lincoln is not a pilgrim

So I love reading and discussing the first Thanksgiving with 2nd graders. Today we read T is for Turkey, which was new to me, and on the L page it tells how Lincoln made Thanksgiving an official national holiday. They had written a fact prior to rading and then I asked them to write a new fact afterwards. We are sharing, silly kid in the back raises his hand. I’m excited he actually wrote something down. He says, Lincoln was a pilgrim!! all excitedly. Well, not exactly, but who wants to burst a bubble this close to Thanksgiving!?

Here’s a little picture dump of our two day week.

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we wrote why we are thankful for our silly family-thank you SOS Ladies! I wrote in my plan to give them a little guide.

then after finishing rewriting the plan into a story, we decorated family photos. Oh my! They are hilarious. And guess what-I found 5 family pictures on Facebook for kids who didn’t send one in! Some others just drew a picture.

 

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Today we made our November Snazzy Snack. I tried something new-it’s called edible Indian corn, but I renamed it sweet and sticky Indian corn. We melted marshmallows, mixed in rice Krispy cereal, dried fruits, rolled in to a little corn cob, then made fruit roll-up husks. Some of them refused to eat it because of the dried fruit. ugh. picky kids…

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you can see it was pretty gooey

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I LOVE Scholastic’s Thanksgiving site. It’s jam-packed with goodness. Each year I give them a partner, a laptop, and a t-chart to compare Wampanoag and pilgrims, then compare both to their own life.

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my teammie made the file, or I’d share. I’ll convince her to add it to her TpT store! and grab this file for next year-it is awesome!!

3 comments:

  1. That is so funny! One of my kids today told me, "I keep thinking Abraham Lincoln was a Pilgrim." They must be on the same wavelength. Haha

    Swimming into Second

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  2. How fun! LOVE the family pictures! I'm a new follower. I'd love it if you stopped by my blog.

    Marissa
    WILD About First Grade!

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