Thanksgiving: Week of November 21-25

The theme this week was Thanksgiving and beginning primary sources for 4th and 5th grades.

Kindergarten: No classes due to holiday.

1st grade:  Read Over the River: A Turkey's Tale by Derek Anderson.

2nd grade:  Read Twas the Night Before Thanksgiving by Dav Pilkey and looked around http://www.pilkey.com, where the author/illustrator has sketches and shows the drawing process for this book.

3rd grade:  Read Twas the Night Before Thanksgiving by Dav Pilkey and looked around http://www.pilkey.com, where the author/illustrator has sketches and shows the drawing process for this book.

4th grade:  Read Thank You, Sarah: The Woman Who Saved Thanksgiving by Laurie Halse Anderson.  This book introduces Sarah Hale, who wrote letters to presidents and governors, trying to get Thanksgiving named as a national holiday.  Abraham Lincoln finally agreed, after 38 years of her persistence.  We move from this book to the Library of Congress website, where we look at Sarah's letter to Lincoln and discuss primary sources.  We will continue on this topic for a few weeks.

5th grade:  Check out.

6th grade:  Check out.