WIWW & SENSE-Sational Thanksgiving

Happy WIWW!

I'm dropping by to share an EASY Thanksgiving sensory bin idea, plus linking up for WIWW:

The bin is filled with all sorts of Thanksgiving goodness...gourds, pine cones (cinnamon-scented), table scatter (various acorns, pumpkins, autumn-colored gems), and even a few turkeys.

It took ALL my willpower to not jump into my winter-themed bins. I have WAY more ideas than available weeks! Instead, I stuck with autumn in an attempt to not skip over Thanksgiving!

We are reading a fiction (Thanksgiving for Emily Ann) and nonfiction (Turkeys that Fly and Turkeys that Don't), plus completing several "thankful" writing responses:

I offered these Thanksgiving writing freebies last week,
 in case you missed them...here they are!

Thanksgiving Writing Freebie

My students' stamina for writing is increasing (thank goodness, since it is November!) and now we are working on building independence for completing work :)

We easing into it with a few activity pages
from my Don't Eat Tom Thanksgiving Activity Pack:

The entire pack is on sale for $5.00 until Friday! 

Don't Eat Tom! Activity Pack

I'm also linking up with The Pleated Poppy and The Mummy Chronicles to share "What I Wore Wednesday"

I'm not going to sugarcoat it...it's been tough to not reach for only warm & cozy this week (a.k.a. flannel & UGGs). Lucky for me, Alison & Cyndi's challenge outfits came very close to my cold-weather requirements:

the next outfit picture was...a fail :(

The second outfit we received for the challenge was a chambray shirt, skinny pants and boots. Super easy and chic, but I had a picture-fail. 

And here's what I'm wearing today...unless I change before I leave ;)

This outfit is serving a dual purpose - our old public school temperatures range from 55 to above 90 with nothing in between. It's so sad for our students :(  Today I'm prepared for it...I have a sleeveless black top with black dress pants and then a camel boyfriend cardigan for when I move to a freezing classroom. I also have a scarf, mittens, hat & a parka for outdoor dismissal! I keep an extra set of these at school (plus rainboots) for weather-emergencies. 

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Enjoy your last full week before Thanksgiving :)