November 16th

It snowed today. It was awesome! I went sledding. I loved it. I hope the snow stays long. I played in it all day. At first I wondered why did it snow? Oh, it is an early blizzard. Oh no my cats do not like the snow! Kali, Princess come. They came in, and we had hot chocolate. … Annie

November 17th

It was a snow day today! My brother said why is it a snow day today? I called Parker. He came over. He said come on. Lets go sledding. We have a hill in or back yard. It was very fun. . … Annie

November 18th

Today I went to see my horse. Her name is Gracie. She is beautiful. After I rode her I spent the night at Kelly’s house. Her dad yelled Turn the music down! Tomaus asked what we were watching. What are you watching? We said the Titanic. . … Annie

November 19th

Today I met someone. Her name is Sarah. She is nice. Her brother said could I use your ipod? She said yes. Wow you have an ipod! I wish I could have one. Her other brother said give me that. . … Annie

November 20th

We were soppsed to go to Florida. My brother screamed I want to go to Florida! Why can’t we go? Take me somewhere. I love Florida. Florida is nice. . … Annie

November 16

When we were reading after lunch it started to snow! I wonder when our first snow day will be? We all got to see if it was really snowing. Mrs. Brown said, "sit down and finish your work." I’m so happy winter is here. …Elizabeth

November 17

Today we had a snow day! When I got up I thought we were late for school. I went back to sleep after I found out we had a snow day. Emily wanted to play my video game in my room. I said, "get out of my room." When will she learn to stay out of my room? Even though I had to get up I was happy we had a snow day. …Elizabeth

November 18

Today I spent the night at Kelly’s house. Help me build a snowman Kelly. We made a snowman about 4 inches taller than us! Which one of you took my hat? I had a fun time at Kelly’s house. …Elizabeth

November 19

Today I spent the night at Kaylan’s house. Go get me some pop Emily. She didn’t. When will she learn to listen to me? We stayed up till one o’clock! I had fun at Kaylan’s house. …Elizabeth

November 20

Today I went to church. I met a new girl and her name is Danielle. We sat together at church. How old do you think she is? I think she is twelve. Hurry up Elizabeth. …Elizabeth

November 21

Today we had Junior Achievement. We got to make pens! Do we work in groups or by ourselves? She said we work in groups. She also said go over there and be in that group. …Elizabeth

November 22

Today I stayed home alone! My mom said go get into the car, I didn’t want to. I asked could stay home alone. I watched cartoons all night long.(I couldn’t get up in the morning). …Elizabeth

November 16

Today in art we painted! We were making masks the past weeks. Most of the masks were colorful. They were made out of paper mache. Mrs. Woolman said ‘that we were going to clean up. When we started them I wondered what mine would look like? …Johnny

November 17

Today we had a snow day! The snow came suprising for everyone. I wonder if I will have a snow day tomorrow? You get to sleep in all day. I had great day. …Johnny

November 18

It’s the weekend! This weekend I’m going hunting with my dad. My dad tells me to say something if I see a deer. I was wondering if we were going to get a deer? I had a great Friday. …Johnny

November 19

This morning I got up at 6:15 to go hunting with my dad. The next hour and a half we saw 13or14 deer! My dad tells me to be quiet. We didn’t get a deer today. I wonder if we will get one tomorrow? …Johnny

November 20

Today I got up at seven to go out again. Then when we got there my dad told me to get done and be quiet. I was wondering if we were going to get a deer this morning? Then we sat for an hour or something. Then three deer came up behind us from the field Then the deer went around us and cut back in front of us. My dad shot at one and hit it in the back bone. Then he went over there and put it out of misery. We got a buck! …Johnny

November 21

Today we were supposed to have music but we didn’t. Our sub told us we were watching a movie. I wondered what movie it was? When he turned it on it was "Sand Lot". We didn’t have music! …Johnny

November 22

Today we had gym! At lunch our teacher told us we are playing basketball. He said "we had to play or write papers". At first I didn’t now what kind of basketball? I had a good time. …Johnny

November 16

Today my dad woke me up at 7:30 this morning! I only had 10 minutes to get ready. I asked my dad why did we wake up so late? My dad said my alarm did not go off. I made it just in time before the bell ringed. …Sierra

November 17

Today I played in the snow. My brother hit me in the face with a snowball. I started crying! I asked him why did he do that ? I told him to go inside because what he had done. …Sierra

November 18

My best friend Brittany is coming to my house today. We are happy she’s coming our house! She asked what are we going to do? I said lets go sledding. Go get the sled. So we want sledding. After that we want in side. …Sierra

