English at Maestra Isabel Álvarez: Thanksgiving Day and a Recipe

Thursday 26 November 2015

Thanksgiving Day and a Recipe

Indian hats in 3A

4C English with A Thankful Tree

5C English with A Thankful Tree

4B English with a Thankful Tree

Today is Thanksgiving and over the past few weeks we have done several activities to explain this Canadian and American holiday. In 1612 Pilgrims came over on the Mayflower and found Native Americans. The Pilgrims didn't have any food, and so the Native Americans brought them different foods such as vegetables, corn and potatoes and turkey. Now families have dinner and give thanks for what they have. We also watch the Macy's Day Parade in New York, American Football games and go shopping for Black Friday the following day.

Here is a link of the presentation and videos I showed in several classes:
Happy Thanksgiving!
Macy's Day Parade Video
Black Friday Shopper's Go Crazy

Students made hats of Pilgrims and Indians to help celebrate. We also did a craft with leaves called "I am thankful for" where students had to name different things such as family, friends, their education, school, teacher and peace. We combined the craft with several classes to make "The Thankful Tree."

Leaf Template

In addition, in 6A they are learning how to write recipes in the new English unit. For my thanksgiving dinner I made a traditional food: pumpkin pie.

Ingredients:
3/4 cup of sugar
1/2 tsp. of salt
1 tsp. of cinnamon
1/2 tsp. ground ginger
1/2 tsp. ground cloves
2 large eggs
1 can (15 oz) of Libby's 100% Pure Pumpkin (available at Taste of America or Costco)
1 can (12 fl. oz) of Evaporated Milk
1 unbaked 9-inch pie shell

Directions:
Mix sugar, salt, cinnamon, ginger and cloves in small bowl. Beat eggs in large bowl. Stir in pumpkin and sugar-spice mixture. Gradually stir in evaporated milk.
Pour into pie shell.
Bake in preheated 425 degrees F oven for 15 minutes. Reduce temperature to 350 degrees F: bake for 40-50 minutes or until knife inserted near center comes out clean. Cool on wire rack for 2 hours.

Serving Suggestions:
Serve immediately or refrigerate. You may serve with whipped cream or vanilla ice cream.