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 apair of nice shoes. if i am going to play sports, i wear a sweatshirtand jeans. if i am going to the beach, i wear a bathingsuit 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 ofjeans over my underwear. i have socks and shoes on my feet. in the summer, i often wear sandals on myfeet. in the summer, the tops that i wear are usuallysleeveless. i usually wear shorts in the summer. sometimes, i wear a sweater or a jacket ifthe 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 and a shirt and tie. if it is very cold outside, i wear a wintercoat. if it is cold, i like to wear gloves or mittenson my hands. sometimes, i wrap a scarf around my neck tokeep warm. i wear a toque on 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 theweather. 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 treesin 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 pictureof the sun.
orange is an easy color to remember, thatis because an orange is orange. pink is the color that we dress baby girlsin. 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? wild animals some animals are wild. they don't live in homes or cages.
they live in jungles or on plains. the lion is the king of the beasts. he is very mighty. he roars loudly. the giraffe has a long neck. he eats leaves from the tallest trees. the elephant is very large. he has a trunk and two tusks. a tiger has stripes.
some bears are black, and some are brown. there are even white bears called polar bears. a kangaroo lives in australia. that is the only place that you would finda kangaroo, except in a zoo. it might be frightening to run into a wolfor a fox. monkeys run and play in the trees. in canada, we don't see lions, tigers, giraffesor monkeys running wild. there are squirrels in my back yard. sometimes, i see a raccoon or a chipmunk.
in northern ontario, you might see a mooseor a bear. i have seen a deer in the forest. there are many wild animals. you can see wild animals if you go to thezoo. months there are twelve 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 andgoes 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 isstarting 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 summeris 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 thechill. december is the christmas month. most people do a lot of christmas shoppingin december. they spend quite a bit of time getting readyfor 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, butmany people still have to work. quite a few people go to church on a sunday. on monday morning, we go back to school afterthe weekend. many people say that they don't like mondaybecause 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 specialabout a tuesday. wednesday is the middle of the work week. on thursday, many of the stores and mallsstay open later.
it gives you a chance to run some errandson a thursday night. on friday, you feel like the work week isnearly 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 storeon a saturday. most children look forward to saturday sothat they can play with their friends. then, sunday comes again.
the weeks turn into months, and the monthsturn 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 sidesare longer.
a triangle has only three sides. have you ever seen anyone play a trianglein an orchestra? the word "triangle" can stand for an instrumentor 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 orlumps 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 theblade 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'tbeen 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, theywant you to speak quietly. "loud" is the word used to describe noisesthat hurt your ears. a big truck will make a loud noise. sometimes your mother will tell you that yourmusic is too loud. fruit
some fruit grows on trees. apples grow on trees. you can get red, yellow or green apples. some apples are green until they ripen; thenthey turn red. peaches grow on trees. peaches have a fuzzy skin. cherries grow on trees. you can climb a ladder and pick cherries fromthe 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, raspberriesand cranberries, just to name a few. some fruits are more exotic. there are mangos and papayas. they don't grow in canada. bananas and oranges don't grow in a canadianclimate either, but we are able to buy them here.
some fruits have to be peeled, and some canbe eaten as they are. it is always a good idea to wash fruit beforeyou eat it. the farmers spray the crops with pesticidesto kill bugs, so it is good to wash that off. bugs many people are afraid of bugs. some bugs do bad things like eating cropsor 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 spiderbuilds. 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 sunnyday. grasshoppers hop through the grass.
crickets make a noise by rubbing their legstogether. dragonflies usually live near water. they have large, colourful wings. ladybugs are red with little black dots. there are many types of beetles. nobody wants to have cockroaches in theirhouse. 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 biteyou. have you ever had a mosquito bite? the kitchen the kitchen is where we make and eat our meals. there is a stove in the kitchen. inside the stove there is an oven where youbake things. you can put a cake into the oven to bake. on top of the stove are burners. the burners get hot.
you put pots or pans on the burners. the refrigerator is where we store the foodthat needs to be kept cold. we keep milk, eggs, cheese and vegetablesin the refrigerator. at the top of the refrigerator is the freezer. the freezer keeps things frozen. we have frozen vegetables, ice cream and icecubes in the freezer. we have a toaster in the kitchen. you put the bread in the toaster, and it turnsinto 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 dishdetergent 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 andspoons. there are tea towels and dish clothes.
