Thanksgiving Class Book FREEBIE

Have you ever picked up a forwards-backwards book?

This is what I call a book that you can read normally but also turn it over and upside down and read it again but kind of backwards.  Well I was lesson planning and thinking about what to do for writing this week since it's a short week and it's Thanksgiving.  This class book idea hit me and I had so much fun making it (especially the turkey's escape ideas). 

Click here to get this FREE class book.

As I was creating the book though I started thinking about those who don't eat turkey or the thought of eating turkey and that's why I created this second, companion book, to go with the farmer's book.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Would You Rather, Turkey FREEBIE & the Gingerbread Dude

This is going to be a PACKED post!

This week we're doing all fun Thanksgiving stuff and I found a gem this weekend!  It's a Thanksgiving version of "Would You Rather..." and I've been posing these silly questions to my students when we have a minute to fill or spare and they LOVE it!  It was created by Rachel Lynette and she's got other FREE ones too!

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Yesterday we played a fun probability dice game called The Great Escape and the kids thought it was the best thing since LEGOs...okay that might be a stretch.  It's part of my Thanksgiving Fun Packet. Today we're going to be an odd/even number game called Turkey Trot.  You can use dice or cards to produce a number and either move your turkey (a Hershey's kiss) closer to freedom or the farm.  It's free today!

And last but not least, I'm doing a Gingerbread theme for the month of December and created my own version of the beloved classic in Readers' Theater format.

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Run, run and I don't mean to be rude,

You can't catch me because I'm the Gingerbread Dude!

Tomorrow I'll share the gingerbread mischief that will take over my classroom during the month of December...I am SOOOOOOO excited!!

 

Turkey FREEBIE

This week is short and sweet and I'm ditching curriculum in lieu of Thanksgiving fun (math, reading and writing of course)!

This freebie will be 1 of 5 art rotations that my students will do on Tuesday morning.  I'm having a great time finding and creating art projects for my kids to do as I hardly ever do art in my room but am embracing the importance and fun of it!

Click to get it!

I'm linking up with the fabulous Charity Preston over at

So go check this one out and then head over and take a peek at some more freebies!

A Thanksgiving book that gives thanks!

I'm full of Thanksgiving love!

I had a very productive weekend, with Thanksgiving on the brain.  I didn't spend all my time whipping up resources though.  I managed to sew a few skirts and can't wait to wear them this week!  I made my own pattern, it's super simple and quick and I only use jersey knit fabric.  

Anyways...

On Halloween an idea popped into my head, after seeing a friend's FaceBook post about what she's thankful for (Day 1 of 30).  This resource started as something I created to do with my own students but then thought others might like it as well.

Then I pulled a book off my son's bookshelf to read and it happened to be a cute board book that explains Thanksgiving and it inspired me to create a Readers' Theater play, with a modern twist and some humor, about Thanksgiving.  I've never done anything about the origin of Thanksgiving with my students in all my 15 years of teaching, but that will change this year!

I don't know why, but I'm really getting into the seasonal and thematic stuff this year and loving it!  And my own students are the guinea pigs of all my products just to make sure they're fun and to work out any little glitches :-)