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  • Today is November 26. It snowed all day today. The snow is beautiful

  • the snow finally stopped

  • My sister and I are excited

  • My mom doesn't like the snow

  • My mom has to shovel the driveway

  • my sister and I get to play I

  • Put on my hat and mittens

  • My mom puts on my scarf

  • My mom zippers my jacket my sister puts on her hat and mittens

  • My mom puts on her scarf

  • my mom zippers her jacket

  • My sister and I go outside

  • We begin to make a snowman

  • My mom starts to shovel the snow

  • My sister, and I make snow angels

  • My sister, and I throw snowballs it

  • Starts to snow again, we go inside for hot chocolate

  • Jessica's first day of School

  • Today is Jessica's first day of Kindergarten

  • Jessica and her parents walked to school

  • Jessica's Mom walks with her to her classroom

  • Jessica meets her teacher

  • His name is Mr.. Parker

  • The school Bell rings at 8:45 a.m.

  • Jessica hugs and kisses her mom goodbye

  • Jessica's Mom says I love you

  • At 9:00 a.m.. Jessica stands for the national anthem

  • Mr.. Parker calls out children's names

  • each Child yells back here

  • Mr.. Parker teaches them about letters

  • Mr.. Parker teaches them about numbers

  • At 10:15 a.m.. The students have recess recess is fun

  • Students get to play and eat

  • At 10:30 a.m.. The students go to gym class at

  • 11:15 a.m.. The students return to Mr.. Parker's classroom

  • Mr.. Parker tells the students to sit on the carpet

  • Mr.. Parker reads the students a story

  • Mr.. Parker teaches the students a song

  • the Lunch Bell rings

  • His first day of school is over. I flower-garden

  • My name is Anne. I love flowers. I have a flower garden

  • my Garden is in front of my house my

  • Neighbor has a garden, too

  • my Garden has different types of flowers I

  • Have roses in my garden. I have tulips in my garden. I have

  • Petunias in my Garden

  • my Garden has different colors I

  • plant red flowers, I plant orange flowers I

  • plant Blue Flowers, I

  • plant purple Flowers, I

  • take care of my Garden I

  • water my Garden Every Day I

  • Kill the weeds in my garden. I kill insects that eat my flowers I

  • Love my beautiful Garden oh in camping

  • The brightfamily went camping on the weekend the bright family went to silent lake

  • the Bright family left on Friday

  • They camped for three days

  • The Bright family brought a big tent they brought a lot of food

  • They brought insect repellent the bright family had a campfire on Friday

  • They roasted marshmallows

  • They sang campfire songs on

  • Saturday they went canoeing on

  • Saturday they went fishing on

  • Saturday, they went swimming

  • They went hiking on Sunday

  • the Bright Family saw many Birds they saw blue Jays they saw hummingbirds the

  • Bright Family saw many animals they saw a raccoon

  • They saw a squirrel but they didn't see a bear

  • The Bright Family had a fun vacation my house

  • I live in a house my house is small my house has two bedrooms

  • My mom and Dad sleep in one bedroom

  • My sister, and I share the other bedroom

  • My house has a kitchen

  • My mom and dad cooked dinner there every night

  • My house has a living room my family watches television there every night

  • My house has a big bathroom

  • My house has a lot of closets

  • My house has a basement

  • My dad has a workshop in the basement

  • My dad makes wood furniture

  • My house does not have a second floor

  • My house has a garage

  • My house has a big backyard

  • My backyard has a maple tree

  • My backyard has a swimming pool

  • My backyard has a vegetable garden

  • My family likes our house. I first pet

  • My name is Sarah. I am 14 years old. I have a pet cat

  • My cat name is Milo

  • My cat is black and white

  • Milo's Paws are white

  • Milo's body is black

  • She is very cute

  • Milo's fur is very soft

  • Milo was a very small kitten

  • Milo is a very big cat

  • Milo cannot have kittens. She is fixed

  • Milo likes to eat

  • Milo likes to play outside

  • Milo likes to hunt for Birds

  • Milo likes to hunt for mice. She likes her ears scratched

  • Milo likes to sit in my laughs

  • Milo likes to sleep on my bed milo is a good pet Jennifer the firefighter

  • Jennifer Smith is a firefighter

  • She is one of the first female

  • firefighters

  • Jennifer Works Hard every day

  • Jennifer Exercises every day

  • She lifts weights

  • She wants her muscles to be very strong

  • She saves people's lives every day

  • She is very strong

  • Jennifer is married her husband is a schoolteacher

  • Jennifer's husband is proud of her Jennifer is a mother she has two daughters

  • Jennifer's daughters are proud of her too Jennifer is happy being a firefighter

  • Jennifer is happy being a wife Jennifer is happy being a mother arcs big game

  • Mark's Favorite Sport is Hockey

  • He is 15 years old

  • mark practices three times a week

  • Practices are two hours long

  • Mark plays one game a week

  • Mark is a good hockey player

  • He plays on Friday nights

  • Friday night Hockey games are popular

  • Mark's Family Watches him play

  • Mark's Friends watch him play, too

  • There are always many fans

  • Tonight is the big game

  • Coaches are coming to watch Mark play

  • Mark wants to play in the National Hockey League

  • Mark wants to make a lot of money it

  • Is very hard to play in the NHL?

  • Mark's Parents want him to go to college. They want him to have an education

  • They want mark to be successful. They want mark to be happy the easter egg hunt

  • Samantha is going to an easter egg hunt

  • Tracy is going to an easter egg hunt

  • The easter egg hunt is at Sydney's house it is going to be fun

  • Sydney's Mom hid chocolate eggs

  • Sydney's Mom hid chocolate bunnies

  • Everybody is here

  • Everybody has an easter basket

  • the Easter egg hunt can start

  • Everybody must close their eyes

  • 1 2 3 go

  • Samantha finds an easter egg the easter egg is behind a table. She puts it in her basket

  • Tracy finds a chocolate easter bunny. It's under the couch

  • Tracy puts it in her basket

  • Sydney finds a chocolate easter bunny too. It's in front of the television

  • in her basket

  • everybody finds lots of chocolate

  • everybody shares their chocolate

  • Samantha Tracy and Sydney Love East Joe's first car

  • Joe is 18 years old Joe works at McDonald's

  • Joe Saves all his money

  • Joe has

  • 2,500 dollars in the Bank

  • He wants to buy a sports car

  • Joe starts to look for a new car. Joe looks in the newspaper Joe looks in magazines

  • Joe Finds a car he likes

  • Joe goes to see the car with his dad

  • He really likes it

  • Joe doesn't have enough money

  • Joe's Dad tells him to keep saving his money

  • Joe wants this car a lot

  • Joe asks his dad to help him

  • Joe and his dad make a deal

  • Joe's Dad will lend him the money

  • Joe must work hard

  • He must pay the money back to his dad

  • Joe is very happy

  • Joe Owns his first car summer vacation

  • Today is the last day of school. It is summer vacation

  • Grace is very excited this summer will be fun

  • Grace is going to visit her grandparents. They have a cottage

  • The Cottage is on Lake Erie

  • It is a lot of fun

  • Grace is going to Swim

  • She is going to play Board games

  • She is going to talk with her grandparents

  • Grace is going to have fun

  • Grace is going to a summer camp

  • She will sleep in a cabin. She will make lots of new friends

  • Grace Will learn campfire songs

  • Camp will be fun

  • Grace is going to cape Cod with her parents

  • We are going for two weeks. We are going to drive

  • Grace will see the ocean

  • Cape Cod will be beautiful

  • Summer vacation is fun cleaning up leaves

  • The leaves are changing colors I see red

  • Maple leaves I see orange maple leaves I see yellow maple leaves

  • The leaves are beautiful

  • It is starting to get cold the wind is strong

  • Winter is coming

  • the leaves fall off the Trees on

  • Saturday, we will clean them up

  • the whole Family helps

  • My dad gets the rake my mom gets the garbage bags my brother, and I help too

  • We Gather leaves with our hands. We make a big pile

  • My brother and I jump in the leaves. We make a big mess our parents don't mind

  • Our parents fill our coats with leaves

  • We look really big

  • everyone laughs

  • Playtime is over

  • Back to work Susan's wedding day

  • Susan is getting married

  • Her Fiancé's name is Michael

  • They are in love they are getting married today

  • Susan wakes up early

  • She is getting her hair done

  • Susan is having her makeup. Done -

  • Susan looks beautiful. She

  • puts on her white wedding dress

  • She puts on her veil

  • Susan needs something blue

  • Her Garter is blue

  • Susan needs something old her grandmother's ring is old

  • Susan need something borrowed

  • She is wearing her mother's jewelry

  • Susan needs something new her shoes and dress are new

  • Susan Iva penny for her shoe. It will bring her. Good luck

  • Susan is ready to get married

  • Remembrance Day

  • My grandfather fought in world war two my grandmother was a nurse in World War two

  • Today is November 11th

  • Today is Remembrance day

  • Today we celebrate soldiers

  • Everyone wears a poppy

  • Poppies are red flowers

  • poppies remind me of my grandparents

  • poppies remind me of their sacrifice at

  • 11 a.m.. There are two minutes of silence?

