​​​​Jessica Kearns

In this lesson, the students subtracted numbers less than 10.  In the story, "10 Fat Turkeys," the turkeys fly or fall off of a fence.  The student each had a chance to pull a turkey off of the fence.  We would count how many turkeys were left.  Because this was a Thanksgiving activity, all of the students wrote or were helped to write one thing they were thankful for on a feather.  The feathers were put together on two thankful turkeys.

During the month of December, our classroom entered a door decorating contest.  The door was to be decorated with a winter theme and the students were encouraged to help.  We worked together to create a snow themed door.  The students help with cutting, putting glitter on snowflakes, and stamping snowflakes on the door.