Meredith brought in her cat Felix today. Felix did a great job being around so many students. The class enjoyed petting Felix and hearing him purring.

We're gobbling up words for Thanksgiving! We made our own turkey's and had them gobble up words from the word families we have been studying. The class cut out 8 words and put them in a pile. I then called out a word and the class had to find the word in their pile. After finding the word, they fed it to the turkey and glued it on it's belly! They did a great job sounding out each letter to find the correct word to glue!  We have been working with the -at, -ap, -am and -an families.

Meredith, the sufer of the week, brought in her tennis racquet to show the class. She also brought in a medeal and some pictures! She told the class all about the different ways to hit a tennis ball and activities she does when she goes to tennis lessons.

We read the story Run, Turkey, Run! The story is about a turkey who is trying to hide from the farmer in order to escape being eaten for Thanksgiving dinner. After reading the story, the class completed their own sentence and illustration of where their turkey would hide from a farmer.

"My turkey will hide with tigers."

 

"My turkey will hide with tractors."

 

"My turkey will hide with blocks."

 

"My turkey will hide with cows."

"My turkey will hide in a log."

Our surfer of the week, Meredith, had her father Mr. Marshall come in and speak to the class about his job as a principal. The class had a lot of great questions for him and learned a few things they did not know about being a principal. Mr. Marshall also brought the class a folder and pencil from his school!

Our surfer of the week Meredith! She brought in her piano book to share. She has piano lessons today so it was extra exciting for the class to see her book and hear about her piano lessons!