Spook-tacular Baking!

Aryana's mother put together a team of volunteers to help us bake! 

It was a spook-tacular project full of measuring, stirring, decorating, and devouring. 

 

What was your favorite part of baking? 

What is something that you enjoy baking or cooking?

Happy Thanksgiving ~ 2013!

Reminder: This is the final week of Family Blogging Month!

This  week we had a wonderful time preparing for

Thanksgiving!

One way we did that was by measuring and

 mixing up the ingredients 

for our own loaf of pumpkin bread!

 

We enjoyed a manifold of activities this week! Students wrote about their Thanksgiving feast in a cornucopia, dressed a turkey book report, baked delicious pumpkin bread, and decorated the pumpkin bread to look like a turkey.

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We also read a funny fable about a slow-thinking turkey named Thomas T. Turkey.

The story is about how Thomas T. Turkey gets three invitations for Thanksgiving. He is ignorant about traditional Thanksgiving feasts. He wonders what people eat at Thanksgiving. The invitations use word play, so Thomas has no idea that he will become the main course if he accepts any of the invitations. (Word play is when a writer uses a word or phrase that has two meanings.)

Here is a funny example. Can you spot the word play?

Dear Thomas T. Turkey,

We would love to have you for Thanksgiving dinner this year! Come early, the chef has promised a special recipe just for you! You'll be stuffed at our house! Just wait until you see what we're having! Bring your family along too! You will be the guest of honor, and we'll have a special place for you at the dinner table.

Thomas,  Thanksgiving will not be the same without you!

Your comrade,
Bobby Bobcat

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What are you doing this Thanksgiving?

Make up an invitation for Thomas T. Turkey. Use word play!

What is your favorite Thanksgiving dish?

Happy Thanksgiving ~ 2011!

For Thanksgiving, Mrs. Yollis' class baked delicious pumpkin bread! 

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In addition, Mrs. Yollis read the class a funny story about a slow-thinking turkey called Thomas T. Turkey. 

In the story, Thomas was invited to not one, not two, but three Thanksgiving dinners. Benjamin Bobcat, Fanny Fox, and Henry Hawk all told him they wanted to have him for Thanksgiving dinner and that the day wouldn't be the same without him! In the end, Thomas T. Turkey decided he did not want to hurt anyone's feelings, so he declined all the invitations! He ended up staying home alone for Thanksgiving dinner.

  We learned that it is better to eat alone than to be eaten!

After listening to the story, we created our own invitations for Thomas T. Turkey.  He must have been overwhelmed by his sudden popularity this year!

Happy Thanksgiving, one and all!

What are you thankful for?