there are oven mitts and pot holders to takehot 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 bowls thatwe 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 youare cooking. the timer buzzes when the foodis ready.
we also have a microwave oven in the kitchen. if we are in a hurry, we cook our food in the microwave. vegetables vegetables are very good for you. they say that you should have three servingsof 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, bakedbeans and lots of other types of beans. some people don't like green vegetables likebroccoli and brussels sprouts. i like broccoli and brussels sprouts. you can make a salad and put lots of differentvegetables 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 itevery day. my dad likes root vegetables like beets andparsnips. my brother will only eat potatoes. he likes his potatoes baked. my mother likes to buy her vegetables at themarket. she says they are fresher there. my mother buys a lot of onions.
she puts onions in almost all the meals thatshe cooks. some children won't eat their vegetables. i didn't like some vegetables at first, buti have become used to them. i like having vegetables with my meals. pets there are many different animals that youcan have for pets. the most common pets are cats and dogs. i think the second most common pets are birdsand fish. you can hug a cat or a dog.
you can play with a cat or a dog, but it isdifficult to play with a bird or a fish. some birds are very smart, and they can betaught to do things. parrots are very clever. some of them even talk. birds usually stay in birdcages. fish have to stay in the water in a tank ora fishbowl. some people have gerbils or guinea pigs aspets. there are even people who have ferrets aspets. i have a friend who has a lizard for a pet.
she has to buy live crickets for her lizardto 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, althoughthere 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 allover the house.
pets are a lot of fun, but they are a lotof work too. to be a good pet owner, you have to be veryresponsible. parties parties can be a lot of fun. people get invited to parties. you can have a party because it is a specialoccasion, or just because you want to have aparty. 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 standaround 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 upin good clothes. there are other parties where you are supposedto 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 areretiring, or for people who have just had a newbaby. there are hundreds of reasons for having aparty. at some parties, you take a gift. if it is a birthday party, then you take agift and a birthday card to the person who ishaving the birthday.
sometimes, people will ask you to bring foodor 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 grocerystore? the aisles are filled with food. there are also refrigerators and freezersfilled with food. there are sometimes things in bins in themiddle of the aisles. there are different departments in the grocerystore.
there is the bakery. in the bakery, there are sweet things suchas cakes, pies, cookies and tarts. there are also things that you would eat withyour dinner like bread and buns. there are other things in the bakery departmentlike 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 andbutter. yogurt is also found in the dairy section. in the meat department, there is beef andpork. 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 upfor sandwiches. some examples of cold cuts are ham and baloney.
the butcher works in the meat department. the produce department is full of fruits andvegetables. clerks spray water on the fruit and vegetablesto keep them fresh. there is a section in the grocery store forpersonal hygiene. this is where you would find shampoo and toothpaste. soap and skin products would also be in thissection. there is even a section for your pets. you can buy cat food and dog food. grocery shoppingthere are toys for cats and dogs.
differences are you tall or short? are you big or small? people come in many different shapes and sizes. some people wear size small clothes. other people wear 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 longlegs.
i am not a tall person. in fact, i am quite short. my feet are a size seven. my mother has size five feet. my father has size twelve feet. we are all different sizes. it is not a bad thing. it is a good thing that we are all unique. the restaurant
when you go to a restaurant you might seea sign that says, "please wait to be seated." a host or hostess will ask you how many peopleare in your party. then they will want to know if you want tosit in the smoking or non-smoking section. the host or hostess will take you to yourseat. you might sit at a table or at a booth. the host or hostess will give you a menu tolook at. sometimes, there are different menus for differentmeals. there can be a breakfast menu, a lunch menuand a dinner menu. sometimes, there is also a wine list and adessert menu.
the food and the prices of the food are listedon 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 yourlap 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 theirmeal. after your meal, you might have a dessert,or tea, or coffee.
when it is time to go, you will pay your billand leave a tip for the waiter or waitress. traffic traffic moves along on the streets and highways. there are rules that drivers must follow tomake the traffic flow smoothly. you must wear a seatbelt. the seatbelt helps to keep you safe. you must stop at all stop signs. you must also stop at a red light. a green light means go, and a yellow lightmeans 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 thestreet. 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 pullover. an emergency vehicle like a police car oran 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 childrenmay 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 gooddriver. music (1) if you were in an orchestra, what would youplay?
would you play a tuba, a trumpet or a saxophone? perhaps you would prefer a stringed instrumentlike 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 onthem. a guitar, banjo and mandolin have stringson them. there are instruments that you blow into.
a flute, a french horn and a harmonica areall instruments that you blow into. there are instruments that you hit with astick. a drum and a cymbal are two things that youwould hit with a stick. if you are in an orchestra, you have to watchthe 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 note represents a sound. there are whole notes, half notes, quarternotes and eighth notes. each one of these is held for a differentnumber of beats. it is good to learn about music. you have to learn your scales, and learn aboutsharps and flats. if you want to learn how to play an instrument,it is best to take music lessons. who, what, where and why? these are important words. they are all words that begin questions.
