Dinleyerek İngilizce Öğrenme

my backyard has a swimming pool
arka bahçemde bir yüzme havuzu var.
my backyard has a vegetable garden
arka bahçemde sebze bahçesi var
my family likes our house
ailem evimizi sever
my first pet
ilk evcil hayvanım
my name is Sarah. I am 14 years old
benim adım Sarah. 14 yaşındayım
I have a pet cat. My cat’s name is Milo
Benim evcil bir kedim var. Kedimin adı Milo.
my cat is black and white
benim kedim siyah ve beyaz
Milo’s paws are white
Milo’nun pençeleri beyaz
Milo’s body is black
Milo’nun vücudu siyah
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 –
Jennifer is happy being a firefighter
Jennifer is happy being a wife Jennifer
is happy being a mother
Mark’s 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
one two three 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 – it’s in front of the
television she puts it in her basket
everybody finds lots of chocolate
everybody shares their chocolate
Samantha Tracy and Sydney love Easter
mr. Jose 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 fiance’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
needs something borrowed she is wearing
her mother’s jewelry Susan needs
something new her shoes and dress are
new Susan needs a 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
ween is fun my mom buys candy my mom
buys potato chips my mom buys chocolate
bars it is 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
Ben 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 Ben 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 Ben 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’s name is Howard
has had three lessons a me and her dad
argued during Miles’s
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 to
amy’s parents call a driving school
amy is going to get lessons from a
professional the classes cost three
hundred dollars for ten lessons the
lessons are very good amy learns how to
drive amy 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
working 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 weeded the
flowerbeds
i cut back all of 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 pass 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 friends 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 nights 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 soups 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 out 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
helped 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 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
whether 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 is 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 is just a light dusting
of snow sometimes there is a blizzard or
a snow storm 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 mittens 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 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 car 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
school 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 classrooms are bright and
airy
there are blackboards in the classrooms
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 citizens 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
subjects 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 in 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 compositions 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
students 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 foods 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
computer games 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 lift weights there are people who
like to collect things they can collect
all kinds of different things you can
collect stamps coins dolls postcards
movies rocks or posters some people even
collect bugs or leaves some people 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
laughs out loud if a 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 flowers help to make
places beautiful
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 teams 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 the
our 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
electronics 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
cobblestones 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 would 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
nips 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
Easter 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
a 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 arrives 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
a fever 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 dentist fixes
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 in 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 cats 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 toenails I am me from the top of my
head to the tip of my toes clothing
I changed 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 a 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 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
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 find a kangaroo except in a
zoo it might be frightening to run into
a wolf or a fox monkeys run and play in
the trees in Canada we don’t see lions
tigers giraffes or monkeys running wild
there are squirrels in my backyard
sometimes I see a raccoon or a chipmunk
in Northern Ontario you might see a
moose or a bear I have seen a deer in
the forest there are many wild animals
you can see wild animals if you go to
the zoo
once
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
some fruit grows 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 aren’t
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
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
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
vegetables
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 pets 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 favourite 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
pardis 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 banker
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 produce 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 differences
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
the 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 wants 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 were 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 a 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 is best to
