I hope everyone enjoyed Thanksgiving with family and friends. Before we know it Christmas will be upon us! We were so thrilled to have the mother of one of our students come in to talk to us about her heritage. We have been learning about the Pilgrims and Native Americans so it was wonderful that she came in to tell us stories, show us a dance, introduce us to aspects of her heritage.
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| Here Mrs. N ( I don't use names in my blog) shows us a Native American doll and tells us a story about why the doll does not have a face. |
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| This is an example of a bowl made by Native Americans from the West. |
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| More Native American items. |
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| Mrs. N showed us how to do a Smoke Dance and some of us even tried it. |
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| We made Friendship Snacks for people who use the Outreach Center. |
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| We packaged them and added a note wishing our friends a Happy Thanksgiving. |
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| We enjoyed our own feast together of leftover Friendship Snack, corn muffins and butter that we made ourselves in the classroom. What a busy week we had and December promises to be just as busy. We will continue to celebrate Advent together and remember the meaning of Christmas. If you check the reading study guides for the next unit you will notice that we only have two reading tests in December. We spend more time on SS in December because we learn about Christmas traditions around the world. We are looking forward to getting together with Miss Agostini's class to learn about 6 different countries and their Christmas traditions. |
