Thank you

It's November, so we have been talking about Thanksgiving. While many, well most, of the kindergarten people thought the primary reason for Thanksgiving was eating turkey, I did have a few that were able to help fill in our circle map with more than just food.  This lead to a discussion about being grateful, and the true meaning behind Thanksgiving ::cue cheesy sentimental music:: which is giving thanks.

In that spirit, we have been making Thank you cards. Yesterday, we worked on cards for the wonderful people who funded our project on Donors Choose. They did a fantastic job! Some chose to write full sentences, while others drew pictures of themselves and how getting our new math manipulatives made them feel. It was awesome to see them working on something so hard because it was for someone else.

Today, they went even farther in making cards for Veterans Day. Living in a military community and having a few military kids in our class, my kinder people are very aware and VERY grateful for the service that our armed forces perform. It was so cool to see their excitement to say thank you to a member of the armed services.

I love my job!