take music lessons
who what where and why
these are important words there 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 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 directions 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’m 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 in 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
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 25 cents a quarter is a
quarter of a dollar for 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 20 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 could 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
the male gender and there is the 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
all cells 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
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 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 talents 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
my cat
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 flutes 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 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 and 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 a 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 swam in Jane swimming pool
Jane opened her gifts 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 hotdogs
I put mustard and ketchup on my hot dog
then we ate cake and ice cream
we had popped a 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
my 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 desks
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 clot 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 a 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 a
coffee 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 at 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 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
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
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 live 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 snowball 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 the leaves 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
yah-hoo 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
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 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 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 silver tools he
looked at my front teeth and my back
teeth he told me that the back teeth
were called molars he told me to open
wide he had a little mirror that he used
to look at 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 candies and that I
always brush my teeth after every meal
he said that was very good he asked me
if i flossed my teeth and I said yes I
used dental floss every day he told me
that my teeth were healthy because I
took very good care of them he left and
told me to keep up the good work the
dental hygienist came in and she said
that she would clean my teeth for me she
scraped my teeth with a sharp tool and
then she put some polish on my teeth and
began to clean them when she was done
she told me to spit into a bowl and then
I rinsed my mouth out with water I
looked into a mirror and saw that my
teeth were very shiny and white if I
take care of my teeth
I’ll have them forever I would like to
keep my teeth healthy and white
I’d 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 people
will be makeup artists the teacher is
the director of the play the play will
be held on a big stage in the gymnasium
the curtains will open the lights will
go on 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 and building things he’s helping to
build the set my other friend Michael is
an artist so he 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 look like an
old woman some of the mothers help to
sew the costumes the play is called
Hansel and Gretel I will play the part
of the witch the boy who plays Hensel
has to wear shorts and 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 dressed like trees and
flowers this is a musical play and the
trees and flowers will sing to Hansel
and Gretel as they walk through the
forest I can hardly wait for opening
night I want my family and friends to
see me acting on stage I hope they will
like the play we have all learned our
lines and worked very hard 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’d like to
be happy I’m 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
they smile what kinds of things make you
mad I get mad when my brother breaks one
of my toys 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
show on your face people can tell when
you’re mad or sad or happy I prefer to
look happy
sometimes I even smile when I’m 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
paycheck every two weeks I wear a
uniform the uniform has the name of the
grocery store on it
I have many jobs at the grocery store I
have to collect all the carts from the
parking lot and bring them back into the
store I have to put all the produce out
for the people to see I will be putting
out the vegetables there are carrots
lettuce cabbages cucumbers and beans to
put out this morning I also have to put
the fruit out on the stand so 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
cereal and cookies I have to be careful
or the boxes will fall
there are cans of things which also need
to be 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 and the ball bounced up and
broke a cup it was one of my mother’s
best cups so I was afraid that she would
be mad
I put the broken cup back on the table
and I didn’t tell anyone that I had
broken it that night my mother asked who
had broken the cup
my brother said not me my sister said I
didn’t do it I said I didn’t break the
cup but I was lying 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 broken it she gave us one more
chance and she said she 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 our rooms
we had to stay in our rooms all morning
my brother said it wasn’t fair I felt
very bad because my brother and sister
were being punished because of me I went
to my mother and told her that I had
broken the cup she said that she was not
upset about the broken cup she knew that
it was an accident she was disappointed
in me because I hadn’t come forward and
told the truth she said that she
wouldn’t have punished me if I had been
honest with her I told my brother and
sister that I was sorry I felt bad
because they were punished because I was