November 19

Today Brittany and I went to see Harry Potter and the Goblat of Fire. That was a scary movie! Then the movie was over. I asked her if that was good movie. She said that was scary. …Sierra

November 16

This morning when I got on the bus I sat with Emily. It was fun! I asked Emily to move her bag? She did move her bag. I told Emily that I want her to go with me to the mall. …Jenna

November 17

This afternoon I helped my mom clean the house. I cleaned the bedroom. I love to clean! Then I asked my mom if I could take a break? She said I could take a break. Then she told me to do the dishes. I said I would. …Jenna

November 18

Tonight I spent time with my mom and Emalee.it was fun! I asked my mom if she could by us pizza? She said yes. Then my mom told me to sit down because she was ordering pizza. Then my mom took Emalee home and I went to bed. …Jenna

November 19

This afternoon I had a snowball fight with my brother and sister. It was fun! I asked Greg my brother if he could move over so I could hit my sister with a snowball? He said he would move. I told my brother, who was on my side to make more snowballs. …Jenna

November 20

This morning I had to baby-sit my brother until my mom got home. It was fun watching my brother Dominik. I asked my brother what he wanted to eat? He said macaroni and cheese. Then I told him to eat. …Jenna

November 21

Tonight my mom and I made super. I asked her if I could make pizza? She said yes. Then she told me to eat and not whach T.V.It was fun! …Jenna

November 22

This afternoon I watched T.V. It was fun! I asked my mom if I could watch a pg 13 movie? She said yes.I told my mom to put on channel one eighty. …Jenna

November 21

Today is Monday. I’m typing a story. I asked my dad if I could watch television. He said No! Also he said he had to watch Smallville. My cat needs food or she’s afraid of the dog.

My dogs name is Tuffy. She loves scaring the cat. She thinks it’s funny. My three cats names are Bella, Binks, and Tiqueala are scared of her. Levi my other cat isn’t afraid though.

Now I don’t see him. I think he ran away! My mom and dad said he’s on vacation. Anyway, that’s what I did today. …Jessa

November 22

Today is Tuesday. We had turkey feast! It was good. Mr. Keith said we must eat what we took. I did. Amy had a lot. I asked her if she would eat it all. She did. I had potatoes, turkey, corn, and a roll. My tray was full. It was good. That’s what happened today. …Jessa

November 16

Today I rode the bus home from school. When I got home I told my sister to get out of my room. Will she ever learn to stay out of my room? I can’t wait till she will learn. So I put a lock on my door! …Emily B.

November 17

Today Onekama Elementry had a snow day. I was so excited that we had a snow day! I told Elizabeth and Kelly to speed it up because they were still in the house. Then I asked them " do you want to have a snowball fight ’’? They said "okay ’’. …Emily B.

November 18

Today I’m spending the night at Kelly’s house. We went outside in the snow. Thomas told us to shovel the snow of the trampoline. Then I asked Kelly " do you want to make a snowman’’? Then we made a snow that was bigger than Thomas! …Emily B.

November 19

Today Kelly and I woke up at 6:00! Then we woke up Annie and Elizabeth to go outside. When we got out side I told Elizabeth to get me a stick. She asked "why’’? Then she said "no’’. …Emily B.

November 20

Today I was an acolyte at church. I told Elizabeth to help me light the candles. …Emily B

November 16

Today as I was getting on the bus, I took the garbage out. When I got on the bus my bus driver asked, "is your brother riding today?" I said "no he is not." Once I was going to my seat a little kid said, "give me a high five." When we were going a deer jumped out in front of us. My bus driver slammed on the brakes. All the little kids screamed very loudly! …Quinn M

November 17

Today school was closed. Once I woke up my mom said, "go back to bed school is closed." When I got back in bed there was a loud crashing sound. Then I herd my mom yell "shoot!" I asked her "what happened?" she said she dropped a glass of water on the floor. …Quinn M

November 18

Today I went to food pantry. Mr. Neph asked me "do you want to go to food pantry?" I said, "yes I’ll go." Mrs. Milarch said, "go get your boots and stuff on." Then we carried food out to a car. When we got in the car Mr. Zupin asked, "what are all your names?" when we got to the church I yelled out "slug bug!" Derek asked, "where’s a slug bug?" …Quinn M

November 19

This morning when I woke up I asked my dad "where is Jake at?" He said "at basketball practice." We stayed out at our deer camp with some friends. When I walked outside there was a loud crashing sound. My dad yelled out "what was that!" I said "the snow fell off the roof." As I was walking to the bathroom my dad said "open the door for me." …Quinn M

