Reading:
For these next two weeks we are going to be reading all about Thanksgiving! Here are some books we plan to read:
"Rush Revere and the Brave Pilgrims" by Rush Limbaugh (we read this last year so we will not be reading it again this year, however it was a really fun book and I recommend it)
"A Journey to the New World: The Diary of Remember Patience Whipple, Mayflower, 1620" (Dear America Series) by Katherine Lasky (this will be our before bed book, it's a historical fiction diary of a girl who crossed over in the mayflower)
"If You Sailed the Mayflower in 1620" by Ann McGovern
"Sarah Morton's Day" by Kate Waters (we like this one for the pictures, it gives you the feel of what is was like to be a pilgrim)
"What Was the First Thanksgiving?" by Joan Holub or
"The First Thanksgiving" by Linda Hayward
"Squanto's Journey" by Joseph Bruchac or
"Squanto Friend of the Pilgrims" by Clyde Robert Bulla
"Thank You, Sarah" by Laurie Halse Anderson (the women who pushed for Thanksgiving to become a national holiday)
Quiz
http://quizzes.familyeducation.com/thanksgiving/history-of-thanksgiving/thanksgiving-history.html
Writing:
Dash will be doing some writing using these writing starters: (I made mine on word documents, added some fun clip art for Dash to color either before or after he writes, made wide spaced lines and printed them out. Free worksheets!!!)
A summary of the pilgrims journey (working on remembering what we read and simplifying it down to about two paragraphs)
Who is Squanto? summary (working on remembering what we read and simplifying it into about one paragraph)
What would be the perfect feast? (working on spelling and list making)
What are you thankful for from A-Z (working on being grateful for the things in our life, and also list making)
"If you could ask a pilgrim questions" (working on letter writing, the questions will be addressed to a pilgrim and written in a letter format)
Compare and contrast thanksgiving from back then to now
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/325807354263840428/
Mapping/Geography:
Using a map, track the journey of the pilgrims.
Art:
Here are some different pins I took off Pinterest that Dash and I want to make.
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/215750638373982817/
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/215750638375954534/
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/215750638375954548/
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/215750638375954532/
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/215750638374181689/
http://www.classyclutter.net/2014/10/15-thanksgiving-kids-crafts/
http://www.parents.com/holiday/thanksgiving/grateful-for-fun/#page=26
Activties:
Make a pre-thanksgiving feast, dress up like Indians or Pilgrims (make hats or headbands).
http://www.parents.com/holiday/thanksgiving/grateful-for-fun/#page=26
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/148337381450345908/
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/230598443389821670/
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/272819689900635205/
Put on a puppet show, reenacting the first thanksgiving.
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/215750638375954548/
Go on a virtual tour of the Mayflower
http://www.scholastic.com/scholastic_thanksgiving/webcast.htm
Watch the Thanksgiving Day Parade
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