dishonest I told my mother that I was
sorry that I had lied 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’t trust you I have learned
that lying just hurts people sometimes
it is hard to be honest but it is the
best way to be
hobbies
a lot of people have hobbies hobbies are
interesting things that people like 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-believe
villages and travels through tunnels and
over mountains my father also enjoys
sailing he has a real sailboat that he
takes us out on 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
worth a lot of money
I have stamps from all over the world
whenever any of my friends get a letter
from a faraway place they saved the
stamps for me I have stamps from England
Japan Australia and 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 have
a very old I’m from Canada and I have a
coin with a hole in it from Africa my
mother used to collect dolls when she
was a little girl the dolls were
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 some of her friends
maybe Linda will be a fashion designer
when she gets older sometimes people’s
hobbies lead them into their careers
Christmas
in December Christmas comes we get a
holiday from school and our parents get
a few days off from work our family gets
ready for Christmas by decorating the
house we decorate inside and Airds on
the outside of the house we put up
lights that twinkle and glow we have a
wooden Santa Claus and a reindeer set
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 to be
careful that they don’t dry out and
start a fire this year we have an
artificial tree we hang tinsel and
ornaments on the tree we also hang
strands of light on the tree and put a
star at the top everyone thinks that the
tree is beautiful when we turn on the
lights we place gifts under the tree
there is a gift from me under the tree
it is wrapped in red paper and it has a
big green bow on it red and green are
the Christmas colors on Christmas Eve my
brother and sister and I will hang our
stockings near the fireplace Santa Claus
comes down the chimney and fills our
stockings full of toys and goodies on
Christmas morning it is exciting to see
what Santa has left for you my mother
will make a big turkey dinner for us on
Christmas Day we have lots of vegetables
and good tasting foods 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
Christmas carols to us my father gave
them some money and my mother gave them
some hot chocolate to warm them up they
had lovely voices and they sang some of
my favorite carols we also collect food
gifts and money for some of the people
in town who cannot afford to have
Christmas my family is collecting things
for a poor family who live near here we
had fun deciding which toys to buy for
the children in that family it was a
good feeling to share with people who do
not have as much as you do my parents
have always taught us that christmas is
a time forgiving not receiving I think
the
the garden
the garden is very interesting I
sometimes go outside and I watch all the
things that go on in the garden it
smells wonderful in the flower garden
there are red white pink and yellow
roses that have a sweet smell i watch
the bees as they take pollen from the
roses there are tiny bugs that live on
the rose bushes my mother tries to get
rid of the little bugs but it is
difficult to get rid of them she is glad
to see the red ladybugs who eat the
little bugs the birds like the
sunflowers they like to eat sunflower
seeds there is a birdbath in the garden
the blackbirds and swallows go in there
to take a drink or have a bath I
sometimes see a Robin or a blue jay
in there – in the dirt there are little
holes where the ants go in and out the
ants are hard workers i watch them as
they work together as a team to bring
food to their nests there are snails in
the garden too they carry their homes on
their backs they move slowly and leave a
silvery trail as they go they eat the
leaves from my mother’s plants my mother
also has vegetables growing in her
garden she grows green peas we like to
pick those and eat the peas raw right
out of their pods she grows lettuce and
tomatoes – we have so many tomatoes that
we always give some to our neighbors my
mother sends us outside to pick lettuce
and tomatoes whenever we have a salad my
favorite vegetables are carrots their
tops grow above the earth but the
carrots are below the dirt when you pick
them you
have to pull the carrots out from under
the soil weeds also grow in the garden
after a good rainfall it seems that the
weeds just spring up I pull the weeds
out by their roots so they won’t grow
back
weeds choke the good plants so we don’t
want them in our garden gardening is a
good hobby you get fresh air sunshine
and exercise you even get beautiful
colorful flowers and nice fresh food
the pet store
on Saturday my parents took us to the
pet store they had everything that you
would need if you had a pet they had dog
food collars and leashes for dogs
they had treats to give your dog and
brushes to brush your dog for cats they
had food toys and litter boxes for birds
they had seed and cages there was a
section for fish they had fish in big
tanks and little bowls in the big tanks
there were colorful fish swimming around
the girl who worked there said that they
were tropical fish there were goldfish
in the smaller fish bowls I saw the girl
get a goldfish out with a little net she
sold it to a boy who said he had another
goldfish at home there was a very large
cage with a parrot in it I walked up to
the cage and the parrot said hello I was
surprised that the parrot could talk it
could say a few things it said I love
you pretty bird and bye-bye I told my
mother that I would like a parrot but
she said that parrots need a lot of care
and attention at the back of the store
there were some puppies they seemed glad
to see me I stuck my hand into the cage
and one of them licked my hand
they were very lively they were running
around and chasing their own tails in
the next cage there were two kittens one
of them was playing with a toy and the
other one was asleep the kittens were
very small the one that was sleeping was
curled up into a ball I couldn’t even
see her face I didn’t want to leave the
pet store I was wishing that I could
take all of the animals home with me
my first day of school
I remember my first day of school I was
excited but I was afraid I held my
mother’s hand as we walked to the school
when we got near the school I wouldn’t
let her hold my hand anymore I didn’t
want to look like a baby we got to the
