Stuck In A Truck

One day I went to work with my dad. We had lots of fun, but on the way home we slid into a ditch. When we were in the ditch first we had to get our breath back. Then we said to ourselves, "What should we do?" So my dad told me to stay in the truck while he goes and waves a car down to the spot where we got stuck in the ditch. Then when they got out of the car I realized these guys were really strong! It took about an hour to get out of the ditch but if you think about it that's pretty darn fast! That day was a day that I won't forget for the rest of my life. ...Curtiss

Emergency Situation

One summer ago my brother fell out of a tree in my backyard. It happened when he was swinging branch to branch. My brother had some friends over when it happened and I think he was trying to show off by swinging branch to branch. When he was swinging he slipped on a branch and fell. When he was falling his back hit some branches and once he landed on the ground he almost landed on a stump.

Then I yelled to my mom to get a ambulance. So she called a hospital for a ambulance. When the ambulance got there my brother was all pale. They asked what his date is, where he lived and what was his address. So the ambulance took him to the hospital in Manistee. Then took a x-ray of him and they said that they would have to take him to Traverse City. So my mom had me and my sister stay at a friends of ours. They said that he had a broken collar bone. So they fixed him at Traverse City while we stayed at our friends. When they came back he was fine and everything was back to normal. ...Joel

NEW Years Day ROLL

It was News Years day 1999. We were driving up to Marquette to see Nikki & Brandon. On the way up I was riding in a blazer with Chelle & Lawrence when we got to Kalkaska we hit a patch of ice, and the blazer started to fish tail, and swerve. It was very scary. Then all of the sudden the swerving stopped, and the blazer had rolled over and now was on it's side. My Mom, Les, and my brother were in a blazer ahead of us and did not see us roll. They called the cell phone in Lawrence's car and Chelle told them we rolled the blazer . Les called a wrecker to get the blazer out of the ditch. It was a frightening day. We had to go home early, but atleast we didn't have to go to the hospital. This taught me a very important lesson. I need to wear my seat-belt at all time, because if Chile didn't tell me to put the belt on I could of got hurt. We were also very lucky that no cars were in the other lane, or we could of got badly hurt. What a way to start the new year! ...John

Emergency Situation

My Mom and Dad where in a car accident! I was sitting at home and all of a sudden the phone rang. It was my Dad saying that they were in a car accident. My brother and I started crying our eyes out. My Mom told us that the traffic light turned red and they stopped but the jeep behind them could not stop. The ambulance came and took her to the hospital, they made her take a lot of medicine for the pain. The doctors told her she was very lucky that she was not hurt that much. I'm really glad she did not break anything. But she is very glad that jeep driver was not hurt. The jeep had steel protectors on it and the protectors hit the back of the car. That hurt her back a lot. She could not bend down or anything. It was in my white explorer and thats really strong but it did not protect her that much. That happened in Montana. It was about three years ago. She is okay now! I love her a lot! It is my favorite car but I like my mom more than the car. I am just really glad that my mom is OKAY! I hope that never happens again. Nichole

Yesterday we made posters on Natural Disasters. My group did floods. Our group started by getting the materials that we needed and wrote in the words that we were going to use on the paper then we wrote over it in marker. I thought that it turned out pretty good but then we had to present it to the other fifth grade class. When we did that I was sort of nervous and also glad that we were doing the project! It was fun but also it took some patients to get your turn to write on the poster because we all needed to get ideas from each other. After all that was done we went back in to our classroom and we got grades on it. The project was really fun and I hope we can do something like that again! ...Erin

In reading we did a project. We had to do it on floods, hurricanes or earthquakes. My group did it on floods. We did a web and had to do four sections. We wrote them on first aid kits, what we would do when the flood was going on, what we would do after the disaster. Then we drew pictures on a big piece of paper. We went into Mrs. Eldridge's classroom and gave them a presentation on our flood web. It was fun. We were the last group in five groups. I hope we do it again more into the year! ... Nichole

We did a project about floods. We wrote how we would make it safe. Like an aid kit, water, can foods, can opener. Prepare your home. Bolt your things that would hurt you. Call your friends and tell them your okay ... Cody

January 13th we did a project on natural forces. We had groups and had to pick from a hurricane, earthquake or a flood. Also we had to present are project to the other class. My group and me picked flood and we also we last to present that was nice. ...Jason

 

Emergency!

In my group we did it on Floods. We had four questions we had to answer. They were how do you prepare a safety kit for the flood? Where would you be during the flood? How would you clean up after the flood? We had to make a poster of a flood so we did a house floating down a street. You can see that below. In Michigan we get floods mostly from rain and in like Florida they might get a flash floods from rivers. Plus we only get a few inches on rain and they might get a foot or two. So we are lucky. ... Brenen

Yesterday we made and presented a disaster poster. My group and I choose flood. We had to come up with things like what you would need before, during, and after the flood. Before the flood you would need to turn off all electric things, and strap loose things to the wall. It was really fun doing this project. ... Jessica

This week we did a presentation to Mrs. Eldridge's class about a disaster. Our group did Earthquake; we did a word web. We put all the things you need that you prepare if you are having a earthquake, for example if you are in a earthquake you should strap heavy objects to the wall the support the house walls. We put what to do after an earthquake, like to inspect your house after an earthquake so it doesn't fall on top of you. We also told you where or when to go during an earthquake. You should go to a Red Cross shelter home. You should pack an earthquake pack with First Aid, Blankets, Canned food with can opener, and Water. I think it was fun doing this presentation. ... Chris

My emergency poster was on earthquakes. We had to make a poster and tell what to do if an earthquake comes. One was where would you live if the earthquake struck where you live? We put in grandmothers, friends, aunts or uncles, or any other relatives. Another thing that we put on it was what to do when it's happening. We said, to get under something heavy, like a desk or something. Also, you have to be prepared for aftershocks. I am the one in the picture with the ruler. Anyway, It took us one hour to do it. But, we had to do it in two days, because we did this for reading class. There were five groups, they were all good. We had to choose from a flood, an earthquake, or a hurricane. It was fun. I learned a lot about earthquakes! ... Katie

Emergency exit was when we made posters in reading. We were in-groups of four, or five. We had to pick a subject .The choices were hurricane, flood, or, earthquake. We chose hurricane. We first drew a hurricane. Then we put information on the poster. ... Cheyenne

This past week we have been working on a project in Mrs. Lyman's class. It is about how to prepare for a disaster. Our group decided to do hurricanes, we all liked this project a lot. We had to tell how to prepare for a disaster, I think we did pretty well on it. Then we gave a presentation to Mrs. Eldridge and her class. I think the liked it a lot, and so did I. I think our group did very well. So if you are in a bad situation go to these guys. ...John

Adenoids Out

It all started when I could not breath through my nose. I was going to have a surgery to take my adenoids out. They told me I could not eat for one day and night. I could not eat until the surgery was over. They gave me some medicine and then I went to surgery room. They did not give me enough medicine. Then I went in to surgery and I woke up in the surgery. they were half way though and up and I could not breath. Then the surgery was over and I was still on the medicine. I did not mean to kick my mom but I was on medicine that the hospital gave me then after a while. I could go home. ... Jake

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