3rd Grade Writing Assignment - Thanksgiving

Writing Assignment: The Turkey That Escaped Thanksgiving!

You are working undercover for the CIA (The Central Intelligence Agency) and your assignment is to disguise this turkey so no one can recognize or find him. You must make a costume, hiding him. You may use things from outdoors, material, paper, or anything that you might think of that will save his life. Be creative!

The CIA needs a written report about how your turkey escaped Thanksgiving. Write a story about your turkey telling what he did and how he managed to escape. Give lots of details. We cannot wait to read this news breaking report!

This is a family homework assignment. Your mom, dad, brother, sister, grandma, and grandpa, or anyone may help you. Grateful for your assistance, the CIA plans to hang your picture and story in the hall of the school for other CIA agents to see! Have fun with this!


Due: November 24, 2008

Baby A's story:

Once there was a turkey who liked building robots. One day he was captured by a hunter and was taken away to his house. When he woke up there was a lady looking at him. She was startled and let out an “Eek!” Then she said “I thought he was dead.” “No, I accidentally forgot to do it” said her husband. “Well, could you do it tomorrow?” “OK”

That night the turkey made a robot that looked exactly like him. He also built a hypnotizing yo-yo which when it slept it hypnotized the person looking at it.

In the morning the hunter and his wife come out and saw the robot turkey. The real turkey stepped out and made the yo-yo sleep. Then he placed it on the robot and then made sure that they were hypnotized then jumped out the window and was never seen again.

Baby B's story:

The Race

Jack is a race car driver. Jack is the turkey. He went to a big race and there was a hunter in the car behind Jack. He was trying to shoot Jack with a 7 gauge. He missed Jack. Then Jack stopped the car and then Jack flew to Lindenhurst and went in a pizza store. When the hunter got there he looked all through the streets. And when he got to the pizza store Jack saw him and hid in the kitchen. The chef said, “Now we sell turkey.” “Get that turkey!” they all said. So the chef and the hunter were all trying to get the turkey. He ran out of the kitchen and got in his race car and drove to Africa. It was never seen again.

And that is how the turkey escaped Thanksgiving.

Day 2 of Month 2

I'm feeling great today!

After yesterday's appointment, I truly feel a new sense of commitment to this latest project. The project being living a healthier and hopefully longer lasting life than I had been.

About the program I'm on - I'm seeing a Bariatric Doctor - not the kind that cuts you open - just an MD that specializes in weight loss. There are just a few rules to follow:

Drink enough water to make your pee clear.
A good multi-vitamin.
2000 mg of fish oil.
Eat between 1000 and 1200 calories per day.
Eat at least 4 servings of protein a day.
Keep carbs between 50 and 75 g's per day.
An appetite suppressant - 1/2 in the AM and 1/2 in the PM.
Chromium Nicotinate at breakfast & at dinner.
Glucophage before bed. (I'm type 2 diabetic)

Plus I'm supposed to be getting some exercise. For the 1st month - they asked me to get in at least 5 minutes 5 days per week. I was lazy and didn't do it. So now, with renewed attitude I'm trying to get out & walk every day for around 25 - 30 minutes.

It certainly was easy today. It is 60 degrees here with the sun shining brightly. Snowy - my dog - loved it. That makes 2 days in a row - lets see if I can keep it up.

How Peanut Allergy Affects My Mornings

Just a few things that I do differently than the average house wife in order to keep my family safe:

Every school day I make up 2 sack lunches. Our school's cafeteria is great and they don't serve actual peanut products, but they don't call the distributors and check on "may contains" or "same facility" issues, so it isn't safe enough for my kids to actually eat anything they fix, but it minimizes the risk for my children to be around it. This morning I made ham sandwiches, lime jello, and green grapes. They are allowed to purchase the milk in the lunch line, and they drink it with their meal.

I always send in a large metal water bottle filled with ice water, because they aren't allowed to drink from the drinking fountains.

As we are preparing to head towards school. When I'm hollering out last minute items to be done - I always have to include the question - are your epi-belts around your waist?

As the rest of the neighborhood sends their children off on the bus, I am loading my children into the mini-van to drive them to school. There is WAY too much food on buses, and not enough adult supervision for my boys to be safe there.

When we arrive at the school, the rest of the parents all pull over in the drop off lane and let their kids hop out. We pull around to the front of the building so that I can go inside. After I have made sure that there are adult playground supervisors there on duty, the boys go off and play with their friends while I head upstairs to the 3rd grade section of the building. I check in with both teachers that teach my children. My first priority is to make sure that both teachers there. If one teacher is gone, I pull that sons' desk down to the other room. That way - both of my children are always in a room with a teacher that knows how to deal with their allergy, and how to administer their epi-pens if necessary. I've had some horrible experiences dealing with substitute teachers - so we just choose not to deal with them any longer. This process is so much easier to handle - since I have twins in the same grade, but different classes. I touch base and make sure there aren't any parties or any other reason that food might come into their class rooms.

Then I head home, and start the rest of my day. Today is laundry - that also has issues to deal with for the kids, always use perfume & die free products and double rinse all loads.

All of the above items that deal with the school is all spelled out in our 504's. (504 is a section of the American's with Disabilities Act) If you have questions concerning getting a 504, or keeping your child safe in school - I suggest visiting http://allergy.hyperboards.com/. Great place filled with resources for keeping us all safe.

Appointment Number Two

Well, I've been to the doctor again today. My first appointment was 4 weeks ago - today was my 2nd appointment. I'm down 12.8 pounds and 5 inches - Yay!

Now to the bad news – the blood work numbers from last month uncovered more than my diabetes issue. I also seem to have Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis – meaning an enlarged and fatty liver. Here is a website that explains it in plain English. http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/nash/ So anyway – I got to listen to a repeat of the lecture telling me that I’m not here to do this in order to fit into a cuter outfit – I have to stick with this and get my health issues under control or I can actually die much earlier than I should.

So I feel renewed in my commitment to battle this. I went directly to Costco and bought a bunch more protein type foods – chix breasts, fish fillets, string cheese, etc., you get the idea. I even picked myself up a new pair of corduroy Dockers to wear to church – I can’t face hose yet, and none of my old work slacks fit. They are pretty snug on me today – we’ll see what they feel like next month.

The quote of the day (from the doctor) - "Thanksgiving is one day - not a week!" With that thought in mind I'll try to figure out how I'm going to stick to the diet while on the road for a week.

Well - I'm off to go get the boys home from school. We've got lots of homework to get done tonight - we have to write how a turkey should disguise himself so he won't be eaten next week!