Week 10: Indians

 We took the first week of November off, so I knew I had 3 weeks leading up to Thanksgiving. I decided to divide them into 3 units: Pilgrims, Indians, and Turkeys. I've already written a post about our Pilgrim lesson, so check that out here.

In week 2, we studied Indians. I actually bought the book Squanto and the Miracle of Thanksgiving on Amazon because I procrastinated and didn't have time to order it from the library. But I thought it was important that Lucy understand some of the Indians' way of life. It was a really interesting book. I actually learned a lot from it.

Afterward, we made a compare/contrast chart to show some of the differences and similarities between the Pilgrims and the Indians. Some of Lucy's answers were hilarious.

We made a super-pathetic teepee out of construction paper. I didn't even take a picture because it looked so bad.

And we pretended to be Indians hunting for Thanksgiving dinner with this super-fun word family scavenger hunt:

I was on top of my game this week and we did a bunch of free printable worksheets:

Thanksgiving-themed subtraction and CVC code word making. And Lucy has a problem with making "N's" into "M's." Those last two words aren't rum and bum. Lol.

The above worksheets are from this free download. (Subtraction is from thanksgivingpart5 pg. 8. CVC code is from  thanksgivingpart3 pg. 41-43.)

We also did some blends/word family work from the same download. (thanksgivingpart6 pg. 7-9)

And we started skip counting by 5s and used a cute Indian-themed printable puzzle from this download.