This week has been all about getting ready for Thanksgiving and the meaning and history of Thanksgiving. We have been learning about turkeys, pilgrims and Native Americans. One day this week we ground wheat to make flour and did experiments with yeast. Did you know the gas from the yeast can blow up a balloon? We enjoyed watching that and did it a few times to confirm our results. We baked cinnamon rolls (only 2 balls of dough went on the floor, the 5 second rule did not apply) and ate them for our afternoon snack. We found the best place to make the dough rise was on top of the fish tank. We read "Little Red Hen" and analyzed the story for main character, setting, plot and resolution of the problem. The kids really got into that and we have used the literacy triangle several times this week to talk about other stories we have read.