Room 6 News
Integrated Learning... Lets Give Thanks!
Throughout the month we will be learning about Thanksgiving. We will talk about how the Pilgrims sailed on the Mayflower to America and met the Native Americans. We will explore the clothes, type of homes, food, chores, and more that characterize the Pilgrims and Native Americans. The students will learn how they helped each other and why we celebrate Thanksgiving. Some books we will be reading are I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Pie and Thanksgiving is for Giving.
Centers include:
- Making a Mayflower
- Thanksgiving color codes
- "I am Thankful" book
- Turkey crafts
- Thanksgiving addition
- Pumpkin pie craft
- Thanksgiving graphs
Literacy
Your child will be focusing on the letters Dd and Gg during the month of November. We will read Detective Dog and the Disappearing Doughnuts and Gorilla Be Good. Students will draw in their alphabet books. Centers include:
- Making a paper plate doughnut
- Dinosaur letter/ number match
- Dinosaur puzzle
- Grape copy cat with a friend
- Golf flipbook
- Golfball painting
Science
We are continuing to learn about trees and focusing on our very own Bodark tree (also known as an Osage Orange). It has unique fruit that drop from it known as " horse apples."Native Americans used to make bows from this wood so we will be making our very own bow and arrows!
Social Studies
Texas, the great lone star state. We are learning important symbols that represent Texas. We are also talking about why we vote, and will have our very own election! We will be voting on what to name our two roosters. Your child will even get an " I voted" sticker.
Spanish
This month in Spanish we will learn Thanksgiving vocabulary words as well as the Spanish words for our family members. Ask your child how to say "family" in Spanish!
Events and Reminders
November 21 - 25 - No school (Thanksgiving break)
November 30 - Moving Up to Kindergarten Night (6:00-7:00 pm)
December 1 - Media Open House
December 16 at 10:30 am - All School Program
December 19 - January 4 Winter Break