More Fall Fun

In just a few weeks we are going to have a Thanksgiving Luncheon along with Miss Maldonado's class. One class will be the pilgrims and the other class will be the Indians. Before the event, the children will be learning about life both long ago and today. We will read several books about pilgrims, the journey they took to come to America and how they worked together with the Indians. The children will learn about the differences between needs and wants. We may even do some kind of service project on campus, but that will be a whole class decision that we still need to make.


On November 23rd our class will have both our luncheon and our first drama production of the year. Our class will be performing the Thanksgiving comedy Turk and Runt. I performed this with my students last year and we had a blast! Performing plays is a great learning experience for children in many ways. The children practice reading skills by reading simple lines from a book, sequencing events in a story, and connecting a written text with a dramatized version. This is defenitely a large undertaking, but it's well worth it.


This week we will read the book, use picture cards to practice sequencing the events in the correct order, assign reading parts for the different characters, and begin our first practice run. Some children will be going home with a script to practice the lines at home as well, because some characters will more more speaking parts.


Look for a flyer about the play by the end of the week. The flyer will include the day, time and location of the play.