How do you cook a Thanksgiving turkey?
By Room 2 Kindergarteners
Aadi
First, I’d go to a pumpkin patch and I’d hide somewhere behind a pumpkin. Then, when the turkey comes I’d have a trap and catch it. Then I take it home inside the trap. Then I cut it. I put it in the oven to make it hot, and I cook it until the morning.
Alex
First, I would buy a turkey from a store. Then I put it in a pot. Add some onion rings and some pepper and some french fries. Put it in the oven.
Cook it for two minutes. Then, take it out and eat it.
Amy
We don’t catch the turkey. We buy it. If I could catch a turkey, I would get a net and put it over the turkey. I would throw the net over it. Then, I would ask my mom and dad to help me put it on the back of the truck. Then, we would drive home and put it in the oven. I would put pepper and soy sauce on it, and cook it for 20 hours because it is a big turkey.
Ayaka
It was flying and I catched it when it landed on the tree. I climbed the tree. There was a chicken there and I picked it. I took it home and cooked it. I put it in a pan and put it in the oven. I put some pepper on top. I cooked it for one hour.
Carter
I would go out to a farm, go to the turkey pen and grab a turkey. Then, I would take it home, put it in a pan, and cook it. First, I took off the feathers. Then, I put it in the oven. I cook it for three minutes. Then it’s ready to eat. I cut it up and eat.
Cierra
First, get a turkey. I buy it at my favorite place, “All You Can Eat.” I warm up the turkey in a microwave. I get the plumper and squeeze all the juice out. I put frosting hearts on top. Then, I put some white outlines over it. I pat it down so it will stay. Then, I bake it.
Everardo
I bought the turkey at Taco Bell. I took it home. I cook it. I eat it.
Ethan L.
I would buy a turkey at Costco - a nine pound twenty six inch turkey. I put the turkey in a pan. I add salt. Then I put it in a bowl, and put it in the oven, and cook it for twenty six minutes.
Ethan M.
In the store buy a turkey with money. Put it on the grill. Turn on the heat. When it’s done burning get it out. Then eat it.
Eileen
I buy a turkey at Ranch Jo-Jo. Then I go home. I put the turkey in a pot. I cook it for three hours.
Hannah
My mom would get a turkey at a Chinese market. We bring a big pot and put it in with vegetables like potatos, tomatos, also some onions. We put some Chinese sauce on it and we put it in a crock-pot and cook it for 16 minutes. We eat it with the family – my grandma, my sister, my mom and dad.
Jeffrey
I catch a turkey with a net. I put it in the microwave and fry it all day and all night. Then, I cook it with french fries and cheese. I cook it for 12 minutes.
Kenny
We go to a store and get a turkey. Then, we go home and cook it. We put it in a pan with some salt and wait five minutes. Then, we put it in the oven at four degrees.
Kevin
Get a turkey at the store behind my sister’s school. Take it home. Put in the refrigerator. Cook it in the microwave.
Kyle
Get a turkey from the shop. It’s already dead. Pay for it first. Then, bring it home. Put some cucumbers on it and some tomatos and some broccoli and some carrots and some celery. Put it in the oven. It should be twenty miles hot. When it beeps it’s ready. Then, cut it up and eat it.
Nathan
The turkey came from a farm. A farm truck took turkey to my house. Put the turkey in a pot. Add some sugar. Put some salt on it. Then, put it in the oven. Cook the turkey for an hour. Then, take it out and eat it.
Sarai
I go to Red Lobster and get a turkey. Bring it home. Get some flour. Pat some flour on the turkey. Put a cookie in the turkey. I put it in the oven. I cook it in one minute. Then it’s done. Then, I put on some ice cream and some vanilla cake. Yummy!
Sasha
Go to shop and get a turkey. Then, at home put it in the oven so it gets hot. Cook for two hours.
Tori
First, we buy it at the store. Then, we cook it in the oven. We defrost it first, and we wait while it is cooking. Then, we eat it. But, I don’t eat it because I don’t like turkey. And, that’s all I want to say!
Vasuda
You put the turkey in the pan and put it in the oven. Then you put sprinkles of hearts in the middle. Then, you put it in the oven again, and then you sprinkle some flower sprinkles, and then you put sauce on top of the heart sprinkles. Done!
Walfredo
Get a turkey from the food store. Take it home. Put bones inside the turkey. Put it in the oven. It’s really hot. Cook for one minute.
