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Mrs. Beggs'

Kindergarten

November Ideas

Turkeys made out of gords.

Handprint Turkeys.

Poem says:

Turkey birds are different,

From sea to Shining sea.

And you'll never see another bird

like this one to you from me.

Can you see what makes him different?

Do you need some helpful hints?

I made him from my very own

Thumb and fingerprints!

Love, . . .

Footprint & forearm turkeys.

Coffee Filter Turkeys. (We hang these in our windows). Students color a coffe filter with markers and dip it in water. Let dry and children love to see their beautiful creations.

Indian Corn. (We integrate Math & art by using an ABC pattern)

N.C. Wyeth's Pilgrims - Robert San Souici

Friendship's First Thanksgiving - William Accorsi

Twas The Night Before Thanksgiving - Dav Pilkey

1,2,3 Thanksgiving - W. Nikola-Lisa

Don't Eat too Much Turkey - Lillian Hoban

The Berenstain Bears' Thanksgiving - Jan & Stan Berenstain

My First Thanksgiving - Tomie dePaola

Thanksgiving - Miriam Nerlove

Clifford's First Thanksgiving - Norman Bridwell

My First Thanksgiving Book - Jane Belk Moncure

Gobble, Gobble, Giggle - Katy Hall & Lisa Eisenberg

Dinosaurs' Thanksgiving - Liza Donnelly

The First Thanksgiving Story - Alice Dalgliesh

Arthur's Thanksgiving - Marc Brown

Thanksgiving Treat - Catherine Stock

Thanksgiving at The Tappleton's

Hiawatha

Squanto and the First Thanksgiving

Let's Find Out About Indians

Raven

Mama Do You Love Me?

Legend of the Indian Paint Brush

Mr. Turkey's Thanksgiving

Over the River

Three Little Pilgrims

Sam Eaton

Sarah Morton

I'm A Little Pilgrim

(Tune: "I'm A Little Teapot")

I'm a little pilgrim on the run,

Here is my knife and here is my gun.

When I go out hunting, hear me shout . .

Deer and turkeys better watch out

I'm A Little Indian

(Tune: "I'm a Little Teapot")

I'm a little Indian on the go, (point to self)

Here is my arrow (hold up right fist)

Here is my bow, (Hold up left fist)

When I go a hunting, hear me shout . . . (Stand sideways like you really are shooting a bow & arrow)

Bears and Buffalo better watch out! (Walk as you're "shooting your bow & arrow)

Gobble, Gobble

(Tune: "Mulberry bush")

A turkey is a funny bird,

His head goes wobble, wobble.

He knows just one funny word,

Gobble, Gobble, Gobble!

Thanksgiving Song

(Tune: "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star")

Thank you, thank you, very much

For everything that I can touch.

Thanks a lot for nature's food.

And for when I'm feeling good.

Thank you, thank you very much.

For moms and dads and friends and such.

Turkey Trot

(Tune: "Hokey Pokey")

You put your right wing in.

You put your right wing out.

You put your right wing in,

and you shake it all about.

You do the turkey trot

and you turn yourself around.

That's what it's all about!

Additional versus:

Left wing,

Drumsticks,

Stuffing (Stomach)

Wattle (Head)

Tail Feathers (Bottom)

Turkey Body

I Eat Turkey

(Tune: "Frere Jacques")

I eat turkey (point to self)

yes, I do (Nod head)

Yes, I do (Nod head again)

Turkey in my tummy (Rub tummy)

Yummy, yummy, yummy (Rub tummy the other way)

Good for me, (Point to self)

Good for you! (Point to someone else)

Thanksgiving Song

(Tune: "Twinke, Twinkle")

Let's be thankful for this day

For our friends and for our play.

Let's be thankful, lets be glad,

For the good and things we have

Let's give thanks for you and me,

And our home and family!

LEARNING CENTER IDEAS

INDIAN SAND ART - We took baby food jars and layered them with different colored "sand". Actually, I took powdered tempra and salt & mixed it together.

Making an Eagle with Tangrams at the Math Center

MORE ART PROJECTS BELOW

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NOVEMBER BULLETIN BOARD IDEAS

Here are some more bulletin boards down our hall . . . .

More Art Projects . . . . .

I found a corn pattern that the children cut out. We popped popcorn & shook colored tempra paint on it. Students glued the popcorn on & a raffia bow was added.

Our November Quilt.

Turkeys made out of Pantyhose & a hanger. Students glue on construction paper feathers, eyes, beak, gobble and feet. We always hang projects from the ceiling out in our hall.

These are our Dream Catchers. Take a circle and have the middle cut out already for the students. Take a hole punch and make holes on the inside of the circle. Students take yarn (about as long as their arm) and pull through the holes. Glue a pattern using construction paper pattern blocks. Glue on three long strips. Add a feather on each end and glue on beads. I read to them the Legend of the Dreamcatcher.

Pictures of Our Thanksgiving Feast

Kindergarten does so many math activities for the month of November with Box & Bag It that we decided to be Native Americans. We asked the Third Grade to have a feast with us. They were the Pilgrims. We paired off an Indian with a Pilgrim. We ate together, played some Indian Games & signed a "Peace Treaty" that states that we will always be friends. Here are the pictures of our feast:

This picture is not from our feast, however, we did study about Pilgrims during "P" week where we also made the hats, collars & bonnets.

Here is my co-workers, Mrs. Fox' Class, as the Native Americans before the feast.

The Thanksgiving Feast

Playing A Native American Math Game.

Both pictures above & below: Our Native American (Kindergarten student) and our Pilgrim (Third Grade Student) sign a peace treaty of friendship. They both signed one anothers for keepsake. I got this idea from another Kindergarten Website:

Kinderthemes (Click on to go to this site & see the words) This, too is a great site!

My aid painted tongue depressors of many colors and designs. I made the sheet up on the computer. Break students up into pairs. Each gets a paper, 5 sticks, and a pencil. Students throw their 5 sticks up in the air. If it lands face up/indian design up then you write down a tally. (The other side of the stick is plain). For example, if 3 land with the design showing then you give yourself 3 tallies. You don't give yourself a tally for the 2 that are face up blank. Take turns throwing your 5 sticks & recording your results. The first person who gets 20 tallies wins.

More Photo's . . . . . . .

My Native American Bulletin Board - I have the students' face pictures on an Indian boy or girl. See up close below. We added a headband & feathers, too. We also added our dream catchers for a catchy look.

Students enjoyed making these at the Art Center. Native American men wore these around their necks. Very cute!

Native American Clothing

Native American Vest - Made out of brown paper sack. We glue on pattern blocks all over the vest. We wear these to our Thanksgiving Feast.

This is our headband before it was stapled together. We took a long strip of black paper (pattern blocks show up better on black construction paper) and glued on feathers. We did this on a Friday. They had to earn their feathers for the week. If they stayed on green everyday (my behavior system which means they were good) they earned a feather As you can see here this child made it 4 out of 5 days of being good. This is the first year I've tried it like this.

Picture Coming this week

Indian Necklaces

More Photo's . . . .

Table Top Turkeys - These can be a hat for the kids or can be used as a centerpiece for the table. Take a piece of brown Construction paper and form it into a circle and glue together. Add a small circle for the head. Add eyes, beak and gobble. Add feathers and feet as shown above.

More pictures Coming this month . . .Check back often

(Pilgrim, Native American & Turkey Ideas)