Week 13 – Story Elaboration

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Original story: Pat built a house. The house collapsed.

Pat built a house and it was made of pasta. The pasta was stuck together with glue because he thought that would make it stronger than bricks. He made it in the middle of the forest because he wanted to live where he could see animals. One day Pat was in the house and it fell down. He realized pasta wasn’t very strong, so he decided to get some bricks and build another house out of bricks. That one stayed up forever and Pat saw some animals just like he always wanted to.

Week 12 – Chore Training

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It’s mine and my brother’s job to clear the table after we are done eating. First, you bring the dishes off the table (use both hands so that they don’t drop and break) and put them on the counter beside the sink. Don’t forget to bring the glasses, too! If there is siracha or ketchup bottles you don’t put them on the counter but put them back where they go, even mustard and relish. The placemats are wiped with a cloth, then after they are dry you put them away in their drawer. It would be silly to put them in the dishwasher! Clearing the table is a hard job if you are sour, but it’s easy if you’re sweet. So please do it sweetly.

Week 11 – The Cat Book

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One day, Matt the Cat went to the beach. He brought his toy boat, and a pail. He built a big castle and a moat around it.

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Matt wanted to sail his boat, but the moat didn’t have any water yet.

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So he got his pail…

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and filled it with water from the ocean.

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He started to go back to his castle. He was very excited, thinking of sailing his boat in the moat, and he didn’t see the umbrella right in front of him!

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He tripped on the umbrella,

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His pail flew up and landed on his head. Plunk! All of the water spilled out.

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He still wanted to sail his boat, so he filled his pail again and sailed his boat in the pail.

Week 10 – The Tall Tale (What Causes Thunder?)

Language Arts 2

There once was a giant as tall as the biggest skyscraper in the whole world. His name was Thor. Thor had a hammer as tall as a three-story house. The hammerhead was 30 ft long and 20 ft wide. It was a huge hammer. Whenever he wanted to make thunder, Thor would bang his hammer against the ground. Boom! Boom! Boom! Boy, did the people tremble whenever he made that sound! Whenever his hammer was about to hit the ground, it would shoot out lightning and rain.

Week 10 – Explain Something (Make a Parascope)

Language Arts 2

Q: How do you make a toy parascope?

A: To make a toy parascope you will need a long, skinny, rectangular cardboard box, two small mirrors, tape, and scissors. First, cut a square flap on the long side of the cardboard box, near the end. Make sure the flap is tucked in. Next, take a long piece of tape and crumple it all up, and put it on the flap, then put the mirror on top. Flip the box over, and do the same on the other side, on the opposite end (not on the same end as your first flap). Now you have a toy parascope that you can use when pretending to be a spy!

Week 10 – When I Grow Up (Fighter Pilot)

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When I grow up, I want to be a Fighter Pilot because I like to fly in the sky and drop stuff. Fighter Pilots fight and kill the bad guys because they don’t want bad guys to take over our country and kill us. I have to learn what a Fighter Pilot does and press the right buttons and put the bomb on the right guys, not the good guys but the bad guys. I have to be brave and press the right buttons. As long as the fight is, I’m going to keep on fighting and stop the bad guys.

Week 9 – Prince John Goes Sneak Shopping (Story-Starter)

Language Arts 2

2C - LA - Week 9A thousand years ago, in a castle in England, there lived Prince John. His father was King Fixum. Prince John had wanted to do something, so he left in the morning while the guards and the king weren’t looking. He had to do it when the king and guards weren’t looking because the guards did what the king wanted, and the king didn’t want him to go anywhere without him. He brought a money bag with him because he was going shopping, buying things that he liked like chocolate, scrolls with stories he liked, and candy. He didn’t finish shopping until it was dinner time. That was a long time. He forgot his royal horse and carriage so he had to walk all the way home on the road which was 15 miles long. All day long the king had been looking for him. He checked the castle basement, the castle kitchen, and even the prince’s room. The king was worried that the prince had been killed. He couldn’t even go to sleep. When the prince got home, he checked his watch and knew that king was in his royal bed, and he remembered that the king always locked the castle doors before going to bed. So he climbed the castle wall and snuck back into his room. The next morning King Fixum was surprised to see the prince. He asked, “Where have you been?” The prince said, “I won’t tell you.” The king was very happy to see his son, though he still wondered where his son had been.

Week 7 – What’s So Funny?

Language Arts 2

“What’s so funny?” asked Madeleine.
“Oh, I’m looking at a picture of a bird stuck in a bottle and the bird is holding a sign that says ‘Can I have some candy, please?'” said Gabe, laughing.
“That’s a funny thing!” said Madeleine.
Then Gabe said, still laughing, “On the back of the page there is a bird walking on his head, eating, um… paper!”
Madeleine sighed, “Oh, why are you making up such funny things?”
“I’m not making them up, I’m just telling you what it is.”
Then Gabe showed Madeleine both sides of the paper, and Madeleine laughed so hard that she fell down. She was alright and kept on laughing.