"who" is about a person. who is the 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 theparty?
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 thesequestions if you are writing a story. you have to give the who, what, where andwhy 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 rightis. should i go backwards? i would be going away from the things thati am facing now if i went backwards. if i went backwards from the thing that iam 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 youjust stop and think about them. the office some people work in an office. there are special tools that people in anoffice need to do their work.
there is a computer in the office. there is a telephone. most of the time, the secretary answers thetelephone. the secretary sits at a desk. the secretary has pens and pencils on thedesk. the secretary writes on a note pad. some other things that you would find in anoffice would include the following: a stapler to staple pages together, a photocopier tocopy pages, a pencil sharpener to sharpen pencils, a water cooler where the employeescould get a drink of water, a hole punch to
make holes in sheets of paper, and liquidpaper which is used to blank out errors on apage. 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 areceptionist, and then there is the boss in another room. there are often many important papers in anoffice. important papers can be called documents.
you might have to sign a document or fillout a form in an office. some offices have bookshelves filled withbooks. the books are filled with information thatthe people in the office need. you will have to visit an office sometime. maybe it will be a doctor's office or a lawyer'soffice. there are many different types of offices. money 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 twenty-five cents. a quarter is a quarter of a dollar. four quarters make up a dollar. a dollar is worth one hundred cents.
i saved up all of my dollars. our dollars used to be paper, but now theyare coins. we call our dollars loonies. it is a funny name. we also have two dollar coins. we call those toonies. we have five dollar bills and ten dollar bills. if you are lucky you will have twenty dollarbills, fifty dollar bills and even hundred dollarbills.
our bills in canada are different colours. that makes them easy to recognize if you gosomewhere to spend them. it is wise to save your money. if you save enough, you could have hundredsor 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 shouldrespond with "thank you." it is not difficult to be polite. you should not push or shove people. you should cover your mouth when you coughor 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 politelyat 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 howyou would like to be treated. you wouldn't want people to be impolite toyou. it is not polite to point at people. it is not polite to burp out loud. it is not polite to use someone else's thingswithout asking first.
being polite just comes naturally if you havebeen brought up in a home where everyone was polite. the two sexes there are two sexes or genders. there is the male gender, and there is thefemale gender. males and females are different, both physicallyand mentally. humans are both male and female, and animalsare both male and female. if you have a dog, it is either a girl dogor a boy dog. boys grow up to be men.
men grow hair on their faces. men are usually more muscular than women. men dress differently then 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 females. me i am special. nobody in the world is exactly like i am.
they might have the same colour hair and eyesthat i do, but they are not exactly like me. i am the only person in the world who thinksmy 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 rules. 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 amdifferent. i am like my friend jane, but she has redhair 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 afraidof spiders. we wear the same size shoes, and we both havethe same favorite colour. we are best friends, but sometimes we disagreeabout things. we are alike in many ways, and different inmany ways.
if we were all exactly the same, the worldwould be a very boring place. i am myself, and i am glad that i am special. you are special too. use your own special talents, and take thetime to meet other people. the world is made up of a lot of differentpeople; that's what makes life exciting. my cat i got my cat when she was just a tiny kitten. i named her puff because her fur is soft andfluffy. she has white fur, but her tail, paws andears are black.
she has a little pink nose and yellow eyes. she says "meow" whenever she wants a bowlof milk. i feed her cat food and treats. she washes her face with her paw when sheis finished eating. my whole family loves her, and we can tellthat she loves us. she loves to curl up in our laps. she purrs whenever we pet her. she is very playful. we sometimes roll up a piece of paper andthrow it to her.
she loves to chase the paper and hit it withher paws. she also chases bugs. last night she chased a spider, but she wasafraid 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, butwhen i put her on it her tail twitches. her tail twitches whenever she is upset orangry. i know that she doesn't want to be on herblanket. she wants to be in my bed.
