New Concepts:
Theme: Thanksgiving
ABC's: Letter T
Math: #6; Most vs. Fewest
Calendar Time Notebook:
Continue these pages (you will already have them from last week):
- Trace & Color Printable Calendar (color the correct square each day)
- Page 2 only of this Daily Calendar Notebook (weather, day of the week, etc.)
- Letters X, M & V Color & Tracing
- #4 & #5 Page from Tot Time Notebook
- "Learning My Phone #" Printable
- "What is the Weather Like Today?" Graph
Add these pages this week:
- Letter T Color & Tracing
- #6 Page from Tot Time Notebook
- "1 to 20 Tracing Pages" (#1-5 only)
- Shape Tracing
Theme Activities:
1. Read a book about the first Thanksgiving.
![Squanto's Journey: The Story of the First Thanksgiving](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51Am5OvEPzL._AC_UL115_.jpg)
![The Story of the Pilgrims (Pictureback(R))](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51mlwcX6WjL._AC_UL115_.jpg)
![The Pilgrims' First Thanksgiving](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/61YDvBJXGgL._AC_UL115_.jpg)
![. . . If You Sailed on the Mayflower in 1620](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/61w3q9BmrpL._AC_UL115_.jpg)
2. Thanksgiving Timeline
Help child color & cut out pictures of the first Thanksgiving. Put them in order as you tell the story.
(Scroll to "Thanksgiving Party" and click on "First Thanksgiving")
3. Make pilgrim & Indian hats.
Pilgrim Hat w/ Template
![Pilgrim Hat Tutorial by Skip to My Lou for Alphamom.com #thanksgiving #craft](http://alphamom.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Pilgrim-Hat-Step-6-e1383839010851.jpg)
Native American Headband
![Native American Headband 1 craft](http://www.firstpalette.com/Craft_themes/Wearables/nativeamericanheadband/steps-images/nativeamericanheadband-mainpic.jpg)
4. Read a book about being thankful.
![Thanksgiving Is for Giving Thanks (Reading Railroad)](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/61zN7pBxH7L._AC_UL115_.jpg)
![The Night Before Thanksgiving](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/61fIU4ztzxL._AC_UL115_.jpg)
![](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/417r9-MHwDL._AC_SL115_.jpg)
![Thanks for Thanksgiving](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/615vj117cSL._AC_UL115_.jpg)
5. Make a Thankful Box.
Make this Thankful Box craft. Have everyone in the family write down (or draw a picture of) things they are thankful for. Share them at Thanksgiving dinner.
![Thanksgiving Craft](http://www.notimeforflashcards.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/1thanksgiving-015-300x225.jpg)
6. Make a Thanksgiving Dinner "Wish List"
Allow child to cut out pictures from grocery store flyers of what he/ she would like to eat at Thanksgiving dinner. (Remind them of the type of things the Pilgrims might have eaten at the first Thanksgiving.) Glue the pictures onto a paper plate. (Idea here)
![Thanksgiving Dinner Craft from Reading Confetti](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG-zYVpA9iRRN50THsrJ7Jrqhhv9jN_kTaeOkTi0eynCzIjIQIwzWKmjr5TMDoEwEn0w6c4pnF7HhEI2_g7ZDZzjJ4w6gc1jS0t_eOncA4iFaRmDrI4LIxD23A9cW18qNvXDTePI0_AD4j/s200/dinner+5.jpg)
ABC's & Handwriting Activities:
1. Letter T Introduction
- Review Letters M & V. Show letter "T" Flashcard.
- Use Foam Letter Builders to build letter T.
- Color the Letter T Words Coloring Page
- Cut out the Letter T Word Cards from Raising Rock Stars Preschool and add to your collection of word cards for sorting beginning sounds.
