We started out the unit reading a nonfiction text about the first Thanksgiving. We had a great discussion about how important it is to be thankful for what you have. The kids were shocked to hear that the Pilgrims had such a hard life. They completely understood why they wanted to have a celebration in thanks for what they survived and the life they had. We started working on a special project, but sorry parents, it's a surprise! I'll post about it at the end of the week :)
Today we used pebblego.com to read about Squanto. We wrote an informative paragraph about his life by choosing the most important piece of information from each section on the site and putting them together to create a complete nonfiction piece. To add something cute to the project we made a Native American head peeking out of the top of the reports. They turned out great!
After the students finished with their report they made their own Native American headdress. Unfortunately, I did not get a picture of these. We talked about how the Native Americans did not write using letters like we do; they used symbols to represent different ideas. We looked at some examples of Native American symbols and each student choose some to draw on their headband. We completed the headband by adding 4 different colored feathers. Super cute!
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