i let her into my bed, and she falls asleeppurring loudly. music (2) 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 play 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, butmy mother says that it is too loud. sometimes i play so loudly that i break adrumstick. i practice whenever she goes out. i would like to be in a rock band.
some of my friends and i are thinking of startingour 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 sometimesi 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 thatcome on the radio. i memorize the lyrics of the songs. my sister and i sometimes get together andsing 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 flowersare starting to bloom. my favorite spring flowers are tulips anddaffodils. the birds come back from the south.
i can always tell that spring is here wheni see my first robin of the season. the robins pull worms from the wet ground. when it isn't raining, my friends and i gooutside and toss a ball around. we look forward to the summer, but we areglad to get outside after the long winter. the air smells so fresh in the spring. my mother always tells me not to track mudinto the house. it's very muddy in our yard in the springtime. i wipe my muddy feet before i go into thehouse. there are a lot of puddles in my yard.
i sometimes splash in the puddles, and i getwet and cold, so i have to go into the house. i like it when the snow has melted, the rainhas stopped, and the sun comes out. on sunny days i always get together with myfriends. on those days we either ride our bikes orplay ball. my parents like to go for walks on springevenings. they also like to clean up the yard in thespring. everyone seems to be outside. the springtime brings people out of theirhouses. the birthday party
yesterday i went to a birthday party. my friend jane had her tenth birthday. her house was decorated with balloons andstreamers. her mother had baked a big birthday cake. the cake had "happy tenth birthday jane" writtenon it. there were ten 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 anyonewhat it was.
we sang "happy birthday to you." at the party we played some games. i won one of games so i got a prize. we also swam in jane's swimming pool. jane opened her gifts. her gifts were wrapped in bright paper andbows. she got lots of nice gifts. she got some compact discs, some clothes andsome 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 wasover. we thanked jane and her mother before we allwent home. it was a very good party.
everyone had a good time. i hope jane had a happy tenth birthday. my classroom my classroom is a large room. it is full of brightly coloured pictures. my teacher hangs pictures up all over thewalls. there are blackboards at the front of theroom. my teacher always has writing all over theblackboards. sometimes the chalk squeaks when she writeson the blackboard.
we cover our ears when that happens. our classroom is full of desks. there are a lot of students in our class. our desks are full of books, notebooks andpens. i try to keep my desk neat, but i have a lotof things in there. my ruler and pencils are always falling outof my desk. at the back of the room is a bookcase fullof books. we can sign those books out and take themhome to read. i have read a lot of the books.
i like mysteries and biographies, so i havetaken many of those home. there are also tables at the back of the room. that is where we do our artwork. we spread out big sheets of paper, and weuse paints or crayons to make pictures. sometimes we cut things out of magazines withscissors and we glue pictures to the paper. i like art class. after school, my friends and i often erasethe blackboards for the teacher. then we take the erasers outside and clapthem together to get the chalk dust out of
them. my friends and i walk home together and talkabout 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, andthe sand is nice and white. the week that we were there was very hot. the sun was hot, but the water was still verycold. i went swimming and tried to catch littlefish in my hands.
i was careful not to get sunburned. we stayed at a hotel that had a pool and agame room. i played pinball and video games sometimes. i liked to swim in the hotel pool, but i likedthe 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 andwatch the waves roll up on the shore. i found some seashells, and i saw a crab walkingon the sand. at first i was a bit lonely because i didn'tknow anyone there.
it wasn't long before i met some other kidsmy age. we built sandcastles together and swam inthe 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 eventhough we were from different places. our families got together and went to restaurantstogether. we played volleyball on the beach, and wesat around a campfire at night and sang songs. at the campfire we would roast marshmallowson a stick.
i always burn my marshmallows. that is okay. i like them that way. mostly we just swam in the lake until we werevery 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 (1) i live in a two-storey house. the bottom of the house is painted white. the upper part of the house is made of redbrick. the chimney is also made of red brick. if you go through the front door and turnright you'll see the living room. the living room is very large and comfortable. there are easy chairs, a coffee table anda 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 visitorsover for dinner. beside the dining room is the kitchen. the kitchen has a stove and a refrigeratorin it there is also a kitchen table with some benchesat it. 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 sized bed in there,and there are two closets for their clothes. my room is smaller. my room is painted pink, and i have ruffledcurtains on the windows. from my bedroom window you can see the frontyard. there is 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 themcan sleep on the top bunk, and the other one
cansleep on the bottom bunk. he can see the back yard from his bedroomwindow. there are rose bushes and a picnic table inthe back yard. there is also a white fence that has gatein it. in the basement there is a recreation room. this is where we watch television and havefriends over to visit. the laundry room is also in the basement. there are a washing machine and a dryer inthere. beside our house is a garage.
