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Showing posts with label turkeys. Show all posts
Showing posts with label turkeys. Show all posts

Sunday, November 24, 2013

Cooking a Turkey

Is anyone else blown away by how fast this year is going by?  I know I probably say that every.single.year. But it's true! I can not believe that Thanksgiving is already this week. 
Speaking of this week…anybody else have to work Monday and Tuesday?  I'm not sure what I really think of these super short weeks.  In one way I love them because it's only 2 days, which means I don't have to write lesson plans {well, technically I do, but ssshhh}. In another way I don't like short weeks because it's too short to really getting anything new started. Also, short weeks more-than-not always feel like they take forever to end!!!  
I have a field trip tomorrow so I'm hoping that it goes smooth and quick! :)  
Then, we have 100% chance of sever thunderstorms predicted for Tuesday, which I'm hoping means that I will have very few kiddos.  A quiet day would be nice! Ha!

Like I said already, this year is going by in the blink of an eye, which also means I have forgotten to do half the things I had planned for Thanksgiving.  One item on my 'to-do' list was to create a "How to Cook a Turkey" class book to send home with each kiddo for Thanksgiving.  Of course, I forgot.  Now there are two days left and one of those days I will be on a field trip.  
Well, I'm going to get them done I tell ya!  Tomorrow.  I'm going to make it happen. 


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Here's a sneak peek at what I'm currently working on!  The packet will be filled with math, word work, reading, and writing activities!  I have a special group of kiddos I'm creating it for, so it will be specific to the needs of my extremely academically diverse group of kindergartners! Hoping to have it up by Black Friday.  Fingers, toes, and eyes are crossed.


Love this time of year! 

Sunday, November 13, 2011

Save a Turkey!

One of my favorite Holidays to celebrate is Thanksgiving.  I think my favorite part is getting to all kinds of fun crafts with turkeys.  I love studying the Mayflower voyage and learning about the meaning of Thanksgiving and all that with the kiddos, however, making turkey crafts is so much fun! :)

I start off my turkey fun with by talking about what most people eat on Thanksgiving...turkey!  We talk about the turkey being a symbol for this holiday and what others foods we like to eat!  Then we read the story Twas the Night Before Thanksgiving.  
This story is so cute and funny.  The kids always get a giggle out of this story!
 
After reading the story we make these cute little turkeys:

I originally saw this cute little turkey design on Sarah Cooley's blog First Grader at Last.  Then I came across an idea for a picket sign and BAM here we have  our picketing turkey!!! I just think they are the cutest little guys!