  • people remember their friends and family

  • People recite the poem in Flanders field it is a sad poem. It helps us remember

  • Today we wish for peace in the world

  • Halloween night

  • Halloween is fun. My mom buys candy my mom buys potato chips

  • My Mom buys chocolate bars

  • for the Trick-or-Treaters

  • My mom buys me a costume. It is a ghost costume. I am going to be scary

  • My sister is going to dress up as a princess

  • She will have a wand

  • She will have a crown

  • She will look beautiful

  • My dad buys a pumpkin it is going to be a jack-o'-lantern

  • We draw a face on the pumpkin we carve the face with a knife

  • Our jack-o'-Lantern looks funny

  • We go trick-or-treating

  • We knock on the neighbor's door. We say Trick-or-treat our

  • Neighbors give us Candy

  • We say thanks we go to many houses we go home our

  • Parents check our candy. It's safe

  • We eat lots of candy. We don't feel very good

  • We go to Bed Christmas Eve

  • And Melissa are getting ready for Christmas

  • Ben and Melissa's house has lots of lights on the roof

  • the lights are many colors

  • Inside they listen to Christmas music

  • Ben and Melissa drink eggnog eggnog

  • tastes good

  • Ben and Melissa hang stockings on the fireplace

  • They string popcorn

  • Ben and Melissa put the Popcorn string on the Christmas tree

  • They put Christmas lights on the tree. They put tinsel on the tree

  • Dan and Melissa put ornaments on the tree

  • They put a star on top of the tree

  • They get ready for Santa Claus

  • They leave milk and cookies for Santa

  • then opens one present

  • Melissa opens one present they go to sleep

  • Ben and Melissa wake up early they run downstairs

  • There are a lot of presents under our tree

  • They wake up their mom and Dad

  • Ben and Melissa open their presents

  • They love our presence

  • Everyone cleans up the wrapping paper it is time for breakfast

  • Thanksgiving

  • We are having thanksgiving at our house. My whole family is coming

  • My parents bought a turkey it

  • weighs 30 pounds

  • It takes a long time to cook

  • My mom wakes up early to cook the turkey I

  • Clean the house with my dad the house smells good

  • We help mom in the kitchen I

  • Peel potatoes and carrots my dad makes pumpkin pies

  • My mom cooks squash. I help my mom make stuffing I

  • Mix the bread and spices. We make good stuffing it goes inside the turkey

  • We put on nice clothes. I set the table my dad carves the turkey

  • My Mom makes the gravy our relatives arrive

  • We say thank you for all we have we eat and eat. It is a good thanksgiving

  • learning how to drive

  • Amy is 16 years old she lives in a small town amy is learning how to drive

  • Amy's Dad is giving her lessons

  • Amy's Dad name is Howard

  • he has had three lessons a

  • Me and her dad argued during the lessons

  • Amy's mom is giving her driving lessons

  • Amy's Mom's name is Jane

  • Jane has given a me a lesson

  • Jane has decided to stop giving amy lessons

  • Jane and Amy argue during the lessons, too

  • Amy's parents call a driving school

  • Amy is going to get lessons from a professional

  • the classes cost

  • $300 for ten lessons

  • The lessons are very good

  • Ami learns how to drive

  • AmI gets her license housework

  • There is always housework to do when you live in a house

  • You have to wash the windows so that you can see outside the floors and the carpets need to be vacuumed

  • The floors also need to be washed and some of them need to be waxed the furniture has to be polished

  • The bathroom has to be kept clean

  • After you have a bath you need to clean out the bathtub

  • Laundry needs to be done regularly or you will run out of clothes to wear

  • The clothes go into the washing machine, and then they have to be dried in the dryer

  • Sometimes we hang the clothes out on the line to be dried some of the clothes need to be ironed

  • You have to buy groceries and put them away

  • Meals need to be made

  • You can't let the dishes pile up in the kitchen

  • The dishes have to be washed and the counters need to be wiped

  • the stove needs to be cleaned and

  • Sometimes the refrigerator and the cupboards need to be cleaned out

  • You can dust the furniture and sweep up the dirt

  • You can make the beds the beds have to be changed too. They need to have clean sheets put on them

  • There are just so many things to do

  • Household chores take up a lot of Time King outside

  • Today, I was working outside. It was a sunny day, and I was very hot I wore a hat on my head I

  • watered all the Plants I

  • Readed the flowerbeds I cut back all the plans that were growing too Big I

  • Gave some of the plants plant food. I cut the lawn I raked the lawn

  • I filled up the birdbath with water I

  • Swept the sidewalks and the past I

  • took out the garbage I

  • filled the car up with gas I

  • Washed the car. I hung out the clothes on the clothesline. I washed down the lawn Furniture. I

  • Washed all of the windows on the house from the outside

  • I was so tired, so I had a glass of Lemonade I

  • Talked to my neighbor, and I helped her trim a tree

  • I planted some bulbs, and then I went into the house. I was exhausted

  • Daily schedule, I wake up every morning at 7 O clock I take a shower. I eat my breakfast I

  • Usually have toast or cereal I brush my teeth. I put on my clothes

  • I catch the school bus I ride to school in

  • My class we have math and English before recess

  • At recess time the girls skip or walk around and talk

  • the boys play in the playground or play baseball

  • After recess we have physical education and geography

  • We eat lunch, and then we play outside

  • when the bell rings we line up to go back into the classroom after

  • Lunch we have history and science

  • At recess we play ball again

  • Some of the girls play ball too in the winter we build snowmen

  • if it is too cold, we stay indoors and talk to each other after

  • Recess we have music and health

  • We get out of school at 3:30. I?

  • sometimes walk home with my friend or I take the bus I

  • Have a snack and change my clothes when I get home if it is raining. I watch television

  • if it is nice outside, I play with my friends I

  • have supper at 5:30 on

  • Some night. I help my mother to do the dishes

  • after supper I do my homework I

  • wash my face and hands and brush my teeth I

  • Change into my pajamas I go to bed at 9 o'clock

  • meals

  • Breakfast is very rushed at our house

  • My brothers and sisters and I have toast or cereal

  • We also have orange juice on

  • Weekends my mother makes bacon and eggs for us

  • My father just has a cup of coffee for breakfast

  • My mother packs a lunch for all of us

  • We usually have a sandwich a piece of fruit and a drink of juice or milk

  • My favorite sandwiches are egg salad Tuna

  • roast beef and ham

  • My brother always wants peanut butter and Jam sandwiches

  • My mother sometimes packs a treat for us

  • Today we had cookies with our lunch

  • At suppertime the family sits around the table and talks about what they did all day

  • my mother makes good suppers

  • We sometimes have spaghetti

  • My mother makes a roast of beef with potatoes and vegetables quite often

  • She makes many different dishes out of chicken. She makes soup or stews

  • She also makes casseroles

  • My brothers and sisters and I have milk with our dinner

  • My parents sometimes have wine with their dinner

  • sometimes we have salad before our dinner I

  • Set the table for my mother I put all the forks the knives and spoons I

  • Also put out glasses and fill them full of milk or water

  • For dessert we sometimes have ice cream cake or pie

  • My mother says that it is better to have fruit because it is better for you

  • Tonight, I ate a peach for dessert

  • My favorite fruits are apples peaches plums and bananas

  • After supper my mother always has a cup of tea with sugar and cream in it

  • After dinner, I help my mother with the dishes

  • Usually she washes the dishes and I will dry them seasons there are four seasons

  • Winter is the cold season

  • It snows in the winter

  • The winds blow and ice forms on the water

  • We play hockey on the ice we play in the snow after

  • Winter is the spring

  • That is when it begins to get warmer

  • Trees get buds on them

  • Flowers start to bloom it rains a lot in the spring the spring is followed by the summer

  • It can get very hot in the summertime the sun Shines brightly we go swimming in the summer

  • We spend a lot of time outdoors?

  • many people go on vacations in the summer

  • We get a summer vacation from School

  • Summer is followed by the fall or autumn

  • the leaves on the trees change colors

  • They change from Green to red

  • Orange and Brown

  • the leaves fall off the Trees

  • the weather gets cooler

  • the days get shorter

  • we go back to school in the fall then winter comes again, the

  • Seasons follow one after each other other

  • You can watch the weatherman on TV to find out what the weather will be like

  • It might be a nice clear day with no clouds in the sky

  • The sun might be shining. It could be a cloudy day

  • Sometimes cloudy days are just dull on

  • Some cloudy days it begins to rain or snow

  • Some days are rainy

  • You need a raincoat umbrella and boots on a rainy day

  • rain makes the flowers and grass grow

  • The weather forecast might say that it will be Windy

  • You could have a gentle breeze

  • It might be very gusty so that the wind pushes you

  • it is dangerous if the wind is very strong a

  • Hurricane or tornado. It's very dangerous

  • Once in a while the weatherman says there will be hail

  • Hail stones are hard cold pellets of ice that fall from the sky

  • Sometimes the Weatherman will say that there will be snow flurries

  • Sometimes there just a light dusting of snow

  • Sometimes there is a Blizzard or snowstorm

  • It can be dangerous driving through a blizzard if there is a lot of snow the streets have to be plowed

  • You need a hat coat mitten and boots on a very cold day

  • Sometimes the weather forecast is wrong

  • The Weatherman might say that it will be a sunny day, but then the clouds come in and it rains that

  • Is not good if you are planning a picnic I?

