Thanksgiving in Review

I was super stressed before Thanksgiving due to observations and other normal teacher and life...[for lack of a better word] stuff, so sadly I did not get a chance to take many pictures or even plan activities like I wanted.  There's always next year though!  c:

I did want to share this neat activity that we do at my school... you may have heard of it before, but just in case... Every year at the beginning of November we send home an outline of a turkey without feathers.  We send a letter telling students and parents that their turkey needs to be disguised in order to make it through Thanksgiving.  We also send home a speech bubble for the students to write something the turkeys would say while they're disguised.  My favorite thing about this project is how involved and into it the parents get!  They love it just as much as the kids!  This year I had 3 rappers, a glittery Christmas tree, a hula dancer, Robocop, and a turkey with a sweater that said "Turkey" on it {reverse psychology? haha}.  I sent my turkeys home before I got pictures of them :( but here are some of a neighboring class's turkeys:

This is actually one of the second grade teacher's kids... they just went to Owl Fest in Apopka, FL (which I heard was pretty awesome) and "adopted" an owl that stays at a rescue center.  I love this one!

A rockstar turkey! 

A rockstar, Spongebob, and Coby Bryant.  Too cute! 



I also teach a sequencing lesson during the week of Thanksgiving (when these turkeys are due) using the book Turkey Trouble which is a book about a turkey disguising himself as farm animals so he doesn't get eaten for Thanksgiving.  Afterall the farmer wouldn't eat a cow for Thanksgiving... or would he?  c;  Hope everyone is having as good of a week as I am!  c:

*I'll try to figure out how to upload the letter and turkey outline for you to download over Christmas break!