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Post by virgoscorpio on Nov 28, 2013 20:42:43 GMT -5
A few comments on my read this time around:
- Why would they pick a play over eating a Thanksgiving dinner in school!?!?! - I don't agree with Ms. Colman's teaching method of making students pick a role out of a hat. Although this is a good thing since I was beginning to think Ms. Colman was perfect. (Seriously, perfect.) It's kind of like forcing kids to read out loud who have trouble with it. It just makes things worse. Especially in Grade 2! I'm not sure every student wants to play a big role. Have students who want big roles to put their names in a hat and pick from there. - I love how 2 Thanksgivings in one day was such a big deal to Karen and her friends. Sorry but Disneyworld kind of trumps that, haha.
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Post by zoar3 on Nov 28, 2013 21:27:10 GMT -5
^Thank you for posting that, Virgo. I have some bad memories of similar situations regarding reading in school. Off the top of my head the only times I truly did not like Ms. Colman were when she did just that--KIMCC Author's Day/Ricky and an autumn book/Nancy. I still don't care for how Ms. Colman decided this special activity for her class and totally agree that she should have explained each role, given the kids time to consider who they wanted to play, and then take all the names (per role) put them in a hat and choose that way. As for Disney World (I've never been there) but am a huge Disney Land fan and would think going there at 7 as part of a long Thanksgiving weekend celebration would be most dibble for sure.
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Post by supprazz on Dec 7, 2013 20:09:43 GMT -5
Or told them to make a short list of 3 characters they would consider playing after writing down a list on the board, collecting them, and deciding from there.
I was reading a snark on this book for a good laugh, and who else agrees that most parents would be pissed off for having to make difficult sounding costumes with instruction booklets as Lisa had to for the turkey? The 50's are over haha
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Post by scrounge on Dec 9, 2013 13:00:42 GMT -5
Yeah. I think parents would either buy something at a store or be like "You're the peas? green shirt, green sweatpants. Congratulations, you're peas."
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Post by supprazz on Dec 9, 2013 16:58:33 GMT -5
Yeah seriously, or some leafy green hat with orange spandex for the carrot, older's sibling's brown jogging suit for the potato etc.
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Post by Katie on Dec 13, 2013 0:36:30 GMT -5
I agree about the costumes being overboard. I would have hot glued some feathers to a brown sweat suit and called it a day.
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Post by supprazz on Jan 2, 2014 4:00:29 GMT -5
It would have been funny if Karen's feathers went flying during her surprise number, or if she missed a step LOL but they had to do that to poor andrew with his costume in another book Poor baby...
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Post by LadyDru on Jan 19, 2019 12:02:26 GMT -5
First read this around 7+ years ago and Karen surely did go too far in her surprise..understood her embarrassment in the beginning, though..Pamela and her two buddies certainly didn't help matters..they were really grinding my gears. The irony of them giving her grief for being a stage hog when they're just as bad about showing off. It was funny when she got digs on Pamela and I felt for her when she got the stomachache.
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Post by sparklymouse on Nov 17, 2021 18:27:36 GMT -5
I thought it was a decent play idea, and Karen fleshed it out in a good way. Those vegetable parents had to come up with Native American costumes as well! There's a nice, non-pc picture of Karen in her costume with her hand over her mouth in the "woo woo" position. I would love to see color illustrations of all the food kids because the ones on the cover are so cute! (Natalie has no arm holes which is a face plant waiting to happen.) I really want to see Nancy's baked potato costume.
I blame the big house for the two dinner disaster. Andrew said that they spent the last Thanksgiving with Watson, so technically it was Lisa's holiday with them. Watson should have sucked it up and invited them over for a few hours in the afternoon. And not made the other kids wait, get hangry, and make Karen and Andrew feel guilty.
I cannot imagine making a little boy dress up in a suit and tie for a family dinner in his own home. Andrew was going to grow up to hate holidays or show up in sweat pants.
I thought both dinner menus were kinda weak. Which house would you have preferred to eat at?
Big House turkey stuffing peas with little onions rice salad apple pie with ice cream pecan pie sweet potatoes cheese and crackers
Little House turkey butternut squash wild rice cranberry relish baked apples with cream pumpkin pie hot apple cider green and black olive tray
Not a mashed potato in sight? Rice at both houses? Only one green vegetable and it's peas? Thanksgiving salad? What a waste of tummy space.
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Post by booboobrewer on Nov 18, 2021 22:15:58 GMT -5
Seriously! The little house can miss me with squash and rice.
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