  • prefer sunny days that are warm but not too hot I

  • Like to feel a gentle breeze to cool me down

  • House a

  • House is divided into different rooms in my house. There is a living room

  • There is a couch two chairs a coffee table and a television set in the living room in

  • The kitchen there is a stove and a refrigerator

  • There is also a sink and a dishwasher in the kitchen. There is a kitchen table and chairs

  • We eat most of our meals at the kitchen table

  • We have a dining room

  • There is a dining table and chairs in there

  • There is a washroom or bathroom

  • There is a toilet sink and Bathtub in the bathroom

  • There is also a shower in the bathroom. We have three bedrooms

  • The bedrooms are upstairs

  • My brother's room my room and my parents room all have beds in them

  • We also have dressers in our rooms

  • There are closets in all of the bedrooms. We keep our clothes in the closets

  • There is a basement in our house

  • We store things in the basement

  • There is a laundry room in the basement

  • There is a washing machine and a dryer in the laundry room

  • This is where we wash and dry our clothes

  • There is a garage attached to the house

  • We keep the in the garage

  • You drive up the driveway and into the garage

  • We also have a front yard and a back yard

  • There is a vegetable garden in the back yard

  • There are some flowers and a tree planted in the front yard cool

  • There are different types of schools

  • There is an elementary school

  • The children at the Elementary School are young?

  • There is a playground for them to play in

  • the classroom are bright and Airy

  • There are blackboards in a classroom

  • The children sit in desks to do their work

  • There is a parking lot for the teachers to park in

  • There is a cafeteria for the students to get food

  • The Principal has an office

  • Nobody wants to go to the Principal's office

  • It usually means that you are in trouble if you have to go to the Principal's office

  • When you finish elementary school you go to high school

  • Most of the students in High school are teenagers

  • There is a parking lot outside the high school

  • there is also a football field outside the

  • students go to classes in different

  • classrooms

  • They move from classroom to classroom for each subject

  • There is a cafeteria where they can get their lunches or eat the lunches that they have brought from home

  • There is a gymnasium where students have physical education

  • dances are also held in the gymnasium

  • Some students go on to university from High school

  • Students at the University are older some of the students are even senior citizen

  • People come from all over the world to attend the university

  • There are lots of different things at the university

  • There is a theater where plays and concerts are held

  • There is a bookstore where students can buy their textbooks

  • There is a physical education building that has a swimming pool in it

  • the parking lot at the University is very big they call the land that the university is on a

  • campus some of the students live on campus in residence

  • Subject there are many subjects that you can take at school

  • My favorite subject is music. I like to sing and to play the Clarinet I

  • Also like art I am quite good at drawing and painting

  • History is a good subject. I like learning about the past

  • Geography is very interesting. We look at many maps in geography

  • We learn where there are deserts and mountains. I know the names of all the continents and all the oceans

  • Mathematics is my least favorite subject. I'm

  • Not very good with numbers. I am good at addition and subtraction, but I'm not good at division and multiplication

  • In my school we learn to speak French

  • We learn French because Canada has french and English speaking citizens

  • English Literature is a good subject I

  • Enjoy reading books I also like to write

  • composition and poetry

  • Science is my brother's favorite subject

  • He is interested in plants, and he likes to do experiments

  • We also take drama at my school. I like to act. I got the lead role in the school play

  • International students

  • We have many international students at my school

  • Some of the students come from England they speak English, but they have an accent that is different from a Canadian accent

  • Many students are from Japan they are learning our language and our customs

  • We have students from Germany Italy

  • China Korea and Iran

  • We try to make those students feel welcome here the students like to see what is here. They go sightseeing

  • They visit all the places that the tourists like to go to

  • Niagara Falls and Toronto are interesting places to visit

  • the students practice their English by talking to Canadians

  • When they first get here, we show them around

  • They do many exercises to learn the language they listen to English songs

  • They read story books that are written in English

  • They listen to English language tapes

  • The best way to learn the language is to talk to other people

  • It is good to ask questions in English

  • Canadians try to be helpful to International students

  • some of the international students live with host families

  • The host families have the students living in their homes?

  • It is a good way for the host families and the student to make friends

  • Many of the international students stay in contact with their friends and host families even after they have gone back to their homelands

  • the international students learn a lot from their host families

  • Because they eat canadian fruits and they learn what it is like to live in a Canadian household

  • interests and Hobbies

  • It is very rewarding to have different interests and hobbies

  • Some people like to play a computer game

  • Other people spend a lot of time watching television

  • There are people who would rather watch movies

  • Some people prefer more physical things

  • They would rather play a sport like baseball hockey or basketball

  • Some people do exercises at a gym or they just go for walks?

  • There are many ways to exercise they can ride a bicycle or lick weight

  • There are people who like to collect things

  • They can collect all kinds of different things you can collect stamps coins dolls

  • postcards movies Rock or posters

  • Some people even collect bugs or lead

  • Some piece are lucky enough to be able to travel

  • You can travel to a nearby place or you can travel far away to a different country

  • There are people who like to listen to music

  • People have different tastes in music

  • some people like rock music

  • rap

  • classical music or folk music

  • There are many different types of music some people would rather play music than listen to it

  • You can play an instrument or you can sing?

  • many people learn to play the guitar or the piano

  • Some people join Bands or orchestras

  • There are people who like to read books?

  • There are a lot of different hobbies it depends on what you consider to be fun you

  • Can have more than one Hobby or interest?

  • It is good to be interested in a lot of different things

  • movies I

  • Go to the movies almost every week

  • Sometimes I rent movies from the video store

  • my favorite films are action films I

  • like to watch car chases

  • I like it when the bad guy has a shootout with the good guys I

  • like the good guys to win I

  • also like science fiction movies I like things that take place in the future I

  • Like movies that have aliens from different planets in them

  • Some of the science fiction movies can be silly and unbelievable, I don't like those ones

  • my mother likes dramas

  • She has a lot of favorite actors and actresses. She

  • sometimes Watches sad movies that make her cry

  • She also likes comedies

  • She laughed out loud if the comedy is very funny

  • my Father likes horror movies

  • He likes movies with monsters in them

  • he also likes thrillers I

  • Have watched some thrillers that keep you tense and on the edge of your seat

  • Sometimes I have to shut my eyes if the movie gets too scary

  • my brother likes animated films in

  • Animated films, there are no actors just cartoon characters

  • My brother goes to the movies on Saturday afternoons with his friends

  • He goes to the matinee

  • He gets Popcorn Candy and Pop

  • He usually comes back with a stomachache because he eats so much

  • sometimes my father watches documentaries

  • Documentaries are about real things

  • You can learn a lot from watching a documentary I?

  • Watch documentaries with him sometimes, but I would rather see a good action film

  • flowers

  • There are hundreds of different types of flowers

  • most people like roses

  • Roses grow on bushes and they smell beautiful

  • You have to be careful that you don't prick your finger on a rose thorn

  • Roses come in many colors

  • There are red pink yellow and white roses in

  • The Spring Tulips are in bloom in

  • Ottawa there are many tulips

  • Some people go there just to see all the tulips in the spring

  • Forget-Me-nots are also spring flowers

  • they are tiny and blue

  • lilies of the Valley look like white Bells

  • Where I live many of the trees have blossoms on them in the springtime?

  • The Apple and cherry Trees look particularly beautiful when they are in blossom

  • We have a blossom festival in my town

  • My neighbors like to plant geraniums, Petunias and marigolds in the summer

  • some people plant sunflowers

  • sunflowers grow very tall

  • They have bright yellow petals

  • All of those flowers grow best in the sunshine if your garden is shady you have to plant different things

  • Hostas grow well in a Shady Garden

  • Chrysanthemums are fall flowers

  • Chrysanthemums come in many colors also

  • There are purple yellow and white Chrysanthemums

  • Flowers are good to give as gifts women like to receive a dozen roses on Valentine's day

  • carnations also make a nice gift

  • They have a very sweet smell

  • many people give away lilies for Easter

  • Poinsettias are very festive at Christmastime if

  • Someone goes to a dance they often give their partner a flower to wear

  • sometimes a girl will get an orchid from her date if

  • You go to a wedding you will probably see a lot of flowers there the shopping mall

  • There are many different stores in the shopping mall

  • There are ladieswear stores

  • They sell dresses blouses and many kinds of clothes for women in

  • The menswear stores there are suits ties shirts and slacks

  • There are also clothing stores that appeal just to teenagers

  • Some clothing stores, only sell children's clothes

  • There is even a store that sells bathing suits and cover-ups for the beach, or pool

