Pre-K+4+Thanksgiving


 * = Essential Questions ||=  || Content/ Skills ||
 * = Judaic Studies ||= * Asked the kids what we are thankful to Hashem for
 * Learned that we should be grateful that Jewish people can live in America today ||  ||
 * = Language Arts ||= * Dictated words on placemats what we are thankful for
 * Wrote the words "Happy Thanksgiving" on placemat ||  ||
 * = Social Studies ||= * Learned about Native Americans
 * Thanksgiving feast
 * Looked at pictures of how the Native Americans and Pilgrims dressed
 * Looked at Indian symbols
 * How do people celebrate Thanksgiving? ||  ||
 * = Math ||= * Patterned different shapes and colors around placemat
 * Sorting and patterning feathers ||  ||
 * = Science ||= * Baked muffins for feast
 * Squeezed cranberries to spread on placemat
 * Boiled cranberries for relish ||  ||
 * = Social Skills ||= * Passed out muffins to people in school and told them why we are thankful to them ||  ||
 * = Creativity/ Critical Thinking ||= * Dipped corn husks in paint and rolled onto paper to decorate "runner" for the feast
 * Thanksgiving placemat
 * Made pilgrim hats for the feast ||  ||
 * = Resources ||= Internet, books ||  ||
 * = Assessment ||