| Show Ephraim Elementary Students Pen Feelings On Early Thanksgiving Celebrations Thanksgiving In America has become a time for families A time for association with those most dear to us A time Ime for having good times together and anda a time Ume for fo remembering other good times As days and weeks speed by it has often orten seemed as we get more and more Involved In today's living that If 1 It weren't for the reminders that the schools give our children we might soon forget the past p t significance significance significance sig sig- of our national holi holi- days Days come como and go and we seem to move faster and anti faster Into the future and this Is not bad but In order that we might keep reminded of why we celebrate It is good that our children bring home hom their stories their pictures and their questions qUo that are stimulated in the schoolroom Representative v of stories that are written in the different classes in school in remembrance remembrance remembrance brance of the first Thanksgiving ving is this sampling of stories loaned loaned loaned loan loan- ed to me from Mrs Thompsons Thompson's third and fourth grade in Eph Eph- raim The stories might be based on historical events or orthey orthey orthey they might be stories that the children have written purely from their Imagination or orthey orthey orthey they might tell of Thanksgiving as It is today Each of the stories was selected from the class writing project based ona on ona ona a Thank Thanksgiving giving theme Each story chosen has something that thatis thatis thatis is uniquely its own A VISIT WITH THE PILGRIMS PILGRIMS PIL PIL- GRIMS GRiM If U you could turn the hand of the clock back to when the Pilgrims existed at first you would see many ships in the harbor at Plymouth But we will only take the adventure with two of these many ships One called the Mayflower and one called the Speedwell Now there there- were many people carrying supplies supplies supplies sup sup- plies into these two ships After Alter the ships were loaded everybody everybody everybody every every- body go got goi In the hold the men brought up the anchors and the ships were off The first trouble they had was the Speedwell got gota a leak and had to go back They went back and landed in Holland Some of the pilgrims stayed in Holland and some of them got on n the Mayflower Just JUit as they got started there was a new baby born They couldn't get a good name for her They decided it would be Oceanus because it was born at sea Well after alter something good happens like that something that you dont don't need to happen happens like this this people people were getting gelling sea sick some were dying And after alter two long months of sailing the watchman said Land Lan Ho H Hal I There was land and the pilgrims were happy The pilgrims wanted to land landin landin landin in Virginia but they didn't know their directions around sere ere and they landed at a harbor named Cape Cod The Indians started fighting with the settlers so they packed up and left to Plymouth When they got to Plymouth and Indian named Massasoit came and taught them how to plant corn with fish as S-juanto S slept with the pilgrims The pilgrims pilgrIm watched him by night after the corn was harvested the pilgrims had too much corn so they Invited all the Indians for a feast When the Indians got there they counted counted count count- ed 90 Indians That was okay because the Indians Indiano brought food for the feast too Later Abraham Lincoln set aside a day which is called Thanksgiving And that Is what you would see if you turned the hands of the clock back to when th the Pilgrims lived Eric Eric Hedelius grade PILGRIMS When the Pilgrims first came cameto cameto cameto to America the Indians were afraid of them at first And after alter the Pilgrims and Indians made friends the Indians helped the Pilgrims plant corn Time passed and it was time to harvest harvest harvest har har- vest the crops When all the crops were in they had a feast that lasted two or three days Jerry Anderson grade thanksgiving ving feast One day one of the Indians came alone aloM right into the village Thanksgiving Day came the women cooked and baked The men hunted for food The Pilgrims invited the Indians to the feas feast The feast least began first they said their prayers by Elder Brewster Some sat at the table and some sat on the gound The Indians taught th the Pilgrims how to plant corn too And that's how the Indians and Pilgrims became Patricia Brown grade THE FIRST THANKSGIVING The Pilgrims left len England because they had hid to o worship a different God than they y wanted to The two ships they took are art called the Speedwell and the Mayflower When they first started out the Speedwell sprung a leak So the Speedwell went back to England and some som stayed some went on the May May- flower It went to Holland first but after alter a while they left fo foe for Virginia Many Miny got seasick an anc and many got sick from not getting enough fruit Some died Then one day a sailor shouted shout shout- ed Land Hol Hoi jp on Oil deck to see the land lane Some men got out and pullet pulled the ship up on land There I Iwas ii It was winter There was a pone pon pond near the ocean the women washed wash ed their clothes in Then the they would hang them up they could Then they went t to tc Plymouth They called it New Nei Plymouth because they had cas casoff cast case castoff off from Plymouth in England Then they started looking fo foe for Indians to trade with for corn Then they saw some lumps t it in inthe the sand and dug them up an anc and there were baskets full of corn Then they prayed and thanked God Then an Indian name d Samoset came and showed then them how to plant it Then late ii Ir in inthe the fall faIl the tM chief came and mad peace with th them m. m Then the they had what we call Thanksgiving Jimmy Ockey 3rd grade grai THE LITT LITTLE LE ENDIAN When the Pilgrims first firs settled in America they bum bull two little mUe houses One to kee keep keel their supplies In and the other othe one to keep the sick people In in Then the men got to work am and built bum several other houses Then the Hopkins could have a home homi of their own One day Mrs Hopkins and Mr Ml Hopkins went hunting They told tol told the children to watch the tho turkey turkey while they were gone The three thre children watched their parents wander into the woods The chil children dren set the table Then th the children were very tired Then The they thay saw a little mUe Indian Indan by the window They opened the door They asked him to come In in The little Indian was afraid but he could sm ll the turkey over the fire Then he came In They gave him some dinner Then they went to sleep When their parents came home they saw some Indians by the win win- dow The parents talked to the Indians They were surprised Then the they asked the Indians to come In The Hopkins and the Indians had a happy Thanks Thanks- giving Gary S. S Olson 3rd grade THE PILGRIM DOLL When the Pilgrims started from England there was a little girl who had a favorite doll she took with her This doll was so pr precious cious to her she never put her down One day the little girl dropped her Into the ocean She told the captain to stop the ship and the little girl told toad the men to get a net and net her doll They did and went on CathI Cathi Bailey grade JAMAKO AND THE FIRST THANKSGIVING During the long trip to America Jamako was five live years old She had many nany playmates playmates playmates play play- mates bu still she wished th they y were in America been on sea for a month and one day Jamako's sister got very sick The family prayed for her but she still did not get well One morning Jarn Jamako's kos ko's sister died There was much mourning In Inthe inthe Inthe the family Jamako was sad for her sisters sister's body would have to tobe tobe tobe be thrown overboard the ship Two days later Jamako got gotsick gotsick gotsick sick would she die too No she got well One day the sailor called Land Ho Hol There was such a hustle and bustle that Jamako fell lell and broke her arm When they finally got on land and made Friends with the Indians Jamako had an Indian friend and she laughed at Jamako's arm In a sling Lisa Lisa Ann grade THANKSGIVING Thanksgiving is a good season of the year It was wh when n the Pilgrims ims and the Indians had a feast and we have Thanksgiving and we have feasts like they did We named it Thanksgiving It is a holiday Everybody loves it The children children children chil chil- dren get two days off oU of school and that they like too They have feasts too and that Is why they love it so much And I Ilove Ilove Ilove love it too Jimmy Barbar THANKSGIVING IS- IS When I go to grandmas grandma's my relatives come down We go over there and spend a few days We play games and eat turkey Then when Its It's winter we to out and make a s snowman or something We might even go out on my grandmas grandma's grandmas grandma's grand grand- mas ma's hill hUl on 01 the grass by the sidewalk Then we go to ro bed b that night and get up in the morning and eat and visit and then go home Deanne Larsen |
