Thanksgiving Facts

This week we have been learning about fiction and non fiction books. We were looking at different Thanksgiving books to help us with our learning. 

We read a Thanksgiving non-fiction book and we were learning lots of true facts about Thanksgiving. There are some of the facts we learned:

* I didn't know there was baskets that looked like horns that are called cornucopia. (Saskia)

* I didn't know that there was a huge turkey that weighed 86lbs. (Harper)

* I didn't know there were big parades in New York. (Scarlett)

* I didn't know that explorers made Thanksgiving. (Edwin)

* I didn't know that some people called Thanksgiving Turkey Day. (Logan)

* I didn't know that people went on ships to go to Canada. (Landon)

* I didn't know that Thanksgiving is a different day in the United States. (Sylvie & Ms. King)

* I didn't know that Thanksgiving was for sharing things that you are thankful for. (Hannah)

* I didn't know they didn't name Canada, Canada for a long time. (Ryan)

* People have pumpkin pies on Thanksgiving. (Edwin)

* I didn't know that there was colourful corned called maize. (Landon)

* I didn't know that England people moved around because they didn't like what the King said. (Leia)

* I didn't know that people watch football games on Thanksgiving. (Ryan)

We also read many Thanksgiving fiction stories this week and are learning the parts of the story, called the story elements. Today, we read The Great Thanksgiving Escape. 

After we read this silly story, we talked about the story elements and recorded them on our Thanksgiving reading response paper.

Also this week, our Shared Reading was a poem for Thanksgiving. Here we are after many days of learning it and focusing on different topics each day. We are becoming fluent and expressive readers. 

We want to wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving!!