Thanksgiving Feast

I am THANKFUL for... placemat
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             The 1st Thanksgiving Hunting:            Boys were given the opportunity to "hunt" animals for the Thanksgiving dinner. The boys stood back (where the tape was) and they were to throw the bean bag to knock off (kill) their animal. They got to throw 1 beanbag and then it was another boy's turn. They kept doing this for the entire center time trying to "kill" as many animals as they could for the Thanksgiving dinner.        

Many girls were bummed they did not get to hunt the animals like the boys... however, back in the time of the 1st Thanksgiving, girls did not hunt. They instead helped make other types of food. The girls were given selected kitchen items and play food items (not like cans or cereal boxes ect.) and were to "cook and prepare" the other food items for the 1st Thanksgiving dinner.

Proper place setting:
Students learn how to set a place setting properly. They use the posters to help teach them and practice with real items (plastic). As they practice, they can time themselves and then see how accurately they can set the place setting correctly without help! The goal is to learn how to do it all by themselves!

Thanksgiving Feast:
Students bring in their favorite food item (treat, snack ect) to share with the class.
Parents are the servers and go around offering the various foods to the students. They serve the food on the students' left side (just like a formal dinner). Students may say yes or no thank you.

Dress like a pilgrim!