we keep the car in the garage whenever theweather is bad. our house is just the right size for our family. friends are always welcome at our house. my family my grandparents are coming to visit us fromcalgary, alberta. my father is very happy because they are hisparents, and he is glad that he will see them. we don't see them very often because calgaryis a long way from toronto. my grandparents have two sons: my father andmy 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 donot have a lot in common. they also have a son who is the same age asme. he is my favorite cousin because we both likethe 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 live near us. they are the grandmother and grandfather whovisit 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 peopledo, but i have fun with my relatives. my uncle will often take my cousin and meto the movies.
i like to take my grandparents for walks sothat they can see my school, and they can meet my friends. my parents talk to my brothers, my sisterand 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 startto fall i get very excited. i can hardly wait for the ground to be coveredwith a blanket of white snow. i put on my mittens, my scarf, my hat, coatand 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 like to have a good snowballfight. we laugh a lot, and our cheeks and noses getvery red. when we get too cold, we go into the houseand have a cup of hot chocolate. my father fills the backyard with water thatfreezes and turns into an ice rink.
when the ice is hard enough, my friends andi get our skates and we go out on the ice toplay hockey. all of my friends own hockey sticks. i am usually the goalie, and i have to keepthe puck from going into the net. my sister and her friends don't really liketo play hockey. they would rather just skate around on theice. i took skating lessons, so i don't usuallyfall down. my little brother is just learning to skate,so he falls down a lot. my father has to shovel the snow off the pathsand the driveway in the winter.
i help him. shovelling snow is hard work. when my dad and i finish shovelling the driveway,we go into the house and warm our hands and feet in front of the fireplace. there is probably nothing more beautiful thanfresh fallen snow on the trees. in the morning, when the sun shines on thesnow, 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 changecolour. they change from green to beautiful shadesof gold, orange and red. it looks like an artist has come along andpainted all the trees. the air starts to get a little cooler in theautumn. we begin to wear jackets or sweaters. we go back to school in the autumn. the teacher sometimes gets us to make leafcollections.
we collect different types of leaves and makea display of them. autumn is the time when old friends get backtogether 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 arefunny. we go from door to door and say "trick ortreat" and people give us candies. we wear masks on our faces, and we have alot of fun. the autumn winds start to blow.
the wind blows the leaves right off the treesuntil the trees have bare branches. my friends and i like to have a lot of funoutside before the winter leaves us shivering. we play football and soccer at school. after school, we ride our bikes through pilesof dry leaves. the leaves go flying through the air as wedrive through them. my parents rake the leaves up and put themin big pile. i like to jump in the big piles of leaves,but then my parents just have to rake them upagain. 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 whilewe can summer yahoo! school is over! we are free for the summer. my friends and i run out on the last day ofschool into the bright summer sun. we sing a song about "no more pencils, nomore books." we can hardly wait to do all the summer thingsthat we like to do. we go swimming, we play baseball, we rideour bikes and we go to the beach.
we go on vacations, or some of us go to summercamp. it is just nice to run barefoot through thegrass or lie on your back and look up at the clouds. summer days are lazy days. we don't have to do school work. we listen to the buzzing of the bees. we watch the birds as they fly from tree totree. we go down to the pond and toss rocks intothe water. we eat ice cream, and we have barbecues.
some of my friend's parents have boats, sowe go for rides in their boats. some of my friends go to their cottages. they have cottages on lakes. some of my friends even have summer jobs. my best friend works at the supermarket. my father pays me to do jobs for him. i cut the grass, take out the garbage andwash 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 am a very good tennis player. my sister just likes to swing on the swingsand slide down the slide. we eat our sandwiches and watch out for theants that always seem to be at picnics. after we have our lunch, my sister and i runoff to play with the other children. my dad has a nap, and my mother reads herbook. my skin gets brown from the sun in the summer. summer is my favorite season.
i like the sounds, smells and feelings thatcome with the summer sun. summer is a lot of fun. i wish summer could go on forever. the doctor i 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 nameand said that the doctor would be with me soon.
