Each week your child will be learning a poem. They will copy it in their
poetry notebook on Monday. Please practice reading this poem aloud each
night. They will be responsible for reading it aloud to me for a fluency
grade. It does not have to be memorized.
The First Thanksgiving
Jack Prelutsky
When the Pilgrims
first gathered together to share
with their Indian friends
in the mild autumn air,
they lifted the voices
in jubilant praise
for the bread on the table,
the berries and maize,
for field and for forest,
for turkey and deer,
for the bountiful crops
they were blessed with that year.
They were thankful for these
as they feasted away,
and as they were thankful
we're thankful today.