These Halloween stories were dictated to an adult scribe during our writer’s workshop. I hope you enjoy them.
By Aadi
On Halloween, me and Jeffrey went trick-or-treating. We went to every house in the world and got all the candy on Earth. We magically appeared in every country. We went to all the houses that celebrate Halloween. We ate all the candy. But, we didn’t get sick because we are magic.
By Alex
One night in the city, Joker jumped up on a tall skyscraper. Then Batman saw him. Batman jumped up, too. When Batman tried to catch the Joker, the Joker said, “Don’t attack me! I’m not bad anymore!” “Ok. Let’s go trick-or-treating,” Batman said. So, Batman and the Joker went trick-or-treating, and they are friends now.
By Amy
It was Halloween and at the spooky castle there were ghosts everywhere. All the people in town were scared of the spooky castle, and they didn’t want to go trick-or-treating there. But, the tiger wasn’t scared. He was brave. He went into the castle and scared all the ghosts away. So, he was a helpful and friendly tiger. He was also a magic tiger. He turned the spooky castle into the candy castle. Now, all the boys and girls in town love to go trick-or-treating at the candy castle. Happy Halloween!
By Ayaka
I like Halloween because I like to dress up and go trick-or-treating. I like to eat the candy, too! I will dress up as a Sleeping Beauty this year and we will go trick-or-treating in Stanford shopping mall.
By Carter
One night I went Halloween trick-or-treating. I was dressed up as a Black Spiderman. My Daddy was with me. I heard something in the bushes. I went into the bushes to find it. It was a cat. I petted the cat. Daddy petted it, too. It was our cat! He followed us home.
By Cierra
A bad ghost lived in a cave with bad monsters. It was a bad, scary family. On Halloween they go around and scare people and steal candy. They go up to Aadi and grab his bag of candy. “You ugly monsters. You are mean. I’m going to call the police, “ Aadi yelled. Aadi’s baby brother called the police. But, the monsters disappeared before the police came. The end.
By Eileen
I will go ice-skating on Halloween this year. I will dress up as a pink fairy. I will also trick-or-treat in my house and eat a little bit of candy.
By Ethan L.
I don’t like candy, but I like going trick-or-treating. I don’t know what I will dress up as, but I’m thinking possibly a Pokemon. On Halloween, I’m going trick-or-treating with my sister and her friends. I like Halloween!
Ethan M.
On Halloween night there was a Wolverine. He went to the bad guy’s house. He jumped in the window and caught the bad guy. He took him to jail.
Everardo
I like candies that are Halloween candies – like ghost lollipops. I like to dress in a black Spiderman suit. I like to trick-or-treat with my dad. I knock on doors. I say, “Trick-or-treat.” Then, they give me some candies. I get 100 candies.
Hannah
I like Halloween. My mom bought a lot of candy. I am going to dress up as Ariel this year again. We will trick-or-treat in our neighborhood, and my dad will drive us a little bit further for trick-or-treating, too.
Jeffrey
One Halloween a sick pumpkin went to the doctor. He said, “My butt hurts.” The doctor said, “What happened?” The pumpkin said, “Someone put a cannon in me and blew me up. Can you fix me?” “No,” said the doctor. So, the pumpkin went home and sat on the grass. But, his butt still hurt.
Kenny
There were three pumpkins in the garden. A monster came and ate the pumpkins. He got so full. Then, he sang the ABC spider song. Then, he turned into a giant spider robot, and ran down the street scaring boys and girls. He tried to go trick-or-treating. But, nobody gave him candy. So, he went to the store and bought some.
Kevin
This Halloween, I will dress up as a brown dog. My mom is going to cook pancakes for me. I will go trick-or-treating with my brother in my neighborhood. I will only eat a little bit of candy, probably my favorite kind, chocolate!
Kyle
I dressed up as a vampire on Halloween. I was walking down the street trick-or-treating, but everybody closed the door. All the other kids screamed and ran. They were scared of me. Everybody thought I was a real vampire. I went up to one person who wasn’t scared of me. It was a kid. He was dressed up as an evil wolf. We went trick-or-treating together. This time the people gave us candy. They didn’t close the door.