the doctor was a very nice man in a whitejacket. i had seen the doctor before when i had mytonsils out at the hospital. the doctor took a light and looked in my ears. he put a stick on my tongue, and he shonehis light into my mouth. he looked at my throat. he said that my throat was a bit swollen andred. he felt my neck and said that my glands wereswollen. he took my temperature and said that it wasquite high. he listened to my heart, and he made me cough.
he asked me some questions. he said that he might have to do some tests. he sent me to get some blood taken out ofmy arm. i was scared, but it didn't really hurt. the doctor gave me some pills and told meto take one in the morning and one at night. he told me to drink a lot 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 wellagain.
i think that i might like to be a doctor wheni grow up. i would like to make people feel better. the dentist my friend's father is a dentist. he has an office near my house. i went to see him on thursday. his nurse told me to sit in a very big chair. she tied a bib under my chin. the dentist came in.
he examined my teeth with some shiny silvertools. he looked at my front teeth and my back teeth. he told me that the back teeth were calledmolars. he told me to "open wide." he had a little mirror that he used to lookat my teeth. he said that i had good strong teeth. he told me that i didn't have any cavities. i told him that i didn't eat a lot of candiesand that i always brushed my teeth after every meal.
he said that was very good. he asked me if i flossed my teeth, and i said,"yes, i use dental floss every day." he told me that my teeth were healthy becausei took very good care of them. he left and told me to keep up the good work. the dental hygienist came in, and she saidthat she would clean my teeth for me. she scraped my teeth with a sharp tool, andthen she put some polish on my teeth and began to clean them. when she was done, she told me to spit intoa bowl, and then i rinsed my mouth out with water.
i looked into a mirror and saw that my teethwere very shiny and white. if i take care of my teeth, i'll have themforever. i would like to keep my teeth healthy andwhite. i like to smile. the school play we are putting on a play at school. some of the students are actors in the play. some people are building the sets. some people will sew costumes, and some peoplewill be makeup artists.
the teacher is the director of the play. the play will be held on a big stage in thegymnasium. the curtains will open, the lights will goon, and the play will begin. it will be very exciting. all of our families will come to see the play. they will clap when the play is over. my friend is very good at cutting wood andbuilding things. he is helping to build the set. my other friend, michael, is an artist, sohe is painting the set so that it looks like
a forest. my friend marie likes to put makeup on people,so she is a makeup artist. she will put makeup on me so that i will looklike an old woman. some of the mothers helped to sew the costumes. the play is called "hansel and gretel." i will play the part of the witch. the boy who plays hansel has to wear shortsand a shirt. i wear a witch's hat and a black dress. i also carry a broom.
some of the people in my class will be dressedlike trees and flowers. this is a musical play, and the trees andflowers will sing to hansel and gretel as theywalk through the forest. i can hardly wait for opening night. i want my family and friends to see me actingon stage. i hope that they like the play. we have all learned our lines and worked veryhard at making this play a success. emotions do you ever think about your emotions?
what kinds of things make you sad? i get sad when i get a bad mark in school,or when someone that i like moves away. i sometimes see sad movies that make me cry. i don't like to be sad. i don't like to have a frown on my face. i like to be happy. i am happy most of the time. parties make me happy. being with my friends makes me happy.
lots of things make me happy. if someone tells me a joke, i laugh. i enjoy laughing. funny movies make me laugh. i think that people look the best when theysmile. what kinds of things make you mad? i get mad when my brother breaks one of mytoys. i try not to show it when i get mad. my parents get mad at me if i come home late.
i don't think anger is a good emotion. it is best to stay calm and talk things over. emotions come from inside you, but they showon your face. people can tell when you are mad, or sad orhappy. i prefer to look happy. sometimes i even smile when i am feeling sad,and the smile makes me feel a little better. my first job i just got a job at the grocery store. this is my first job.
i will receive a pay cheque every two weeks. i wear a uniform. the uniform has the name of the grocery storeon it. i have many jobs at the grocery store. i have to collect all the carts from the parkinglot and bring them back into the store. i have to put all the produce out for thepeople to see. i will be putting out the vegetables. there are carrots, lettuce, cabbages, cucumbersand beans to put out this morning. i also have to put the fruit out on the standsso that it looks nice.