November 20

This afternoon I went to my friends house. We had a snowball fight. I asked "what are the teams?" My friend yelled out loud "you two verse us two!" Me and my friend were in an old barn when we played. When we got up there I yeld out "go get some snow." …Quinn M

November 21

Today at recess I asked Brandon "do you want to play tetherball?" He said "yeah I’ll play." Once we got to a tetherball Brandon said "I get to serve." So he served and ended up winning. Then a little kid screamed! I thought it was the recess bell. …Quinn M

November 22

Today when we were going in the school Mr. Hughs yelled out "whose going anywhere this weekend!" Then I asked Daniel "what did he Say?" when we were going inside a safety patrol said "come on were going in." …Quinn M.

FCA’s
  1. Keep a journal for one week
  2. Write a complete paragraph each day
  3. Use four types of sentences

November 16

Today when I got home from school, I built snowballs, and hit my brother with them. We got in a big fight! My mom finally came outside and told us to come in for supper. " Can we go back outside again?’’ I asked. My mom said that we couldn’t go back outside because it was to dark. …Becky

November 17

Today I went to Manistee with my mom and grandma. "I’m starting to get hungry, can we go eat?’’ I asked. Get me a cheeseburger, fry, and Pepsi. After we ate we went to K Mart. I like to go shopping! …Becky

November 18

Today I went to food pantry. Mr. Zupin said that I was supposed to pass out the turkeys. My hands were getting cold from the frozen turkeys! Should I put my gloves on? I had a good day today. …Becky

November 19

This morning when I woke up my dad was leaving for Arizona. " Get up!" my mom demanded. On his way to the airport, he missed his exit! Is he going to miss his plane? It was a good thing he left early. …Becky

November 20

Today I had to sing in the church choir. " Lets speed up," I suggested. We finally speed up! Are we going to slow down again? Practice was finally over. We all went home for the rest of the evening. …Becky

November 21

Today when I went to band, I had to play a difficult song on my flute. I just couldn’t do the hand position for that song! Am I ever going to ever get it right? " Speed it up," Mrs. Smith said. I just moved my fingers. …Becky

November 16

In science I worked on laptops. I was working on my power point. I typed the definitions of words in the chapter adaptations. I added background to my pages. I also colored my words. …Chris

November 17

I played outside and snowboarded. We went to the park and played tag. I also had a snowball fight with my two brothers. We had roman noodles after we had a snowball fight. We had a fun day yesterday. …Chris

November 18

I had eggs and bacon this morning for breakfast. T hen I played Max Pain on the computer. We had a snow day and we played games all day. We went to my cousin’s house and worked on cars. I shoved my brother’s face in the snow. We had a lot of fun. …Chris

November 19

Today I had to do laptops for reading. We had to have the definitions of the story Good bye Falcon. I had to write a paragraph of the falcon. Then I had a project to finish my work. We had a lot of fun. …Chris

November 20

We had an assignment that had to do with LA. We had to do a paper about sentences. My teacher had to explain to us what to do. I had to do another paper. I had to go back to class. It was fun. …Chris

November 16

Today it snowed for the first time this season! I asked my dad, "Can I go play in the snow?" "Get your homework done first," he replied. I could hardly wait! Finally I got my homework done so I could play in the freshly fallen snow. …Emily C.B.

November 17

We had a snow day today! We didn’t have to go to school. My sister said, "Get your snow clothes on and let’s go outside." "Will you come too, Dad?" I asked him. He was lying on the couch, relaxing. We had fun playing in the snow. …Emily C.B.

November 18

My mom comes home today! My aunt Jani called to say that her flight would be delayed. "Do you want me to make dinner?" my dad asked her. "Don’t wait for us," Jani replied. We had to clean a lot to prepare. …Emily C.B.

November 19

I went to work on the house that our family is remodeling today. I asked my mom, "When will this house be done?" She replied, "Go help your dad with making sure that post is straight." I got to climb on the scaffolding! From now on I will remember to bring things to do there. …Emily C.B.

November 20

Our church had a Thanksgiving feast today. There was lots of food. We stood in a long line. I asked, "Will we ever get to the food?" "Be patient," she said. "We’ll get there." The food was so good! …Emily C.B.

November 21

We had Junior Achievement today. We got to make pens! Mrs. Punches said, "Get into groups of six." We all wondered, "Which form of production will be faster?" Unit production won, especially group four, Because they made one pen in ten seconds! We got to keep pens. …Emily C.B.

