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Monday, November 20, 2017

Thanksgiving Recipe Collection 

In honor of Thanksgiving this week, we have some very special turkey recipes to share with you. Each child drew a picture of his/her Thanksgiving table, and dictated a turkey recipe to me. I was impressed by the recipes' details, along with how fast some of your turkeys cook at home! Try to guess which recipe and picture belong to your child...you will find out for sure when our How to Cook a Turkey class book starts coming home after Thanksgiving break. Please note...don't try these recipes at home. 😂 I hope you enjoy! I wish all you and your families a very Happy Thanksgiving!

Kill a turkey with a knife and bring it home and cut off the feathers. Then you heat
it in an oven for 2 or 40 or 50 minutes. Make sure the oven is like 50 degrees
I guess. When it rings you put the mittens on your hands that protect your
hands from getting too hot and you lift it out. Then you get to eat it.
Buy a turkey at a turkey store, then take it
home. Take off the wrapper, put the turkey in the grill, and then turn on the
grill to hot, about 14 degrees. When you check it you might know when it’s done
because you might have cooked it before. Then you put it on a plate to eat.
Turn on the oven to 11 degrees. Then you put it
the turkey in the oven. Then you take it out of the oven after 5 minutes.
Before you cut it, you put some good oil on it, then you cut it and it’s ready
to serve for Thanksgiving.
Go to the store and look in every freezer aisle
and find a good one. Then walk to the checkout and pay for your turkey. Then
you’ll go home. Take the turkey out of the bag and make it thaw out a little bit
so it doesn’t have to stay in the oven even longer. You put the turkey on a
little grill-ey thing so it doesn’t fall in the oven and get on fire. Put that
whole thing in the oven, and make sure the oven is on 40. Cook it in there for
50 seconds, and then that’s pretty much it.
Get a turkey from Schnucks and pay the checker
outer for it. And then you take it home and then you put it in a probably big
or medium pan if it’s medium, use a medium or big pan. Put pepper on it and
cook it in the stove. Cook it for 12 minutes…I think the temperature should be,
I don’t know, maybe medium temperature. Then what I would do is take it on a table and have the grownups cut it and then you eat it.
Hunt the turkey down and cut the feathers off
it. Then get like a plate and put it on there and put in the oven. Make sure
the temperature is hot, and it should stay in there for 13 minutes. When the
oven dings you know it’s done. Then take it out of the oven with your gloves
and pull it out gently and put it on the table. Put lettuce on the sides of it
because I saw a picture like that one time. So you put it in the middle of the
table and everyone gets some.
You need rice then potatoes and then stuffing.
And then you need some orange powder. Then you need some salt and then you need
some bones and put all of that from the recipe…you use like 4 or 9 recipes,
inside the turkey. Then when it looks brown in the kitchen, you put it in the
oven for 12 hours, but not for a long time. Mom has to wait for it to cook in
the kitchen, then it’s done cooking when she says. Then, Mom, make sure you
call me and tell me its ready to eat, even if I’m in the upstairs or downstairs
or in the living room.
Buy a turkey at Target, the one my mom says to
buy…a kind of big, medium size one. Take it back to home and cook it. Put it in
a pan with salty stuff and that’s it. Then you cook the pan with the turkey in
the oven for maybe 5 minutes. My mom will tell me when it’s done. Then we put
it on a plate and then in a bag, and then put it in the car. We’ll eat it later.
Buy a turkey at the grocery store. Let’s go back
home and cook it. Put it in the oven for a few days, it’s done when it’s been a
few days and 20 minutes. Take it out and put chicken stuff on it, and put
ketchup in it! That would be great!
Go to the store and buy a turkey. Buy the one
that looks good. Bring it home and then put dressing on it, and also put salt
on it. Put it on a big plate thing and put it in the microwave. Microwave it
for 5 minutes, then take it out and put it on the table.
Get the turkey out of the pantry and maybe put
some lettuce on it and put it in the oven for 5 minutes and it is 7 degrees in
there. When the oven makes a ding from the timer, you put on the mitts and that
keeps your hand from getting burned. Pull out the tray that the turkey’s on.
Then set it on the counter to cool down for a few minutes and then you take it
out off the tray, you put a sheet on the table, and then you get a big plate
and then you put the plate on the table, and then you carry the turkey on the
tray and put the turkey on the plate.
Get the turkey from the store, then you cook it
in your home. Put the turkey in pan and then put it in the oven for three
minutes for 40 degrees. Close the oven, and then open the oven and then you
will take the turkey out and set it on the table with a plate. Then I eat it.
Get sugar and chicken, water, cheese. So you get
a bowl, you put the sugar in first, and you put a water in it, and you stir it.
Then you put the cheese in it, then the chicken, and you stir it all. Put that
stuff in the turkey. You take the turkey and you put it in the oven for 12
hours. When the turkey is brown in the oven, you take it out and you eat it.
Take a turkey out of the freezer. Then put salt
and pepper on it. Put dough on top of it and put it in the oven. The oven is on
at 20 degrees and cook it for 30 seconds. After that happens, take it out, and
I eat it. 
Get a turkey from Schnucks and cook it on the stove.
Put the turkey in a big pot and cook it for 7 hours. Add some salt and cook it
and stir it. Then put it on a plate and let it cool off, then that’s all. 
First my mom buys the turkey I think at
Schnucks, and then I think she brings it home and she doesn’t put anything on
it. It’s plain. We put it in a pan, a really medium size one, and we put it in
the oven. The oven is 50 degrees, which is really hot, and the turkey stays in
there for about 13 minutes. And then we take the turkey out, put it in
something, like a box and we bring it over to my Gaga’s and Papa’s house
because they like to have Thanksgiving parties. And we drop the turkey off
there and after that we need to make pumpkin pie.
Take some chicken, mix a little bit, put some
water in, then put in some hard bones, mix it all in, and put it inside the
turkey. Then put it in the oven for 50 minutes…make sure the oven is on high
very hot. Take it out of the oven, and put whatever you want on it, like sugar
or put some fruit on it if you want. Cut out some little pieces and take a
bite. It’s good!
I’ve never made a turkey before but I think how
my mom does it is first she gets a bowl so she can mix the dough in, then she
put it in the microwave so the dough can get hard, and then she smashes it with
a rolling pin. Then the dough is ready and you put it with the turkey and you
set it on the table for everyone. My Papa or Daddy or River cuts it with a
knife so everyone can have a piece.
Buy the turkey at Walmart, then drive home and
then you put the turkey. Take the turkey out of the case. Then you put it in a
pot and then we put salt on it and pepper and then you put it in the oven for
30 minutes. The oven should be very hot, like 1,003 degrees. Then take it out
of the oven. After you take it out the oven, you cut it up and put it on a
plate. Then you eat it. Happy Thanksgiving!