Nathan
Me and Kaylee and Mommy went trick-or-treating. I was dressed as Batman and Kaylee was dressed as Cinderella. Mommy was dressed as a clown. We were trick-or-treating by Grandma and Grandpa’s house. We rang a doorbell, and something weird happened. A person dressed up as a giant candy opened the door. We said, “Trick-or-treat.” The giant candy said, “Sorry no candy. I’m going to race away in my car.” Then, he flew away on his magic can.
Sarai
Once upon a time, there was a haunted house with ghosts in it. A monster, Frankenstein, bats, witches, and even real pumpkins lived in it. Then the children walked inside the haunted house, and they felt really scared. Then they saw witches flying above the roof, and they screamed, “Ahh!” But, they ran out of the haunted house, and the monster followed them to eat them. The kids got eaten and they are ghosts forever.
Sasha
I like to go trick-or-treating. I like chocolates and lollipops.
Halloween is fun!
Tori
I made all different color spider candies for Halloween We always decorate our house with blue kitty lights. When it is dark we turn it on and it glows blue. I put up some scary lanterns in our rose garden. This year I’m going to wear my Tinkerbell costume.
Vasuda
It was Halloween morning. All the monsters and ghosts were getting ready for the big night. The ghosts were practicing scaring people, and the monsters were pretending to be the regular people. Later, when the sun was coming down, I was outside and I saw the monsters coming down the street. (I am a grown-up in this story.) I ran into my house. I hid under my bed. The monsters tried to come inside, but I had locked the door. So, the monsters went to my mom’s house. They broke in and stole her jewelry. My mom ran away to my dad’s work. The End.
Walfredo
I like to go trick-or-treating with my sisters. I dress up as Spiderman. I like to go to houses and get candy. I go to the door and knock. They open the door. I say, “Happy Halloween.” Then they give me and my sisters candy. My favorite candy is a lollipop. I like orange.
Welcome to the "Student Work" section! Throughout the year I will post samples of the children's dictated stories and poems. I hope you enjoy them.
Reflections on the first week of school:
We asked the children the following questions: What is school? What do you want to learn in kindergarten? What is your favorite thing to do?
Who are your friends?
Aadi
School is somewhere where you learn things.
I want to learn how to write.
My favorite thing to do is go to school.
My friends are Rishi, Devon, and Nathan.
Alex
School is a place for learning.
I want to learn science.
My favorite thing to do is go to Great America.
My friend is Achutan.
Amy
School is kindergarten.
I want to learn about animals.
My favorite thing to do is drawing and coloring.
My friend is Tori.
Ayaka
School is fun.
I want to do drawing and painting.
My favorite thing to do is read books.
Carter
School is a place to learn.
I want to learn how things work.
My favorite thing to do is play basketball.
My friend is Kevin.
Cierra
School is to learn.
I want to learn everything.
My favorite thing to do is painting.
Eileen
School is ... I don't know.
I want to learn reading and drawing.
My favorite thing to do is read.
Ethan L.
School is for you to learn.
I want to learn to read, to write, and to color.
My favorite thing to do is to play.
My friend is Hannah.
Ethan M.
Everardo
School is fun.
I want to learn painting.
My favorite thing to do is play basketball.
My friends are Andrew and Mina.
Hannah
School is a place to learn and to play.
I want to learn to read books.
My favorite thing to do is reading.
My friend is Alex.
Jeffrey
This is school.
I want to play.
My favorite thing to do is color and play games.
My friend is Aadi.
Kenny
School is here.
I want to do projects and play games.
My favorite thing to do is painting.
My friend is Jeffrey.
Kevin
School is something.
I want to play.
My favorite thing to do is coloring.
My friend is Everardo.
Kyle
School is here to learn something.
I want to do a lot of writing.
My favorite thing to do is reading.
Nathan
School is for learning.
I want to learn writing.
My favorite thing to do is building the blocks.
Sarai
School is to have fun.
I want to draw with beautiful colors.
My favorite thing to do is to eat ice cream.
My friend is Sasha.
Sasha
School is for friends.
I want to learn reading.
My favorite thing to do is coloring.
My friend is Sarai.
Tori
School is fun.
I want to paint and draw a person with pencil.
My favorite thing to do is to watch the picture of wild things.
My friend is Amy.
Vasuda
School is fun.
I want to draw and play at the playground.
My favorite thing to do is playing with my friends.
My friend is Sameer.
Walfredo
School is where you have fun and make friends.
I want to write.
My favorite thing to do is play.