Giving Thanks for Families and Friends

During the month of November, our school would like to celebrate the theme Giving Thanks for Family and Friends with some learning activities, contests and displays. Below is a list of our planned events.
If you have questions you can see Ms. Alice or Ms. Delilah, the two turkeys in charge of these events!

Homemade Turkey or Scarecrow Contest

Create with your family a homemade turkey or scarecrow and bring it to school for display. It can be made from any type of material. There will be prizes for the best! There will be 2 categories for this contest. One category will be 12 inches and under (table top turkeys and scarecrows). The second category will be above 12 inches. These will need to be brought to school on November 12th so they can be judged and displayed.

Walls of Learning
Ms. Alice will be creating walls of learning during this time period. One will be Turkey Trivia and the other will be the Story of Thanksgiving. There will be questions to answers each day, so read and learn!

Cornucopia Coloring Contest
Pick up your entry form on Ms. Alice's door and turn it in by Nov.19th. Adults can enter too, so teachers grab one and students take one home to your parents!

Guess the Candy Corn
See if you can guess how much candy corn is in the container outside Ms. Alice's door. Listen for the announcement that tells you when this contest is ready!

Turkey Table Manners
Ms. Patricia Garrett will be visiting with classes and reminding them about good table manners and showing how to set the Thanksgiving Feast Table!

Thomas the Turkey
Teddy T. Bear was a huge sucess, but now we have Thomas T. Turkey who will be taking his place! Thomas will be coming home with students and asking them to sit down with the family and make a list of the things your family is thankful for. Thomas will come with instructions and a page to write on. These lists will be displayed in the hallways. If you could send a family picture along with your list that would be great. You can also e-mail that picture to gibsond2@k12tn.net.

Wild Turkeys
Ms. Patti's art students will be creating wild turkeys. She will display them in the halls and on her blog http://mizpattisartroom.blogspot.com
Ms. Cross will be reading turkey stories in the library, too!

Send a favorite Thanksgiving recipe to us!
Send us your favorite Thanksgiving recipe to us and we will post it on a blog we have created just for that purpose:http:// k8cooks.blogspot.com
You can send a hand written copy or e-mail it to gibsond2@k12tn.net.

Sampling Day
Mrs. Lisa Cummings from School Coordinated Health will host a food sampling day on Nov.18th. She will have some tasty, healthy foods for us to try.