Hello Everyone, I hope that you all enjoyed Veteran's Day and a nice 4-day weekend with your family. As you know, we are having Report Card Conferences this week. There will be no school on Wednesday for the conferences, and then two half-days on Thursday and Friday as we finish our conferences. Students will again get out at 11:40am and the Kinders will be waiting at the front of the school, either under the flagpole with me, or inside the gate at the Kinder playground with Mrs. Laurie ( I have afterschool yard duty by the bus area).
On Friday, we will be learning about and celebrating the great american holiday known at Thanksgiving. We will do some Thanksgiving activities, watch a video about the Pilgrims coming to the "New World", and end with a nice feast in our classroom. I hope that you have all thought about helping your child participate in this activity by bringing something yummy to share at the feast.
According to traditional legend, the First Thanksgiving brought the Pilgrims and the Native Americans together to celebrate the harvest. The Pilgrims shared with the Native Americans their hunting and fishing skills (mainly the tools the "White Man" used to help with hunting and fishing), and the Native Americans shared their knowledge of farming and gathering (using fish to help enrich the soil when growing corn, identifying which plants/berries were edible, etc.).
I know that our class feast won't be as monumental as the first Thanksgiving was, but I do believe it is a great way for the students in our class to make stronger connections with their classmates and learn about other cultures. We've discussed the idea of America being a "melting pot", where many different people come to live and share in the ideals of freedom and equality. I try and use the Thanksgiving Feast as an opportunity to expand your child's views of what Thanksgiving means in today's America by allowing families to bring their favorite family dish to the feast. We can stick with tradition (turkey, gravy, corn, etc.), but we can also introduce new ideas that our students may have never had (lumpia, foh, sushi, paella, etc.). If your family has an authentic dish that is special to your family's culture and heritage, please consider sharing it with our class on Friday at the Feast!!
Signups have been up on the door in front of the classroom, you do not need to feel obligated to bring only what is listed, talk with me and we can work out arrangements for other ideas not already mentioned.
*Please note anything in your dish that may cause allergies. We have 4-5 students in our class with food allergies, mainly nuts, but I want to be careful with everything we serve so we don't have any unfortunate reactions. Also talking to your child if they have allergies about what to stay away from will greatly help. You know their condition more than I do, and would be better prepared to remind them what foods they can and cannot eat. Thanks again!!
Have a wonderful week and I will see all of you at the Conferences!!
-Mr. Linnet
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