Family Fun: Thanksgiving

We've been enjoying seeing how each family decides to disguise Tom Turkey and keep him hidden until after Thanksgiving is over! I will try and post pictures soon, although the kids would love to have you all visit them in person.

Here are some great links that you can explore with your student to help him/her learn more about the first thanksgiving:

America's Hometown

Pilgrim Hall Museum

The First Thanksgiving: Be the Historian

Boston Children's Museum

Scholastic Thanksgiving Activities

History Channel: Thanksgiving

Hubbards Cupboard Thanksgiving Activities

Our Class Harvest Party

We ate yummy treats!

All together in our costumes!

We played fun games and had a school wide parade!
Special thanks to all of our wonderful parent volunteers!

Fall Festival Baskets

Hello Families!

Bohemia's annual fall festival for school is just around the corner! Our class has been asked to put together a basket to be auctioned at the festival. The theme of our basket is going to be Family Movie Night. If you would like to donate some items for the basket here are some suggestions:

*popcorn
*jelly beans
*snuggly blankets
*hot chocolate
*fuzzy socks
*mixed nuts
*candy bars
*small stuffed animal
*family friendly dvd or movie

Of course, if you have any other great idea we'd love to incorporate it too! We need all donations to be turned into our classroom in two weeks. If you have any questions don't hesitate to call! Thanks so much for all your support!

Our Teddy Bear Picnic Day

We started the day by sharing our "Bear Facts About Me" bags with each other.
Then after lunch we introduced our teddy bears to one another.
We spent time teaching our bears the "ropes" of first grade, and helped them color little books to take home.
We picked out stories to read to our bears and have some snuggly bear time.
We played teddy bear games like the bear toss.
We ended our day with some special bear treats from A.J. and Alexi's mom, Jackie, and also celebrated Tyler's birthday. What a fun end to our first week together! Our next unit of study is insects and bugs. Parents if you have any neat ideas or information, please let me know, I'd love to include you!