2. Read a book about turkeys.
![10 Fat Turkeys](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51SoE4Q4RsL._AC_UL115_.jpg)
![T is for Turkey: A True Thanksgiving Story](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51otkqYCQFL._AC_UL115_.jpg)
![Turkey Trouble](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51kqdNTmBKL._AC_UL115_.jpg)
![A Plump And Perky Turkey](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51QUjK2nbYL._AC_UL115_.jpg)
3. Sing the 5 Little Turkeys Poem.
Talk about the rhyming words.
![Five Little Turkeys poem](http://www.dltk-holidays.com/thanksgiving/images/s-fivelittleturkeys.gif)
4. T is for Turkey Craft
As an added touch, you could ask the child to tell you some things he/ she is thankful for and write them on each of the feathers.
![letter t turkey craft](http://www.allkidsnetwork.com/crafts/alphabet/images/letter-t-turkey-craft.jpg)
5. More Letter T Activities:
Uppercase/ Lowercase T for Turkey Sorting Game
![Turkey Printables](http://i0.wp.com/ateachingmommy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/turkey-unit.jpg?fit=439%2C336)
"Find the Letter T's" & "Dot the T's" (Part 3)
![Romping & Roaring T Pack - 3Dinosaurs.com](http://www.3dinosaurs.com/images/printables/abcsets/abc-t-pack.jpg)
6. Write letter T.
Practice tracing letter T's. (Part 2)
T for Turkey Writing Practice
Math Activities:
1. #6 Introduction
- Review #4 & #5. Show #6 Poster with Rhyme.
- Add 6 stickers to the #6 Template. Add to your Numbers Book.
- Color the #6 Coloring Page.
2. Learn to play Dominoes.
Introduce Dominoes (a set that goes up to Double 6’s is fine). Play a simple matching game, lining up the Dominoes end to end with matching numbers.
Play the Domino Parking Lot game.
3. Learn to play with Dice.
![Thanksgiving Dice Game](http://i2.wp.com/ateachingmommy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/Thanksgiving-Dice-Game1.jpg?resize=600%2C300)
4. Learn about most vs. fewest.
Now that you've learned about dice, have child roll a dice and build a tower of LEGOs or Unifix cubes with that number of blocks. Then, roll it again and build another tower. Build a third tower. Show him/ her how to compare, using words like "most," "least," or "fewest" blocks.
Do the "Roll & Count Thanksgiving" Activity in Part 5.
Talk about which row has the most and which row has the fewest.
![Thanksgiving Pack - 3Dinosaurs.com](http://www.3dinosaurs.com/images/printables/packs/thanksgivingboth-pack.jpg)
5. Extra Math Review Activities:
Thanksgiving Number Cards (1-6)
#1- Separate the cards, hide them around the room & have child call out each number as she finds it.
#2- Have child put the cards in order from lowest to highest.
#3- Remove one number from the sequence & have child guess which number you took away.
#4- Put the correct number of Cheerios or some other manipulative onto each card.
![numbercardpromo](http://www.confessionsofahomeschooler.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/numbercardpromo.jpg)
Turkey Feather Patterns
![Turkey Printables](http://i0.wp.com/ateachingmommy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/turkey-unit.jpg?fit=439%2C336)
Turkey Size Sorting (Preschool Pack)
![](http://homeschoolcreations.com/sitebuilder/images/Thanksgiving_Printables_Collage-438x285.jpg)
Thanksgiving Color-by-Number (Part 4)
Independent Activities:
Thanksgiving Dot Marker Pages
![](http://www.3dinosaurs.com/images/printables/packs/thanksgiving-dot.jpg)
Thanksgiving Pattern Block Mats
![FREE Thanksgiving Pattern Block Mats | This Reading Mama](http://i2.wp.com/thisreadingmama.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/FREE-Thanksgiving-Pattern-Block-Mats-This-Reading-Mama.jpg?resize=439%2C630)
Materials Needed:
- various colors of construction paper for Pilgrim & Indian hats- stapler
- old shoe box
- glitter glue/ paint
- paper plate
- pictures of food from grocery store flyer
- dice
- set of Double 6 Dominoes
- pattern blocks
- Dot Markers
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