the oranges roll away when i put them out,so i have to be careful. i put out the apples, bananas and grapes. i stack boxes up so that people can buy cerealand cookies. i have to be careful, or the boxes will fall. there are cans of things which also need tobe placed on the shelves. the lie yesterday i told a lie. i don't feel very good about it.
i was bouncing a ball in the kitchen, andthe ball bounced up and broke a cup. it was one of my mother's best cups, so iwas afraid that she would be mad. i put the broken cup back on the table, andi didn't tell anyone that i had broken it. that night, my mother asked who had brokenthe cup. my brother said, "not me." my sister said, "i didn't do it." i said, "i didn't break the cup," but i waslying. my mother said that we would all be punished,if someone didn't tell the truth and say who broke the cup.
i still did not tell her that i had brokenit. she gave us one more chance, and said thatshe wasn't mad about the cup; she just wanted us to be honest. i still didn't say anything. my brother, sister and i all got sent to ourrooms. we had to stay in our rooms all morning. my brother said that it wasn't fair. i felt very bad because my brother and sisterwere being punished because of me. i went to my mother and told her that i hadbroken the cup.
she said that she was not upset about thebroken cup. she knew that it was an accident. she was disappointed in me because i hadn'tcome forward and told the truth. she said that she wouldn't have punished meif i had been honest with her. i told my brother and sister that i was sorry. i felt bad because they were punished becausei was dishonest. i told my mother that i was sorry that i hadlied to her. i told her that i had learned a lesson. honesty is the best policy.
it is better to tell the truth. it is not a good feeling when people don'ttrust you. i have learned that lying just hurts people. sometimes it is hard to be honest, but itis the best way to be. hobbies a lot of people have hobbies. hobbies are interesting things that peoplelike to do in their spare time. my father has a hobby. he has a model railroad set that he put together.
a tiny electric train runs through make-believevillages and travels through tunnels and over mountains. my father also enjoys sailing. he has a real sailboat that he takes us outon. he is teaching me how to sail. i like to collect things. i collect comic books, stamps and coins. i trade comic books with some of my friends,and sometimes i buy comic books at stores. some of the very old comic books are wortha lot of money.
i have stamps from all over the world. whenever any of my friends get a letter froma faraway place, they save the stamps for me. i have stamps from england, japan, australiaand even russia. i use a magnifying glass to look at the stamps,and i keep them in a special album. i don't have too many coins yet, but i havea very old dime from canada, and i have a coin with a hole in it from africa. my mother used to collect dolls when she wasa little girl. the dolls wore costumes from different countries.
my friend john's hobby is painting. he does oil painting. he has even sold some of his paintings. he is a good artist. my friend linda sews. she has made clothes for herself and someof her friends. maybe linda will be a fashion designer whenshe gets older. sometimes people's hobbies lead them intotheir careers. christmas
in december, christmas comes. we get a holiday from school, and our parentsget a few days off from work. our family gets ready for christmas by decoratingthe house. we decorate inside and out. on the outside of the house we put up lightsthat twinkle and glow. we have a wooden santa claus and reindeerset that my father puts up on the roof. inside, we put up a christmas tree. some years we have a real tree. real pine trees smell nice, but you have tobe careful that they don't dry out and start
afire. this year we have an artificial tree. we hang tinsel and ornaments on the tree. we also hang strands of lights on the treeand put a star at the top. everyone thinks that the tree is beautifulwhen we turn on the lights. we place gifts under the tree. there is a gift for me under the tree. it is wrapped in red paper, and it has a biggreen bow on it. red and green are the christmas colours.
on christmas eve, my brother and sister andi will hang our stockings near the fireplace. santa claus comes down the chimney and fillsour stockings full of toys and goodies. on christmas morning, it is exciting to seewhat santa has left for you. my mother will make a big turkey dinner forus on christmas day. we will have lots of vegetables and good tastingfoods to go with the turkey. we will have dessert too. some of my family like christmas pudding,but i will just have ice cream. last year some carolers came to the door. it was snowing outside.
they stood in the snow and sang christmascarols to us. my father gave them some money, and my mothergave them some hot chocolate to warm them up. they had lovely voices, and they sang someof my favorite carols. we also collect food, gifts and money forsome of the people in town who cannot afford to have christmas. my family is collecting things for a poorfamily who live near here. we had fun deciding which toys to buy forthe children in that family. it is a good feeling to share with peoplewho do not have as much as you do.
my parents have always taught us that christmasis a time for giving, not receiving. i think they're right.
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