This week has been a ton of fun! We have been learning all about the Pilgrim and why we give thanks at Thanksgiving.Let me show off some of the awesome learning that has been occurring.
One of the books we read during calendar time was this awesome book:
I love this book because it specifically says what Pilgrim children did to help.
This usually hits home when my class learns that Pilgrim child didn’t go to school and play with their friends… THEY WORKED.
This usually hits home when my class learns that Pilgrim child didn’t go to school and play with their friends… THEY WORKED.
I realized my class wasn’t getting the concept of Pilgrim life this year during a book.
They understood life was hard. They understood children worked. But they didn’t understand the idea that everyone had a job to do for the whole community.
{Was I also trying to teach them to work together in the classroom to clean up and accomplish tasks? Perhaps…}
They understood life was hard. They understood children worked. But they didn’t understand the idea that everyone had a job to do for the whole community.
{Was I also trying to teach them to work together in the classroom to clean up and accomplish tasks? Perhaps…}
So, I went to my computer and put together some visual cards to assign my students jobs.
I divided the class up and gave each of them a job to do.
They had to get in groups to show how each person had to help the whole.
{This pack is actually colored, but I printed it out at school in black and white.}
I also created this simple writing activity to “think” through their job,
why it is hard, and why it is important.
I made cards that have different images for what Pilgrim would farm, gather, and hunt.
This card shows this student would have to gather berries.
Today during our daily 5 time, we worked on the book I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Pie.
We sequenced the story in whole group after reading the book.
Work on Writing- We wrote a sentence using one thing that happened in the story.
I helped the students with this and we used the sequencing cards if we needed them.
I helped the students with this and we used the sequencing cards if we needed them.
Word Work- We did an individual sequencing sheet to work on putting the pictures in order and
learning the vocabulary words in the book.
learning the vocabulary words in the book.
Listening to Reading- We could listen to the book and we also did a listening and following direction activity.
Read to Self and Read to Someone- my kids could reread the story and they could also read the little reader I created.
My assistant played a reading comprehension game with her group to work on all those Common Core reading comp skills.
I love using theses games because it is a tricky way
I love using theses games because it is a tricky way
to practice recalling elements in the story and reading comp skills,
an easy way to collect data,
and it is a HUGE hit in my classroom.
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We also connected some math activities to this book during center time because it makes the activities SO much more fun for my kids.
I actually got evaluated during the daily 5 today.
I haven’t gotten any feedback from it yet, but I am hoping these activities helped show how great my students are doing.
I haven’t gotten any feedback from it yet, but I am hoping these activities helped show how great my students are doing.
Do you guys go to school next week or does your Thanksgiving Break start this Friday?
Great ideas…love the "jobs" activity! We go next week through Tuesday. 🙂
Looks great!
Jennifer
First Grade Blue Skies
We have 2 days of school and the break starts on Wednesday.
I LOVE your pilgrim jobs! I will have to remember that next year.
Kelly
Myfabulousclass.blogspot.com