  • There are lingerie stores that sell ladies underwear and nightwear

  • There are hardware stores that sell tools

  • There are shoe stores

  • You buy shoes and boots in a shoe store

  • There are book stores

  • You can buy a book on almost any topic at the book store

  • There are stores that sell compact discs

  • Those stores also have tapes and videos

  • There are sports stores that sell special shoes and clothes for sports

  • They also sell sports equipment and t-shirts and hats with the logo of your favorite team

  • There are gift stores that sell all kinds of things that someone might want for their house

  • There are kitchen stores where you can buy utensils and pots and pans

  • Those kinds of stores also sell aprons and napkins and anything you might need for your kitchen

  • There is a movie theater at the Mall

  • There is a jewelry store that has a lot of gold and silver jewelry

  • There is a hairdresser in the mall sometimes I go in there to get my hair cut

  • There are fast food places in the mall

  • You can get a quick lunch like a hamburger or some french fries

  • There are also fancier restaurants in the mall

  • You can sit down for a nice meal

  • There is a furniture store in the mall

  • You can buy a new sofa or bed at the furniture store

  • There are bulk food stores at a bulk food store. All the foods are in bins

  • You take as much as you want and pay for it at the counter

  • There is even a telephone store and an electronic store at the mall

  • My brother's favorite store is the toy store. He could spend hours in there

  • There are also department stores at the Mall

  • Department stores sell all kinds of things

  • They sell perfume clothes shoes kitchen utensils or just about anything you might need

  • You can get almost anything you want at the shopping mall travel

  • It is fun to take a trip to a faraway place

  • My brother just went to Italy and france

  • He got on a plane at Toronto airport

  • He took a flight to France

  • He stayed there for a couple of days

  • He visited the Eiffel tower

  • He was in Paris

  • He said that he enjoyed the food in France

  • He then traveled to italy

  • He saw many towns and Villages in italy

  • He went to rome and visited many of the tourist attractions in

  • Venice he saw the canals

  • He tried to speak Italian, but he is not too good at it

  • He said that the people were very helpful

  • They tried to understand him

  • He bought Souvenirs for us when he was in italy

  • He ate Italian food

  • He said that pizza in Italy is quite different from the pizza. We eat here in Canada

  • He saw many streets that were made of Cobblestone

  • He saw many old buildings a lot of people in italy travel around on scooters

  • He stayed at a very nice hotel in Italy

  • He was sorry when it was time to come home

  • My brother likes to travel

  • He likes to fly in airplanes

  • the Airlines lost his luggage once

  • He was not too pleased about that

  • Next year. He was like to travel to England the farm

  • My uncle is a farmer

  • He lives on a farm

  • He has many different types of animals in the barn there are horses and cows

  • The cows Swish the flies away from themselves with their tails it

  • Sounds very loud if a cow says moo when you are standing there

  • The cows eat the Grass from my Uncle's field

  • He gets milk from the cows I

  • Put a saddle on one of the horses and went for a ride

  • There are pigs in the pigpen

  • He has goats

  • He says that the goats will eat just about anything

  • He has a chicken coop with chickens in it

  • the Chickens lay eggs

  • Have you ever seen baby chicks?

  • They are very cute

  • My Uncle Collects the eggs every morning

  • There is a rooster, too

  • the rooster crows when the sun comes up

  • My Uncle also has a goose

  • The goose makes a honking noise. I

  • Don't think that the goose likes me it knits me when I go near it

  • Many cats live in my Uncle's barn

  • They are stray cats, but he lets them stay there because they keep the mice away

  • My uncle feeds the cats my uncle says that he would like to get some sheep for his farm

  • You can get wool from sheep

  • There are a lot of animals on my Uncle's farm transportation

  • Every family that I know has at least one car

  • Some families have two or even three cars

  • Most people get their license to drive when they are 16 in

  • my house, we just have one car if

  • my father takes the car to work my mother will take the bus I

  • Ride in a school bus to school

  • my sister works in another Town

  • She gets on the train to go to work

  • The train Station is not far from my house

  • the train Tracks run right by my house

  • My grandfather from Ireland comes to visit us

  • He came over by boat

  • He had to cross the ocean

  • We went to Florida last year

  • We flew on a plane

  • the plane Flew right through the clouds

  • my friend's brother drives a motorcycle

  • He wears a helmet I

  • wrote on his motorcycle once I

  • had to sit on the back and hold on tight I

  • ride my bicycle when the weather is nice, I

  • Also, have a scooter that I used to travel around I

  • took a helicopter Ride once

  • the helicopters propellers were going around when I got on I

  • went straight up in the Air I

  • enjoyed The Ride I

  • would like to learn how to fly a plane or a helicopter I

  • like flying through the air

  • holidays

  • in

  • Canada we have many different days that we celebrate on

  • The first day of January there is New Year's day

  • That is when we ring in the new year, and say goodbye to the old year in

  • February there is Valentine's Day

  • That is the day when you tell your girlfriend or boyfriend that you love them

  • You can buy them flowers or candy or take them out to dinner in March there is st.. Patrick's Day

  • Everyone pretends that they are Irish on St.. Patrick's Day

  • They all wear green

  • Stur comes in the spring

  • Easter is a religious holiday

  • Some people celebrate by going to church

  • Some people think that the easter bunny comes and leaves chocolate eggs for them in

  • May there is Victoria Day

  • We celebrate this day in honor of England's, Queen Victoria

  • There are fireworks on Victoria day

  • July the first is Canada day in September. There is labor day

  • This is the day that we honor the working man or woman in October there is thanksgiving

  • We give thanks for all the things that we are fortunate enough to have

  • We usually have the turkey dinner on Thanksgiving day on

  • The last day of October there is Halloween

  • The children dress up in costumes and go from door to door collecting candies

  • Remembrance day is in November

  • People wear red poppies, and they remember all the people that died for their country

  • Christmas comes in December

  • Christmas is also a religious holiday, but many children believe that Santa Claus arrived on Christmas Eve in a sleigh pulled by reindeer

  • They believe that Santa Claus fills up their stockings with toys and goodies

  • He gets in and out of people's houses through their chimneys

  • We don't get off work or school for all these days, but many of them are holidays from work and school diseases

  • There are many diseases

  • Some diseases are very deadly and some are not so serious

  • most people catch a cold sometimes a

  • Cold makes you cough and sneeze

  • Colds can be passed on from person to person

  • Some people get the flu

  • With the flu you get chills and a fever

  • If beaver is a high temperature if you have the flu you will feel very bad

  • You have to stay home in bed

  • there are diseases that children get

  • The mumps make you have lumps in your neck

  • chicken pox and measles leave you with red itchy dots on your skin

  • older people sometimes get arthritis

  • their bones get stiff and sore

  • There are people who get heart disease in many cases a healthy lifestyle can prevent heart disease

  • Cancer can attack different parts of the body

  • many Smokers get lung cancer

  • Some diseases are treated with pills or medicine

  • Other diseases need to be treated in the hospital

  • Sometimes doctors need to give you tests to find out what kind of disease you have

  • The doctor might have to do a blood test or an x-Ray to find out. What is wrong with you

  • Most diseases can be cured by a doctor jobs

  • there are many different jobs that you can choose from

  • You can be a doctor or a nurse

  • You could work in a hospital or doctor's office

  • you might be a firefighter and put out fires a

  • Policeman enforces the law an

  • actor plays roles on stage or in the movies

  • You could drive a taxi or be the pilot of an airplane?

  • What kinds of things do you like to do?

  • You might want to be a sales clerk in a store?

  • Maybe you are good at a sport

  • You could be a baseball player or a hockey player

  • being a dentist is a good job a

  • Just fix his teeth if you are good at arguing you might want to be a lawyer

  • Do you like to fix people's hair?

  • You could be a hairdresser or a barber

  • if you are good with your hands you might want to be a carpenter or a mechanic if

  • You like to travel you could be a stewardess or a travel agent

  • You could be a teacher or a photographer are

  • You artistic or creative

  • You might want to be an artist or a writer?

  • You could work on construction and build houses

  • You could look after animals and be a veterinarian if you like to cook you could be a cook or a chef

  • There are so many places to work and so many jobs to do

  • Maybe you could fix computers, or work in a library

  • You could wash windows or be the captain of a ship?

