I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving and enjoyed the little mini-break! Last week we finished up our social studies unit about Pilgrims and Indians by making our own butter. We had learned that the Pilgrims had very limited food on the Mayflower and no way to refrigerate or cook it. We enjoyed this snack on crackers!

We began a literature unit all about Gingerbread stories today. We are reading different versions of the many Gingerbread Men/Girl tales and comparing the characters and endings. We learned that a "refrain" is a repeated phrase in a story, so we are noticing the different refrains in each story too. On Friday we will each make our own gingerbread house...pictures to come!

Our old friend, Ginger the Elf, was sitting way up high this morning when we got to school. He even brought us a funny holiday joke! We wonder where he will be tomorrow morning!
In our Social Skills lessons this week we will be talking about how people sometimes think and feel differently about the same situation. Learning that not everyone feels the same way as they do is part of building empathy.
I will have a substitute on Wednesday and Friday afternoons because I am observing students in other buildings.