The
ABC's of Thanksgiving
by Mrs. Gursky's
First Graders
A
is
for
America
The Pilgrims
sailed across the sea to get away from their king.
They came to America.
by Olivia
B
is
for
Bow and Arrow
The Indians used
the bow
and arrow to get the animals.
by Jonathan
C
is
for
Corn
Squanto showed
the Pilgrims how to plant corn.
Corn
was a new vegetable to them. When they got to the New
World, they stole corn
from the Indians.
by Scotty
D
is
for
Dangerous
The lightning
was dangerous.
It was a dangerous
trip on the Mayflower.
by Tyler
E
is
for
England
The Pilgrims
came to America. They lived in
England before they came to America.
by Celina
F
is
for
Feast
The Pilgrims
and the Indians had a feast
together.
by Allie
G
is
for
Gunpowder
Two kids played
with matches near barrels of gunpowder
and they almost made the Mayflower go BOOM, but luckily
it didn't happen.
by Grant
H
is
for
Holiday
The Pilgrims
and the Indians had a feast called Thanksgiving. Many
years later it became a holiday.
by Grant
I
is
for
Indians
The Indians
showed the Pilgrims how to plant corn and how to shoot
a turkey. That is why we have Thanksgiving.
by Caitlin
J
is
for
Journey
The Pilgrims
took a big journey
to America.
by Claire
K
is
for
King
The
king made the Pilgrims go to his church.
by Claire
L
is
for
Land-ho
When the Pilgrims
saw land, they said, "Land-ho!"
by Kaitlynn
M
is
for
Mayflower
The Pilgrims
went in the Mayflower
to America.
picture by Michaela
sentence by Valeria
N
is
for
New World
The Pilgrims
came to the New
World.
picture by Michaela
sentence by Valeria
O
is
for
Ocean
The Pilgrims
sailed across the ocean.
by Juan
P
is
for
Pilgrims
The Pilgrims
came to America on the Mayflower.
by Olivia
Q
is
for
Quarrel
The Pilgrims
and the sailors quarreled.
They were not friends.
by Jonathan
R
is
for
Rules
When the Pilgrims
came to America, they made rules
so they could get along. The rules were called the
Mayflower Compact.
by Claire and
Brianna
S
is
for
Squanto
Squanto showed
the Pilgrims how to plant a fish with a seed and the fish
was fertilizer.
by Kyler
T
is
for turkey
The Indians taught
the Pilgrims how to catch turkey for dinner. They celebrated
Thanksgiving.
by Alyssa
U
is
for
under
The kids had
a bed that was kept under
the Mom and Dad's bed.
by Allie
V
is for voyage
The Pilgrims
had a bad voyage.
It was a hard voyage.
They had to eat hard biscuits. On the voyage
they had fun.
By Kyle
W
is
for
Wig-wam
The Indians lived
in wig-wams.
The wig-wam
was made out of wood. The wig-wams
can burn down. Tepees can move, but wig-wams
can't.
by Brianna
X
is for
explore
The Pilgrims
explored
America.
by Jessica
Y
is
for
Yell
When the Pilgrims
were on the Mayflower, they heard a man yell,
"Land-ho!"
by Kyler
Z
is
for
Zero
It was zero
degrees and it was so cold. It was a hard winter
and lots of people died.
by Gilberto
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