Holiday Homes with our Nineth Age Buddies!

Our Ninth Age buddy class came to help make Holiday Homes for our hallway display. Our room was a sea of construction paper, glue and glitter. We loved having our buddies help us get ready for the holidays!

 

 



 

 

Happy Thanksgiving!!

Wow, we have had a fabulous November, learning all about Pilgrims and Native Americans. A yummy snack was enjoyed by all as we made log cabins with pretzels, graham crackers, frosting, and marshmallows.

Summer Blossom, Cloudy Chipmunk, Flaming Moon, Early Bull.....these are some of our new names!

 

We shared our birth stories and gave ourselves new Native American names. The first part of our names tell about our birth, and the second name was chosen by each student. Mrs. Miles called us by our Native American names till Thanksgiving! We used our patterning skills to decorate a huge tepee in our classroom and got to play with Native American dolls, canoes, baskets, and furs inside the tepee on "buffalo hide". We learned about Native American symbols, drawing or tracing our favorites onto paper tepees. We danced just as if we were at a powwow and wore "buckskin" shirts and dresses. Watching videos of Native American dancing was a favorite and we loved dancing with bells, keeping the beat with each jingle.

 

We also learned about Tepees, Hogans, Longhouses and Pueblos.

 

Our Thanksgiving Play was the highlight of this week! Our hard work was noticed by our wonderful grandparents who came to watch us on Grandparents Day!

 

I am so thankful for each and every child in my class!

I am thankful for...

Summer Blossom's gentle nature.

Cloudy Chipmunk's spunk and determination.

Summer Star's work ethic.

Flaming Moon's excitement in all that we do.

Little Bunny's artistic abilities.

Christmas Horse's creative thinking.

Rising Moon's thoughful ways.

Early Bull's willingness to keep trying.

Swift Bat's zest for learning.

Singing Deer's willingness to "go with the flow".

Sea Hawk's kindness toward others.

Gliding Owl's exuberant nature.

Morning Star's happy smile and sweet nature.

I would like to thank you, wonderful parents, for allowing me the priviledge of teaching your children this year!

 

Happy Thanksgiving!

Running Deer