  • There is no limit to what you can be my body

  • On the top of my head I have hair

  • below my hair is my face I

  • have two eyes I

  • Have eyebrows and eyelashes

  • Below my eyes I have a nose

  • my mouth is below my nose I

  • Have lips if I open my lips, you will see my teeth and my tongue

  • Below my mouth is my chin on the sides of my head. I have two ears

  • My cheeks are on either side of my nose

  • My neck holds up my head

  • My neck attaches my head to my chest on

  • Either side of my chest are my shoulders

  • my arms hang down from my shoulders I

  • Have wrists on my arms

  • My hands are attached to my wrists

  • my fingers are part of my hands I

  • have ten fingers and ten fingernails

  • My back is at the back of me

  • Further down there is my waist

  • if I wear a belt, I put it on my waist my

  • hips are below my waist my

  • legs come down from my hips

  • My legs are made up of my thighs my knees and my calves

  • my knees can bend

  • My ankles are below my legs

  • My feet are attached to my ankles

  • My toes are part of my feet. I have ten toes and ten toenail I

  • Am me from the top of my head to the tip of my toes

  • clothing

  • I change my clothes a lot if I am going somewhere Fancy. I wear a dress I

  • Wear stockings on my legs, and I wear a pair of nice shoes

  • if

  • I am going to play sports. I wear sweatshirt and jeans

  • If I am going to the beach, I wear a bathing suit or a bikini

  • My brother wears swimming trunks to the Beach

  • At work, I wear a skirt and a blouse

  • underneath my clothes I wear underwear a

  • lady wears a bra and panties as underwear a

  • Man wears boxer or Jockey shorts as underwear

  • Today, I am wearing a blouse and a pair of jeans over my underwear I

  • Have socks and shoes on my feet in

  • The summer I often wear sandals on my feet in

  • the summer the tops that I wear are usually sleeveless I

  • usually wear shorts in the summer

  • Sometimes I wear a sweater or a jacket if the weather is cool. I

  • Wear a cap or a hat on my head I

  • Wear a belt to hold up my jeans or my slacks

  • Women sometimes wear a dress or a skirt

  • men wear a pair of slacks and a shirt

  • some men wear a suit in a shirt and tie

  • If it is very cold outside I wear winter coat

  • If it is cold, I like to wear gloves or mittens on my hands

  • Sometimes I wrap a scarf around my neck to keep warm I

  • wear a to con my head in cold weather I

  • Wear boots on my feet in the winter if it is raining, I wear a raincoat

  • The way that I dress depends a lot on the weather colors

  • Red is a vibrant color roses are sometimes red blood is red

  • White is the color of snow clouds are very often white

  • Blue is the color of the sky and the ocean?

  • Black isn't really a color at all tar is black a crow is black

  • Green is the color of grass it is also the color of leaves on the trees in the summer

  • Brown is the color of dirt

  • many people have brown hair

  • Yellow is a bright color most people use yellow when they draw a picture of the sun

  • Orange is an easy color to remember that is because an orange is orange

  • Pink is the color that we dress baby girls in we dress baby boys in blue

  • Purple is the color of some violets the Canadian flag is red and white

  • What color is your flag months?

  • There are 12 months in the year

  • January is the first month of the year. It is usually cold in January

  • February is the second month of the year it is still winter when February comes

  • They say that March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb that

  • Means that it is still usually cold and sometimes stormy when March begins

  • By the time that March ends the weather is starting to get a little better

  • April is the rainy month April showers bring may flowers

  • Many of the Spring flowers bloom in may the Weather can be quite mild in May

  • June is usually a nice warm month many people get married in June

  • July can be hot people have vacations in july it is a month to do summer things it

  • Is still summer in august but the summer is winding down?

  • August is the time to have last-minute vacations in

  • September we go back to school the autumn winds begin to blow

  • October really feels like autumn

  • October is Halloween time

  • November is when we really start to feel the chill

  • December is the Christmas month most people do a lot of Christmas shopping in December

  • They spend quite a bit of time getting ready for Christmas all of the months are different which month were you born in

  • days of the week

  • There are seven days of the week

  • Sunday is a day of rest for some people

  • But many people still have to work quite a few people go to church on a Sunday on

  • Monday morning

  • We go back to school after the weekend many people say they don't like Monday because it is the beginning of the work week

  • Tuesday is a school day and a working day. I don't think that there is anything special about a Tuesday

  • Wednesday is the middle of the work week on

  • Thursday many of the stores and Malls stay open later. It gives you a chance to run some errands on a Thursday night on

  • Friday you feel like the work week is nearly over some people say thank goodness it is Friday

  • They look forward to the weekend on Saturday

  • many people can sleep in late

  • People get errands done on Saturday you see a lot of people in the grocery store on a Saturday

  • Most children look forward to Saturday so that they can play with their friends then

  • Sunday comes again the weeks turn into months and the months turn into years

  • time goes by quite quickly

  • describing things

  • Some things are different shapes. They can be described by their shape a circle is round a

  • compact disc is a circle a

  • square has four equal sides a

  • rectangle is similar, but two of the sides are longer a

  • Triangle has only three sides

  • Have you ever seen anyone play a triangle in an orchestra the word?

  • triangle can stand for an instrument or a shape an

  • Oval is rounded, but it is not round an egg is an oval shape

  • The floor is flat. If something is smooth. It has no bumps or lumps silk is smooth

  • some things are rough sandpaper is rough if

  • Something is dull

  • It is not sharp or pointed a dull knife will not cut bread because the blade is not sharp

  • if something is pointed it has a sharp end a sharp pencil has a pointed end a

  • Pencil that has been used a lot and hasn't been sharpened has a dull end

  • Some things are soft a Teddy Bear is soft

  • It feels good to touch some things are hard a rock is hard

  • soft can also represent a noise level if you have a soft voice it is not very loud if

  • Someone tells you to speak softly they want you to speak quietly

  • Loud is the word used to describe

  • Noises that hurt your ears a big truck will make a loud noise

  • Sometimes your mother will tell you that your music is too loud

  • fruit

  • Rose on Trees

  • Apples grow on Trees you can get red yellow or green?

  • Apples some apples are green until they ripen then they turn red

  • peaches grow on Trees

  • Peaches have a fuzzy skin

  • Cherries grow on trees you can climb a ladder and pick cherries from the tree?

  • Cherries and peaches have pits inside them the pits are not edible pears also grow on trees

  • Lemons grow on trees. They are very sour

  • Have you ever picked strawberries?

  • Strawberries, do not grow on trees you have to bend down to pick strawberries

  • Have you ever tried strawberry shortcake it is very good?

  • grapes Grow on Vines

  • People use grapes to make wine

  • There are many types of berries there are blackberries blueberries

  • raspberries and cranberries just to name a few

  • Some fruits are more exotic. There are mangoes and papayas they don't grow in Canada

  • bananas and oranges don't grow in a Canadian climate either

  • But we are able to buy them here

  • Some fruits have to be peeled and some can be eaten as they are it

  • Is always a good idea to wash fruit before you eat it?

  • The Farmers spray the crops with pesticides to kill bugs, so it is good to wash that off

  • bugs

  • Many people are afraid of bugs some bugs do bad things like eating crops or clothes

  • Some bugs such as termites even eat wood other bugs can be good

  • Spiders catch flies

  • Flies are not good because they carry germs

  • insects get caught in the Web that the spider builds

  • Ants get into homes and eat food

  • bees are good because honey comes from bees it is not good if you get stung by a bee a

  • Caterpillar turns into a butterfly

  • Butterflies can be very beautiful

  • You can find grasshoppers outside on a sunny day

  • grasshoppers hopped through the Grass

  • Crickets make a noise by rubbing their legs together

  • Dragonflies usually live near water they have large colorful wings

  • Ladybugs are red with little black dots. There are many types of beetles

  • Nobody wants to have cockroaches in their house

  • Centipedes have many legs fleas get onto your pets and bite them. They make your dog or cat itchy

  • Mosquitoes can make you itchy when they bite you have you ever had a mosquito bite the kitchen

  • Kitchen is where we make and eat our meals there is a stove in the kitchen

  • Inside the stove there is an oven where you bake things you can put a cake into the oven to bake on

  • Top of the stove our burners the burners get hot you put pots or pans

  • on the Burners the

  • Refrigerator is where we store the food that needs to be kept cold. We keep milk eggs cheese and

  • Vegetables in the refrigerator at the top of the refrigerator is the freezer the freezer?

  • Keeps things frozen we have frozen vegetables ice cream and ice cubes in the freezer

  • We have a toaster in the kitchen you put the bread in the toaster and it turns into toast

  • We have an electric Kettle we boil water to make tea in the kettle

  • There is a double sink in the kitchen that is where we wash the dishes

  • We turn on the hot tap and put some dish detergent into the sink to wash the dishes

  • Sometimes we put the dishes into the dishwasher and the dishwasher washes the dishes

  • There are other things in the kitchen there are utensils like Knives forks and spoons

  • There are tea towels and dish cloths there are oven mitts and pot holders to take hot things out of the oven

  • There are pots to cook and boil things in there are pans to fry things

  • We have dishes that we eat from we have plates for our dinner and balls that we can put our soup in

  • We drink from cups or coffee mugs or glasses

  • We keep our juice in a pitcher or a jug

  • There is a timer that you can set when you are cooking the timer buzzes when the food is ready

  • We also have a microwave oven in the kitchen if we are in a hurry we cook our food in the microwave

  • Edge two bowls

  • Vegetables are very good for you. They say that you should have three servings of vegetables every day

  • I like green peas peas come in Pods

  • I also like snow peas you eat the pods on the snow peas. I like corn when it is on the cob

  • Carrots are good to eat raw

  • Beans are good for you. There are many different types of beans there are string beans Kidney beans

  • baked beans and lots of other types of beans

  • Some people don't like Green vegetables like broccoli and Brussel Sprouts

  • I like broccoli and brussel sprouts. You can make a salad and put lots of different vegetables into the salad in my

  • Salads I like lettuce tomatoes celery

  • Cucumber Radishes cauliflower and spring onions. I try to have a salad with dressing on it every day

  • My dad likes root vegetables like beets and parsnips my brother will only eat potatoes

  • He likes his potatoes baked

  • My mother likes to buy her vegetables at the market. She says they are fresher there my mother buys a lot of onions

  • She puts onions in almost all the meals that she cooks some children won't eat their vegetables

  • I didn't like some vegetables at first, but I have become used to them

  • I like having vegetables with my meals pets

  • There are many different animals that you can have for pets the most common pets are cats and dogs I

  • Think the second most common pets are birds and fish

  • You can hug a cat or a dog you can play with a cat or a dog?

