Turkey Goes to School
School is about to start and the theme of the week is Farm Days! Turkey and his barnyard friends are so excited! But on the first day of school, they discover animals aren’t allowed at school! Determined to go to school, the barnyard animals hatch a plan. They just might convince the teacher that there’s a place for farm animals at school!
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story grammar
Main Character: the turkey and his barnyard pals
Setting: the first day of school, Farm Days
Initiating Event: the farm animals wanted to go to school with the children, but animals weren’t allowed at school
Feelings: excited, determined
Plan: sneak into the school using disguises
Action: the barnyard animals helped the turkey disguise himself, but none of them worked
Solution: the barnyard animals put on a fun farm show and convinced the teacher to let them be their special farm guests for Farm Days
Ending: the students and barnyard friends had the best first day of school
summary (SWBST)
Somebody: the turkey and his barnyard friends
Wanted: to go to school for Farm Days
But: critters weren't allowed at school
So: they tried dressing in different disguises to trick the school staff
Then: they convinced the teacher to let them be the special guests for Farm Day
Past Tense Verbs
invited, arrived, tried, dinged, pilfered, counted, looked, peeked, stayed, booted, groaned, moaned, howled, bucked, head-butted, cried, grumbled, cheered, asked, pushed, trudged, squawked, poked, walked, wrote, said, read, began, sang
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Plural Nouns
animals, days, pals, kernels, games, pictures, critters, kids, visitors, guests, stories, children
Vocabulary
booted, groaned, hogwash, foolish, dinged, pilfered, pal, parcel