Gobble, Gobble, Wibble, Wobble

I read that line in a story this week "Ten Fat Turkeys" by Tony Johnston and it makes me smile :)

Thanksgiving in our classroom started with a bulletin board showing things we are thankful for. 

Each student traced a buddy's hand 3 times on 3 different colors of construction paper.  Then they cut out their 3 hand prints and wrote 1 thing on each hand that they are thankful for.  Examples were family, friends, school, Ms. Anglin :), and food.  Then the hands were stapled up to look like the tail of our turkey.

A fun project to display in the hallway was our scarecrows.  We used a little paint, glue and straw to make these scarecrow heads come alive.



The kids loved using real straw for the hair!



Scarecrow Boy

 

Scarecrow Girl





Our last Thanksgiving project was paper plate turkeys.  These take more prep time than actual project time.  I had all of the body pieces except the tails stapled together in advance.  Then it was just a matter of painting.

  

Gobble Gobble!

~Ms. Anglin

Animal fun!

In science we learned about the 6 different kinds of animals: mammals, insects, reptiles, birds, fish, and amphibians.  To close out the chapter the kids got to make an animal magnet to take home.  Here is our awesome zoo-

Giraffes and rabbits and turkeys and peacocks and alligators and cheetahs and horses and toucans, oh my!

The kids loved making their own magnets!

~Ms. Anglin

God Bless America

I must say that I am grateful to be able to work in a school where the Pledge of Allegiance is said with PRIDE!

November 7th was Voting Day for my school.  We all got to participate in Kid's Voting.

A student proudly wearing his voting pin and "I Voted" sticker.

We made these cool Cascading Star Mobiles for Veteran's Day.  These are even easier if you have someone else cut out all the stars in advance :)

Our star mobiles hanging for everyone to see.


On Veteran's Day (November 12) our community had a Veteran's Day Program.  There were speakers and all past military were recognized.  The Kindergarten through 3rd Grade students started the program by saying the Pledge of Allegiance in front of the crowd.

 "I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands, one Nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all."

~Ms. Anglin

Halloween Update

Halloween is over, how sad!

We had an awesome time watching a movie, The Lorax, with the other lower elementary classes.  Then we had our Halloween party and even ate in our classroom!  Those tacos sure were great!  We had other treats too, including these Frankenstein Jell-O cups.

I originally saw these on Pinterest made with vanilla pudding that had been dyed green.  Well, I have a dairy allergy in my room so I opted with lime jell-O and Oreos (which surprisingly don't contain any milk) for the hair.  Very easy and very cute!

Then we got all dressed up and went Trick or Treating around town.  We go to the Assisted Living Center at the hospital and the Nursing Home.  I think the residents enjoy this a little more than we do :)  Our last stop is to walk around the Junior High and High School to show off our costumes.

They sure make scary Grim Reapers, Cleopatras, Power Rangers, Batmen, Pirates, and Princesses!  Our Halloween was a success, I hope yours was too!!

~Ms. Anglin