  • But it is difficult to play with a bird or a fish

  • Some birds are very smart and they can be taught to do things parrots are very clever some of them even talk

  • Birds usually stay in Bird cages

  • Fish have to stay in the water in a tank or a fishbowl

  • Some people have gerbils or guinea pigs as pets. There are even people who have ferrets as

  • I have a friend who has a lizard for a pet she has to buy live crickets for her lizard to eat

  • Another friend of mine has a pet snake. I don't think I would like to have a pet snake

  • there are different types of dogs some dogs are very big and some are small a

  • Labrador retriever is a big dog a poodle is usually a small dog although there are some large poodles

  • Some dogs are noisy and they bark a lot other dogs are quiet and obedient

  • I once had a dog it was a cocker spaniel. I used to take it for Walks

  • There are different types of cats too. My favorite type of cat is a siamese cat

  • siamese cats have blue eyes

  • My mother had a persian cat it was very furry

  • My mother said that it used to shed fur all over the house

  • Pets are a lot of fun

  • But they are a lot of work to to be a good pet owner you have to be very responsible parties

  • Parties can be a lot of fun people get invited to parties

  • You can have a party because it is a special occasion or just because you want to have a party

  • Sometimes people wear paper hats at parties these are called party hats

  • Some people decorate with streamers and balloons at some parties. There is a cake

  • Sometimes there are just snacks and drinks at some parties people play games

  • There are also parties where people just stand around and talk

  • people wear different things to parties you can go to some parties in casual clothes at

  • Other parties you need to be dressed up in good clothes there are other parties where you are supposed to wear a costume

  • There are many different kinds of parties there are Christmas parties birthday parties

  • Going-away parties and parties for no reason at all

  • I have been to parties for people who are retiring or for people who have just had a new baby

  • there are hundreds of reasons for having a party at some parties you take a gift if

  • It is a birthday party then you take a gift and a birthday card to the person who is having the birthday

  • Sometimes people will ask you to bring food or drinks to the party all

  • Parties are different it is nice to be invited to parties

  • grocery shopping

  • What do you see when you go to the grocery store the aisles are filled with food there are also?

  • refrigerators and freezers

  • filled with food

  • There are sometimes things in bins in the middle of the aisles there are different departments in the grocery store

  • There is the bakery in the bakery there are sweet things such as cakes pies cookies and tarts

  • There are also things that you would eat with your dinner like bread and buns

  • There are other things in the bakery department like bagels and biscuits the baker works in the bakery

  • There is the canned Goods section. This is where you might find sauces and soups

  • vegetables and fruits also come in cans

  • There is the section for dairy products here. You would find milk and cream

  • The Dairy Section would also have cheese and butter

  • yogurt is also found in the dairy section in

  • The meat Department there is beef and pork poultry is also found in the meat department

  • Poultry is chicken duck and goose

  • There are also cold cuts in the meat department

  • Cold cuts are the meats that are sliced up for sandwiches some examples of cold cuts are ham and bologna

  • the butcher works in the meat Department

  • The police Department is full of fruits and vegetables clerks spray water on the fruits and vegetables to keep them fresh

  • There is a section in the grocery store for personal hygiene. This is where you would find Shampoo and toothpaste

  • Soap and skin products would also be in this section

  • There is even a section for your pets you can buy cat food and dog food

  • There are toys for cats and dogs fran says

  • Are you tall or short?

  • Are you big or small people come in many different shapes and sizes some people were size small clothes other people?

  • We're size medium clothes there are people who wear large size clothes some people even wear extra-large clothes

  • Some people are thin some people are fat some people are in between

  • There are people with short hair other people have long hair some people have no hair at all

  • No, two people are exactly alike some people have long legs. I have short legs

  • I don't walk as fast as a person with long legs. I am not a tall person in fact

  • I am quite short my feet are a size 7 my mother has size 5 feet my father has size 12 feet

  • We are all different sizes it is not a bad thing it is a good thing that we are all unique a restaurant

  • when you go to a restaurant

  • you might see a sign that says please wait to be seated a

  • Host or hostess will ask you

  • How many people are in your party then they will want to know if you want to sit in the smoking or non-smoking?

  • Section the host or hostess will take you to your seat

  • You might sit at a table or at a booth the host or hostess will give you a menu to look at

  • Sometimes there are different menus for different meals there can be a breakfast menu a lunch menu and a dinner menu

  • Sometimes there is also a wine list and a dessert menu the food and the prices of a food are listed on the menu

  • On your table there will be cutlery cutlery is the knives forks and spoons

  • There will also be a napkin you are supposed to put your napkin on your lap when you eat your waiter

  • Or waitress will take your order you might want an appetizer before your meal some people want a salad or soup before their meal

  • After your meal you might have a dessert or tea or coffee

  • When it is time to go you will pay your bill and leave a tip for the waiter or waitress?

  • traffic

  • traffic moves along on the streets and highways

  • There are rules that drivers must follow to make the traffic flow smoothly you must wear a seatbelt

  • The seatbelt helps to keep you safe

  • you must stop and all stop signs you must also stop at a red light a

  • Green light means go and a yellow light means to be careful

  • If you see a sign that says school crossing you have to be careful because you are near a school and children might be

  • crossing the Street

  • Some places are crosswalks those are places where people cross the street

  • people who are walking have the Right-of-way if you hear a siren behind you you must pull over an

  • Emergency vehicle like a police car or an ambulance might need to get somewhere fast

  • When a school bus puts on its flashing signals you have to stop

  • You can't go past the school bus because children may be crossing the street from the bus

  • You should always obey the speed limit it

  • Is not good to drive too fast?

  • People should never drink and drive

  • Driving is a serious business you have to obey all the rules to be a good driver

  • music

  • If you are in an orchestra, what would you play would you play a Tuba a trumpet or a saxophone?

  • Perhaps you would prefer a stringed instrument like a violin or a cello

  • Maybe you would enjoy percussion more you could play the Kettle drum

  • There are instruments that have keyboards a piano and an organ have keyboards

  • There are instruments that have strings on them a guitar Banjo & Mandolin have strings on them

  • there are instruments that you blow into a flute a french horn and a harmonica are all instruments that you blow into

  • there are instruments that you hit with a stick a drum and a cymbal are two things that you would hit with a stick if

  • You are in an orchestra. You have to watch the conductor

  • He will lead you through the piece of music you might just want to be in a band for fun

  • You could join a rock band or a dance band

  • Some people learn to read music

  • Music notes are written on a staff each notes represents a sound

  • There are whole notes half notes?

  • Quarter notes and eighth notes each one of these is held for a different number of beats

  • it is good to learn about music you have to learn your scales and learn about sharps and flats if

  • You want to learn how to play an instrument? It's best to take music lessons

  • Who what where and why?

  • These are important words

  • They're all words that begin questions who is about a person who?

  • Is a girl with the blue dress on who stole my watch who will come with me to the game?

  • Who is driving us to the party?

  • What is about a thing?

  • What is that big thing on the sidewalk? What should I do when I get to your house?

  • What kind of clothes should I wear to the party?

  • What shall I buy you for your birthday?

  • Where is about a place? Where are you going for your vacation? Where did I leave my glasses?

  • Where did my brother go where on Earth is timmins?

  • Why is the word that asks for an explanation?

  • Why did you take the last piece of pie?

  • Why is the world round?

  • Why should I give you any money? Why did the chicken cross the Street?

  • They say that you should answer all of these questions

  • If you are writing a good story you have to give the who what where and why to write a good story?

  • which direction

  • Which direction should I go in should I go up?

  • If I go up, I will head toward the sky I can go up the stairs

  • Should I go down I can go down the stairs to the basement I can climb down into a hole?

  • Should I go left or right? I am right-handed, so I know which way right is

  • Should I go backwards I would be going away from the things that I am facing now

  • If I went backwards if I went backwards from the thing that I am facing I would go away from it

  • Should I go forward I will just go straight ahead if I go forward if I am facing?

  • Something and I go forward then I will go toward the thing that I am facing

  • Maybe I should go sideways

  • But which side left or right it?

