Time to Turn into a Turkey!!!!

This week in class our focus during literacy is going to be on Turning into a Turkey! To turn into a turkey we will focus on books and activities that are centered around the idea of giving thanks and giving back. Each day we will work on two letters from the work turkey. For each letter the kids will add a feather to a turkey body. I will post what we learn each day so you can see and follow up at home if you wish. I hope you all have a great Thanksgiving!

Today's Letter Were T & U:

T-

Today we took time to thank someone by writing thank you cards. The kids each picked one (or two) people to thank. Some ideas we came up with were thanking parents, thanking siblings, thanking the PTO, thanking a teacher, thanking a friend, thanking a veteran or soldier. We also discussed that it is important to tell me why we are thanking them.

U-

Today we also discussed using our skills to help out. We brainstormed ideas on how we can use our skills to help out. The ideas we came up with included: raking leaves, shoveling, cleaning, teaching skills, and more. One additional skill we discussed was reading. We then read books from the website We Give Books and practiced vocabulary on Free Rice. We Give Books is a website that donates books to kids in need for every book read online. Unfortunately, this website is changing soon and will no longer be offering the same program. We also used Free Rice to practice vocabulary and donate rice to the hungry.