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NOVEMBER |
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WSRA Families and Literacy Committee
2007
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1
Take a nature walk. Collect leaves. Using resources identify the tree they came from. |
2
Arrange leaves into a book and label each leaf. Make leaf rubbings placemats.
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3
In your leaf book, write an introduction describing your walk. |
4
Using the letters T-H-A-N-K-S write a word for each letter that describes what you appreciate. |
5
Discuss election day with your family. Do you know what the word candidate means? |
6
Draw a picture map of the fire out of your house. |
7
Read Duck for President by Doreen Cronin. FDR elected 4 times as president, 1944. |
8
Write your last name, phone number, address, and emergency numbers on a paper by the phone. |
9
Family Reading Day
Read The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstien. |
10
1775, US Marine Corps founded. 1989 "Berlin Wall" dismantled. Call or visit a relative or neighbor.
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11
Read The Gingerbread Man . Make gingerbread cookies with an adult’s help. |
12
Exchange a book with a friend. Discuss your opinion of the book. |
13
Write in your journal. “If I could fly I would…” |
14
Watch your favorite TV show. Summarize the episode. |
15
Write a thank you note to your parents. List all of the things that you appreciate. |
16
Family Reading Day
Choose a book that has been made into a movie. |
17
Watch the movie of the book. Compare and contrast the book and movie. |
18
Bell Telephone introduces pushbutton telephone, 1963. Trace your hand. Make it into a turkey. |
19
Lincoln delivers Gettysburg Address 1863. Go to www.surfnet kids.com/lincoln.
htm for
information.
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20
List all the holiday foods you like. Put them in ABC order. |
21
Create a Thanksgiving song. Sing it to your family |
22
Enjoy Thanksgiving dinner. Talk about the things that you are thankful for. |
23
Describe the best things about the holiday.
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24
Family Reading Day
Read Finding Acorns by Vivian Gouled. |
25
Read the comics with your family. Cut apart one strip and put it back in order. |
26
1789 First
National Thanksgiving
Write about your Thanksgiving time with your family.
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27
Say a letter of the alphabet. Tell the letters that come before and after it. |
28
Use describing words to tell about your happiest day. |
29
Tell five items for each of these shapes: circle, triangle, square, rectangle.
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30
Make a list of five things you will do in the snow.
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