  • Sounds very complicated, but it is not

  • Directions are very easy to follow if you just stop and think about them the office

  • Some people work in an office there are special tools that people in an office need to do their work

  • There is a computer in the office there is a telephone most of the time the secretary answers the telephone

  • the secretary sits at a desk

  • The secretary has pens and pencils on the desk the secretary writes on a notepad

  • some other things that you would find in an office would include the following a stapler to Staple Pages together a

  • photocopier to Copy Pages a

  • pencil sharpener to Sharpen pencils a

  • water cooler where the employees could get a drink of water a hole punch to make holes and sheets of paper and

  • Liquid paper, which is used to blank out errors on a page

  • Some offices have many employees in them all of the employees have their own desks other

  • offices just have one person at a desk in some offices there is a secretary or a

  • Receptionist and then there is the boss in another room there are often many important papers in an office

  • important Papers can be called documents

  • You might have to sign a document or fill out a form in an office

  • Some offices have bookshelves filled with books the books are filled with information that the people in the office need

  • You will have to visit an office sometime. Maybe it will be a doctor's office or a lawyer's office

  • There are many different types of offices funny

  • I keep my money in the bank. I have saved up my money

  • I saved all my pennies in a jar a penny is only worth one cent

  • I have nickels a nickel is worth five cents a dime is worth ten cents a quarter is worth 25

  • cents A

  • Quarter is a quarter of a dollar four quarters make up a dollar a dollar is worth 100 cents

  • I saved up all of my dollars our

  • Dollars used to be paper, but now they are coins. We call our dollars loonies. It's a funny name

  • We also have two dollar coins. We call those two knees

  • we have five dollar bills and ten dollar bills if you are lucky you will have twenty dollar bills 50 dollar bills and even

  • hundred Dollar Bills our

  • Bills in Canada are different colors that makes them easy to recognize if you go somewhere to spend them it

  • Is wise to save your money if you save enough? You can have hundreds or thousands of dollars?

  • Manners

  • It is good to be polite people like you more when you are polite

  • Always say please and thank you if you ask for some milk, you should say please may

  • I have a glass of milk when someone gives you the milk. You should respond with thank you

  • It is not difficult to be polite

  • You should not push or shove people you should cover your mouth when you cough or sneeze

  • You should address people properly if you are trying to get someone's attention. You would say excuse me you wouldn't say hey you

  • There are table Manners

  • That is where you eat properly and politely at the dinner table. You don't shove food into your mouth

  • You don't reach over other people's plates you don't talk with your mouth full all of these things are common sense

  • Being polite is mostly thinking about how you would like to be treated you wouldn't want people to be impolite to you it

  • Is not polite to point at people it is not polite to burp out loud

  • It is not polite to you someone else's things without asking first

  • Being polite just comes naturally if you have been brought up in a home where everyone was polite the two sexes

  • There are two sexes or genders

  • There is a male gender, and there is a female gender males and females are different both, physically and mentally

  • Humans are both male and female and animals are both male and female

  • If you have a dog it is either a girl dog or a boy dog

  • Boys grow up to be men men grow hair on their faces and are usually more muscular than women

  • Men dressed differently than women men are Males males are masculine

  • Girls grow up to be women only women can have babies

  • Women are females females are feminine another word for women is ladies

  • It is good that we have males and females your father is a male your grandfather brother and Uncle are males

  • Your mother is a female your grandmother sister and Aunt are female me

  • I am special

  • Nobody in the world is exactly like I am

  • They might have the same hair color and eyes that I do but they are not exactly like me I

  • Am the only person in the world who thinks my thoughts

  • No, two people in the world are exactly alike it

  • is good to be your own person it is good to be creative and be

  • natural

  • People have to follow the laws and the rule

  • people should always be kind to others I

  • Try to follow all the rules. I am kind to others. I am a lot like many other people yet

  • I am different I

  • Am like my friend jane, but she has red hair and I have dark hair

  • She has a loud voice and I have a soft voice

  • She likes to eat vegetables, and I do not

  • Jane and I are the same height

  • We both like movies and we are both afraid of spiders

  • We wear the same size shoes, and we both have the same favorite color

  • We are best friends, but sometimes we disagree about things

  • we are alike in many ways and

  • Different in many ways if we were all exactly the same the world would be a very

  • Boring Place I

  • Am myself and I am glad that I am special

  • You are special to

  • Use your own special talent and take the time to meet other people

  • The world is made up of a lot of different people, and that's what makes life exciting

  • I cap

  • I got my cat when she was just a tiny kitten. I named her puff because her fur is soft and fluffy

  • She has white fur, but her tail paws and ears are black

  • She has a little pink nose and yellow eyes

  • She says meow whenever she wants a bowl of milk. I feed her cat food and treats

  • She washes her face with her paw when she is finished eating

  • My whole family loves her and we can tell that she loves us

  • She loves to curl up in our laps

  • She purrs whenever we pet her

  • She is very playful

  • We sometimes roll off a piece of paper and throw it to her. She loves to chase the paper and hit it with her paws

  • She also chases bugs

  • Last night she chased a spider, but she was afraid to touch it at night. She curls up in my bed with me

  • She likes to be warm I have given her a blanket of her own

  • But when I put her on it her tail twitches her tail twitches whenever she's upset or Angry I

  • Know she doesn't want to be on her blanket. She wants to be in my bed. I

  • Let her into my bed, and she falls asleep

  • purring loudly

  • music

  • My family is very

  • musical my father plays the guitar

  • He plays in a band

  • the Band Plays country music

  • My mother is a singer in the band

  • She also plays the piano I

  • Took the flute in music class at school. I played the flute in the school band

  • I also sing in the school choir I have a low voice

  • My sister has a high voice. She is a Soprano at

  • Home I like to practice the drums but my mother says that it's too loud

  • Sometimes I play so loudly that I break a drumstick I

  • practice whenever, she goes out I

  • Would like to be in a rock band

  • Some of my friends and I are thinking of starting our own Rock band

  • My sister is a very good piano player

  • She has won many awards at music Festivals

  • She likes to play classical music, but sometimes I get her to play rock music with me

  • She is also a very good singer I

  • like to sing with her

  • We sing in Harmony I?

  • Listen to Music all The time on The Radio

  • I know a lot of songs I can sing along with most of the songs that come on the radio I

  • Memorize The lyrics of the songs

  • My sister and I sometimes get together and sing our favorite songs

  • Maybe someday we will start our own rock band, and I will be the drummer

  • Spring

  • It rains a lot in the spring the trees are full of buds and the flowers are starting to bloom

  • My favorite spring flowers are tulips and Daffodils

  • The Birds come back from the south I can always tell that spring is here when I see my first robin of the season

  • the Robins pull worms from the wet ground

  • When it isn't raining my friends and I go outside and toss the ball around

  • We look forward to the summer, but we are glad to get outside after the long winter

  • The Air smells so fresh in the spring my mother always tells me not to track mud into the house

  • It's very muddy in our yard in the springtime. I wipe my muddy feet before I go into the house

  • There are a lot of puddles in my yard

  • I sometimes splash in the puddles and I get wet and cold so I have to go into the house I

  • Like it when the snow has melted the rain has stopped and the sun comes out on

  • Sunny days, I always get together with my friends on

  • Those days we either ride our bikes or play ball

  • My parents like to go for walks on spring evenings. They also like to clean up the yard in the spring

  • Everyone seems to be outside the spring time brings people out of their houses

  • the birthday party

  • Yesterday I went to a birthday party

  • My friend Jane had her 10th birthday

  • Her house was decorated with balloons and streamers

  • Her mother had baked a big birthday cake the cake had happy 10th birthday Jane Written on it

  • There were 10 candles on the cake

  • Jane Blew out the candles and made a wish I

  • wonder what she wished for

  • Your wish won't come true if you tell anyone what it was

  • we sang happy birthday to you at

  • the party we played some games I

  • Won one of the games so I got a prize

  • We also clam in Jane Swimming pool

  • Jane opened her gift her gifts were wrapped in Bright paper and bows. She got lots of nice gifts

  • She got some compact discs some clothes and some computer games

  • Jane thanked everyone

  • We ate a lot of food at Jane's party. We had hot dogs

  • I put mustard and ketchup on my hot dog then we ate cake and ice cream

  • We had pop to drink. I think I had too much cake and ice cream

  • I was very full by the time the party was over

  • We thank Jane and her mother before we all went home. It was a very good party everyone had a good time

  • I hope Jane had a happy 10th birthday

  • my classroom

  • Classroom is a large room

  • It's full of brightly colored pictures my teacher hangs pictures up all over the walls

  • There are blackboards at the front of the room my teacher always has writing all over the blackboards

  • sometimes the chalk squeaks when she writes on the blackboard we cover our ears when that happens our

  • Classroom is full of desk

  • There are a lot of students in our class our desks are full of books notebooks and pens

  • I try to keep my desk neat but I have a lot of things in there

  • my ruler and pencils are always falling out of my desk at

  • The back of the room is a bookcase full of books we can sign those books out and take them home to read I

  • have read a lot of the books I like mysteries and

  • Biographies, so I have taken many of those home. There are also tables at the back of the room

  • That's where we do our artwork. We spread out big sheets of paper and use paints or crayons to make pictures

  • Sometimes we cut things out of magazines with scissors, and we glue pictures to the paper. I like art class

  • After school my friends and I often erase the blackboards for the teacher

  • Then we take the erasers outside and clap them together to get the chalk dust out of them

  • My friends and I walk home together and talk about what we did in school, and what we're going to do after supper

