Cynthia Rylant

Reading Strategies: Retelling the story, making a connection, and visualizing the text

Math: Teen numbers (understanding teen numbers as a group of ten with extra ones), hexagons, number writing

Writing: Narrative writing, using what we know to write words

Social Studies: Veteran's Day, American Monuments, Thanksgiving

Science: Weather Watching: What will the weather be like on your birthday?

Religion: God made us, God helps us to discover, showing love to God and others, loving and unloving actions

Social and Emotional Learning: Explaining feelings - Students discuss how to think back to what happened first or look for situational cues in order to understand reasons for someone's feelings. Students brainstorm reasons that people can have different feelings.

Virtue: Building peace

Social Skill: Following directions and asking permission