November 22

I went to chorus tonight! I have to work on getting "Dormi, Dormi" right- the Italian, specifically. Mrs. Eichberger asked us, "Do you want to do a trio with Madeleine Smeltzer?" "OK," we replied. "Come in the sanctuary to practice, you three," she said. We are going to sing a soli at the Portage Lake Association’s Christmas Tree Lighting. …Emily C.B.

November 16

I had a very bad morning. When I woke up to look at the clock it was 6:30 A.M. The bus comes at 6:45 A.M! When I got up my sister was yealing at me. I said, "Taler stop yealing at me". I don’t know why she was yealing at me? That was my morning. … Brandon

November 17

I just got done watching Drake and Josh. Drake put his teacher’s car into her classroom! I don’t know why he would do that? Josh, Drakes stepbrother told him not to do that. But Drake wouldn’t listen. … Brandon

November 18

I just got done playing WWE Smackdown. My guy really slammed the other people around. My guy won about 20 times! But then something happened. I wondered what happened? But then it froze. I told it why did it have to freeze when I was doing well! … Brandon

November 19

I went outside sledding. When I was going I almost hit a tree! When I raced my sister she won. How did she win? We both had the same sleds. I told her how did she win? … Brandon

November 20

I went and saw my dad’s deer. It was a spike! He went to a deer camp. I don’t know why he came back early? I told him he could back. … Brandon

November 21

I went on the bus and every thing fell out of my bag! I didn’t know what happened? I said who did this. I was pretty mad! But I got over it. … Brandon

November 16

Yesterday I went to my grandma’s house. I got to see her new kitten. His name is Shadow. He started meowing a lot.

My grandpa yelled for me to let that cat out now! This kitty has so many fleas! I feel bad. He’s a Siamese cat. I love him. I asked them why he has so many fleas. They don’t know why. That’s what I did yesterday. …Jessa

November 17

Today we had a snow day! Cheyenne and I tried to go sledding. Then we watched a movie. We played cards. She beat me a lot. The games we played were rummie, speed, and 52 pick-up. I asked her why she always won speed. She said she didn’t know. Then she said she got to pick the next game because it was her turn. She picked Speed. That was what I did on the snow day. …Jessa

November 18

Today is Friday. I went sledding. Joslyn told me to go first. So I did. Cheyenne went somewhere. We asked her where she was going but she didn’t answer. So we just kept sledding. Then she came back. She had our cousins snowboard. It was broke, but we still sled down on it. It was fun. Then my dad came. I had to go. It was cool though. …Jessa

November 19

Today I went to a baby shower. I went with my neibor. My mom kept asking if I was really gonna go. I told her yes. They told me I had to wear my pajamas. It was fun. We played games, ate food, and much more. It was fun. …Jessa

November20

Today is Sunday. We had a Gauthier reunion. I played bingo. I won. I also ate food. When I won on bingo the man said I must go get a prize. My mom came out of the bathroom. I told her she won. She asked if she really did. I said yes. She was really happy! Then I talked with all my family. I sat near Leta Miller, Larry, Dawn, and Shane Bishop, and my mom and dad. It was fun. I love the Gauthier reunion. …Jessa

November 16

This morning I did not want to go to school. I stayed up to late!! Last night I stayed up till 11:30 and woke up at 6:45. My mom told me to get up 3 times. I was starting to wonder if she would ever get me up? Mother told me get out of bed now. …Moriah

November 17

This morning I woke up at 8:00. I thought I had slept in but it was a snow day. It was cool having a day off of school. Will I have school tomorrow ?My sisters and I were very excited!! My mom told me go back to bed theres no school today. I layed down in my chair and went back to sleep. When I woke up I took my dog outside and played in the snow. I had a good snow day. …Moriah

November 18

Today after school Amy came and spent the night. We wanted to get some movies. Amy and I started to wonder if she was ever going to take us? Then she said get in the car. Amy and I had so much fun!! …Moriah

November 19

Today I went outside to play in the snow. When I got there all the snow was gone!! Was it really that warm today. When I got in, my snow pants were all wet. My mom said hang up your snowpants. I had a good day!! …Moriah

November 20

Yesterday my sister Autumn got home from traverse city. She was gone all weekend long. Was she ever coming home? When she got home I was very excited!! I had a good day. …Moriah

November 21

Today I went to Manistee with my mom and sister. Brenna got her learners permit . After that we went to KFC. It was really fun!! We brought food home for my sister autumn. I said are you going to eat all that food? My mom said give that to your sister before it gets cold. …Moriah

November 22

Today I didn’t do much. I went with my sister to her baby sitting job. We wacthed movies and played games. It was a lot of fun!! When will I get to do it again. It was a lot of fun. …Moriah

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