  • vacation

  • My family and I went on vacation to Lake Huron the water is beautiful and blue there and the sand is nice and white

  • the week that we were there was very hot the sun was hot but the water was still very cold I

  • Went swimming and tried to catch little fish in my hands. I was careful not to get sunburned

  • We stayed at a hotel that had a pool and a game room. I played pinball and video games sometimes I

  • Like to swim in the hotel pool, but I like the beach better

  • I would lie on a big beach towel and get warm then I would jump in the water and cool off

  • Sometimes I would just lie on the sand and watch the waves roll up on Shore I

  • Found some seashells and saw a crab walking on the sand at

  • First I was a bit lonely because I didn't know anyone there. It wasn't long before. I met some other kids my age

  • We built Sandcastles together and swam in the lake

  • The other kids were from Different towns

  • So we told each other stories about our schools and friends

  • We found that we had a lot in common even though we were from different places our

  • Families got together and went to restaurants together

  • we played volleyball on the beach, and we sat around the campfire at night and sang songs at

  • The Campfire we would roast marshmallows on a stick. I always burn my marshmallows

  • That is ok I like them that way

  • Mostly we just swam in the lake until we were very tired. I was sorry when our vacation was over

  • I had a good time at Lake Huron. I met some very good friends there. We still write to each other

  • Maybe we'll see each other next summer

  • my House I

  • Live in a two-story house the bottom of the house is painted white

  • the upper part of the house is made of Red Brick the Chimney is also made of Red Brick if

  • You go through the front door and turn right you'll see the living room the living room is very large and comfortable

  • There are easy chairs

  • Table and a sofa in there, I like to sit in there and relax

  • Next to the living room is the dining room?

  • There are a dining table and chairs in there we use this room whenever we have visitors over for dinner

  • Beside the dining room is the kitchen the kitchen has a stove and a refrigerator in it

  • There's also a kitchen table with some benches added most of the time we eat in the kitchen upstairs

  • There are three bedrooms

  • My parents bedroom is very big they have a large queen-size bed in there, and there are two closets for their clothes

  • My room is smaller my room is painted pink

  • And I have ruffled curtains on the windows from my bedroom window. You can see the front yard

  • There's a pine tree in the front yard my brother's bedroom is painted blue. He has blinds on the windows

  • He has a bunk bed in his room

  • If he has a friend stay over one of them can sleep on the top bunk and the other can sleep on the bottom bunk

  • You can see the backyard from his bedroom window

  • There are rose bushes and a picnic table in the backyard there is also a white fence that has a gate in it in

  • The basement there is a recreation room

  • This is where we watch television and have friends over to visit the laundry room is also in the basement

  • There's a washing machine and a dryer in there

  • Beside our house is a garage

  • We keep the car in the garage

  • Whenever the weather is bad our hose is just the right size for our family?

  • Friends are always welcome at our house

  • my family

  • My grandparents are coming to visit us from Calgary, Alberta

  • My father is very happy because they are his parents, and he's glad that he will see them

  • We don't see them very often because Calgary is a long way from Toronto

  • My grandparents have two sons my father and my uncle bill

  • Uncle Bill is married to my aunt Susan they have a daughter who is my cousin?

  • My cousin is a lot older than I so we do not have a lot in common

  • They also have a son who is the same age as me?

  • He is my favorite cousin because we both like the same television shows and the same games

  • I have two brothers and one sister my

  • Brothers are both younger than I they are twins so they have the same birthday

  • My sister is one year older than I

  • People say that my sister, and I look alike. We both have blonde hair and blue eyes

  • My mother's parents lived near us. They are my grandmother and grandfather

  • Who visit us often my mother does not have any brothers or sisters?

  • She is an only child. I like it when all my family is together

  • I don't have a lot of cousins like some people do but I have fun with my relatives

  • my Uncle will often take my cousin and me to the movies I

  • Like to take my grandparents for walks so they can see my school and they can meet my friends my parents

  • Talked to my brothers and my sister and I a lot we are a very close-knit family

  • People who have close families are very lucky

  • winter

  • Once the fall is over and the snowflakes start to fall I get very excited

  • I can hardly wait for the ground to be covered with a blanket of white snow

  • I put on my mittens my scarf my hat coat and winter boots and I run out into the fluffy snow I

  • Have to be careful, not to slip on the ice

  • It can get very icy and cold in the winter the first thing that I do is to build a snowman

  • I sometimes build a snow fort too my friends and I have a good snow ball fight

  • We laugh a lot and our cheeks and noses get very red

  • When we get too cold we go into the house and have a cup of hot chocolate

  • My father fills the backyard with water that freezes and turns into an ice rink

  • When the ice is hard enough my friends and I get our skates and we go out on the ice to play hockey

  • all of my friends own hockey sticks

  • I am usually the goalie and I have to keep the puck from going into the net

  • My sister and her friends don't really like to play hockey. They would rather just skate around on the ice

  • I took skating lessons

  • So I don't usually fall down my little brother is just learning to skate, so he falls down a lot

  • My father has to shovel the snow off the paths and the driveway in the winter. I help him

  • Shoveling snow is hard work when my dad, and I finished shoveling the driveway

  • We go into the house and warm our hands and feet in front of the fireplace

  • There is probably nothing more beautiful than fresh fallen snow on the trees in the morning when the sun Shines on the snow it

  • Glistens, I like to leave my footprints in the snow

  • Winter can be very beautiful and exciting

  • Autumn

  • Some people call autumn the fall you can call it either one

  • Autumn is the time when the leaves change color they change from Green to

  • Beautiful shades of gold orange and red it looks like an artist has come along and painted all the trees

  • The air starts to get a little colder in the autumn we begin to wear jackets or sweaters

  • We go back to school in the autumn the teachers sometimes gets us to make leaf collections

  • We collect different types of leaves and make a display of them

  • Autumn is the time when old friends get back together and talk about what they did on their summer vacations

  • Halloween comes in the autumn. We dress up in costumes some of them are scary and some of them are funny

  • We go from door to door and say trick or treat and people give us candies

  • We wear masks on our faces, and we have a lot of fun

  • The Autumn winds start to blow the wind blows believes right off the trees until the trees have bare branches

  • My friends, and I have a lot of fun outside before the winter leaves us shivering. We play football and soccer at school after

  • School we ride our bikes through the piles of dry leaves the leaves go flying through the air as we drive through them

  • My parents rake the leaves up and put them in a big pile

  • I like to jump in the big piles of leaves

  • But then my parents just have to rake them up again

  • The skies get a little cloudier in the autumn and we know that soon there will be snow

  • So we enjoy the brisk autumn weather while we can

  • Summer

  • Yeah, ooh

  • School is over. We are free for the summer my friends

  • And I run out on the last day of school into the bright summer sun

  • We sing a song about no more pencils and no more books

  • We can hardly wait to do all the summer things that we like to do we go swimming we play baseball

  • We ride our bikes and we go to the beach

  • We go on vacations or some of us go to summer camp?

  • It is just nice to run barefoot through the grass or lie on your back and look up at the clouds

  • Summer days are lazy days. We don't have to do schoolwork

  • We listen to the buzzing of the bees. We watch the birds as they fly from tree to tree

  • We go down to the pond and toss rocks into the water we eat ice cream and we have barbecues

  • Some of my friends parents have boats so we go for rides in their boats

  • Some of my friends go to their cottages they have cottages on legs

  • Some of my friends even have summer jobs

  • My best friend works at a supermarket

  • My father pays me to do jobs for him I?

  • Cut the grass take out the garbage and wash the car. I like to be outside in the sunshine on

  • Sundays my mother will pack a picnic lunch and we go down to the park

  • Sometimes we play baseball

  • There is also a tennis court at the park. I'm a

  • very good tennis player

  • My sister just likes to swing on the swings and slide down the slide

  • We eat our sandwiches and watch out for the ants that always seem to be a picnics

  • After we have our lunch my sister

  • And I run off to play with the other children my dad has a nap and my mother reads her book

  • My skin gets brown from the sun in the summer summer is my favorite season

  • I like the sounds smells and feelings that come with the summer sun

  • Summer is a lot of fun. I wish summer could go on forever

  • the doctor

  • Didn't feel very well last week. I had a sore throat and a fever

  • my mother took me to see the doctor when

  • We got there the nurse took my name and said that the doctor would be with me soon

  • The doctor was a very nice man in a white jacket

  • I had seen the doctor before when I had my tonsils out at the hospital the doctor took a light and looked in my ears

  • He put a stick on my tongue, and he shon his light into my mouth. He looked at my throat

  • He said that my throat was a bit swollen and red

  • He felt my neck and said my glands were swollen. He took my temperature and said that it was quite high

  • He listened to my heart and he made me cough

  • He asked me some questions

  • He said he might have to do some tests. He sent me to get some blood taken out of my arm

  • I was scared

  • But it didn't really hurt the doctor gave me some pills and told me to take one in the morning and one at night

  • He told me to drink lots of fluids. He told me to get plenty of sleep

  • I did exactly what the doctor told me to do it wasn't very long before I was feeling well again

  • I think that I might like to be a doctor when I grow up

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