Friday, November 17, 2017

We can teach each other about our country!

We started a fun project today during social studies time. The kids worked in small groups to research US symbols, including the White House, bald eagle, Statue of Liberty, and Liberty Bell. Each group researched a symbol together on a Chromebook, then they made a plan for a poster to teach others about their symbols. Next week, we will spend time using our posters to teach our class about each of the symbols they studied. Make sure to ask your child about the symbol he/she studied! This was also a great project for us to practice Habit 6, Synergize!

 




Friday, November 10, 2017

Veteran's Day

We have been learning all about people who serve in the armed forces, and it culminated with our parade and assembly today for Veteran's Day!

Yesterday, we were fortunate to have Lieutenant Colonel Katherine Hipp, US Army Reserve Commissioned in the Judge Advocate General's Corp, come to speak to us about her experience as an attorney for the Army. She also taught all the kindergarten kids how to do a proper salute!



Our Veteran's Day celebration kicked off with a parade today. We watch both the Boy and Girl Scouts, the Parkway Central High School marching band, and students from our school along with their veterans march. At the end, each class got to join the parade. It was cold, but the kids LOVED it!





We had a whole school assembly in the gym after the parade. Our Honors Choir performed songs for each of the branches of the military, and explained the meanings. Each of the veterans in attendance was honored during the assembly, along with their student (or staff member). It was very special!



One veteran in attendance was our very own Reid's grandfather, Robert Thomas. He was in the Air Force, and he talked with our class all about his experience working on aircraft and about the importance of going to school and working hard.


Thank you to all our veterans and active duty military! Our kindergarteners certainly love you!


Friday, November 3, 2017

A Surprise Visitor 

Today, we came inside after our lunch recess and noticed something very strange in our classroom...there were spiderwebs everywhere! We were very confused until we found the note below. The real Spider-Man had actually come to our classroom! 😁

Spider-Man had left our Super Readers special pointer lights to help them "activate their pointer power" for reading! The kids were AMAZED that Spider-Man did this for them...as we were walking through the hallway to go to Art later on, they excitedly told every adult we passed that Spider-Man came to our classroom because of their reading super powers! As you can see below, they took their reading jobs very seriously and used their power pointers to help them read.

We can't wait to see what other reading super powers these Super Readers learn during this new reading unit. 😊

Our Fall Party, on Halloween, was so much fun! The kids loved dressing up in their own costumes, too. On Halloween, we also practiced pointing to words while partner reading using fingers! The kids brought their witch fingers home with them on Halloween, so make sure to remind them to find their witch finger if they need a little reminder to use their "pointer power" while reading.

We hope all of you had a happy Halloween!