Our book was the perfect lead in to Thanksgiving.
Cranberry Thanksgiving is a delightful story with a big lesson about judging the character of others based on their outside appearance.
The kids had supposed Mr. Whiskers was a bad man because he had a full, scary-looking beard. It turned out that he was the hero of the story. It was great to see them discover this as the story was read. And fun to talk about "judging a book by its cover."
Teacher Jennifer Wright brought in some delicious cranberry bread and taught us why cranberries float and how they are harvested. It was fascinating!
We then worked on our scissor skills by cutting cranberries out of colored paper. We pasted them on our papers with the yummy cranberry bread recipe from the book.
This book is highly recommended. Such a sweet story, but as we found out, it is HARD to get your hands on one.
Have a wonderful Thanksgiving!!
When we get back we will read a classic from Robert Frost.
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