Please check out your child's blog for his/her latest piece of writing. Students reflected on that which they are thankful for this week. The writing below was a collaborative effort and features all 4W student responses when asked..."If you appeared at Thanksgiving dinner as food to be served, what dish would you be and why?"
Enjoy! And...Have a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday with your family! If I were a food at Thanksgiving... I would be the turkey because it is the leader of the table. Also because it stands out. I would be the ham because hams are red and my favorite color is red. I would be the pumpkin pie because pumpkin pie is sweet like me and tasty too! I would be the chocolate that we eat for dessert because I love to eat chocolate and it tastes really good. I would be the turkey because the color looks like me, it’s warm like I am a lot, and it’s popular at Thanksgiving like I am with my family. I would be the ice cream because I am sweet as ice cream (sweet as in kind). I would be the salad because I am mixed up with funky colors and I am super duper sweet! I would be a bread roll because it is soft, not sour, and it fills me up with delight when I eat it. I would be the cranberry sauce because that is usually what I eat a lot of (or would like to) at Thanksgiving. I would be a brownie because I love chocolate and I am sweet like a brownie. I would be the turkey because I feel like the turkey is the leader of Thanksgiving and I like to be a leader a lot. I would be the gravy because it is so good and so smelly that smells good and it is just me. I would be a cup of sparkling apple juice because I sparkle with creativity and imagination. I would be cake because I am one of a kind. I would be a farmer soda because I am creamy , smooth, yummy, and I quench your thirst! I would be the pumpkin pie because I am hyper, which kind of relates to tasty. Tasty relates to hyper because if you eat something tasty, you will become hyper. I would be chocolate cake because I love chocolate, I love cake, and I am a chocolate craver. I would be a roll because I am always warm. I would be a turkey because I think turkeys are crazy, and I think am crazy! Being crazy is like my favorite thing to do! I am not always crazy, but I like to be crazy. I would be the turkey because I like when people like me and it's kind of big. I would be a warm roll because I am almost always never cold. I also think I am a warm roll because almost everybody likes warm rolls and I have a lot of friends. I would be a turkey because I talk a lot and turkeys gobble a lot.
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