school the school looked very big and
frightening there were children outside
on the playground they all looked very
big I looked at them and some of them
looked at me I felt very small my mother
and I went into the school and found the
kindergarten room there were children in
there most of them were the same size as
me my mother spoke to the kindergarten
teacher the teacher was very nice she
said my name and she introduced me to
some of the other children I already
knew some of the children because they
lived near me I began to play with some
of the things that were in the classroom
there were toy trucks coloring books and
even a dollhouse I soon forgot to be
scared and I began to play with the
other children I didn’t even notice that
my mother had left the room in school we
sang songs played some games and
listened as the teacher read us a story
I had a lot of fun on my first day of
school I even drew a picture of my
teacher I took the picture home and my
mother put it on the refrigerator I like
school it is a good place to meet new
friends and learn all about the world
transportation
people move from place to place there
are lots of ways you can move around
from one place to another sometimes you
can just move your feet and walk walking
is good for you some places are too far
to walk to you might have to ride a
bicycle or ride on a skateboard
some places are too far away to ride
your bicycle too you might have to drive
in a car or a van or even a truck my
father has a car my uncle has a van I
have never been in a big truck trucks
are usually used to carry big loads from
one city to another I would like to be a
truck driver I would travel all over and
sit high up in the cab I have been in a
taxicab once my mother and I took a taxi
to the hospital there was a special
meter in the taxi when we finished our
taxi ride the driver looked at the meter
to find out how much money we owed him I
once rode a horse i sat in the saddle
and held on tight to the reins the horse
ran very fast it was a bumpy ride and I
was afraid that I would fall off the
horse not too many people around here
use horses for transportation they used
to use horses for transportation in the
old days if you want to travel very far
away you have to go on a train a plane
or a boat if you are in a hurry it is
best to take a plane planes fly through
the air very fast trains go along the
tracks sometimes I can hear the train
whistle from my house boats take a long
time to cross the ocean great big boats
that cross the oceans are call
ships if you like to take it easy and
look out at the water then ships are a
good way to travel they say that the
world is a lot smaller now because of
transportation people can travel to all
parts of the world quickly and easily
the world is not really smaller but it
has become easy to get to faraway places
television
do you watch television my mother says
that I watch too much television i watch
cartoons on Saturday mornings cartoons
make me laugh my brother and I each have
our favorite cartoons we have trouble
deciding which cartoons we will watch on
Saturday afternoons we like to watch
sports my brother really likes to watch
baseball but usually my mother tells us
to go out and play on a Saturday
afternoon on weeknights we have our own
favorite shows
I like shows about outer space and
monsters my brother likes comedies he
likes to laugh my mother likes shows
about real-life situations she likes to
watch the news she says that the news is
important she watches the news and
whether to find out what is going on in
the world sometimes she watches
real-life shows about doctors or
policemen my father doesn’t watch
television he says that he would rather
read a good book or the newspaper my dad
gets all his news from the newspaper my
favorite thing is to sit in front of the
television with a bag of popcorn and a
bottle of Pop I sit there and change the
channels with the remote control I
change channels and watch a few
different shows at once my mother won’t
let me watch too much television
she doesn’t want me to get lazy
television is good if you don’t spend
too much time watching it you can learn
a lot from television if you watch the
educational channels I learned about
dinosaurs and rainforests last week just
from watching television
my country
I live in Canada it is a very large
country that is made up of ten provinces
and 3 territories most of the provinces
and territories are quite unique for
example in Saskatchewan the land is flat
and it is not surrounded by water
they grow wheat in Saskatchewan British
Columbia has mountains I have never been
to British Columbia but I hear that it
is very beautiful Nova Scotia is on the
Atlantic Ocean so there are many
fishermen out there the people in the
provinces are even different from each
other in Quebec many of the people speak
French in the maritime provinces the
people like to play their own kind of
music they play fiddles and accordions
and many of them dance very well
Nunavut is in the north so life is quite
different there the people who live in
the new territory of Nunavut are very
close to wildlife they do a lot of
hunting and fishing it can get very cold
up in the Arctic where none of it is I
live in Ontario even within Ontario life
can be quite different the capital of
Ontario is Toronto Toronto is a very
busy city with lots of apartments
offices and shops Toronto is an exciting
place and it has a lot to offer there
are theaters and restaurants to suit
every taste the culture in Toronto is
very diverse
if you drive a few miles north of
Toronto you will find places that are
tranquil and peaceful many people leave
Toronto on the weekends and drive to
their cottages where they find rest and
relaxation Canada is made up of many
different cultures people of many
different ethnic backgrounds live in
harm
in Canada that is why I like Canada in
Canada we celebrate our differences
food
what kinds of food do you like to eat I
am lucky because in Canada there are
many foods to choose from I like to eat
hot dogs hamburgers and steak these are
all meat products I also like cheese ice
cream and yogurt these are all dairy
products I like vegetables my favorite
vegetables are broccoli cabbage carrots
and peas I eat a lot of fruit
I eat whichever fruit is in season in
strawberry season I eat a lot of
strawberries in peach season
I eat many peaches sometimes my mother
will make a peach pie
many different crops grow in Canada we
have many orchards and farms fresh fruit
and vegetables are plentiful in Canada
meat and fish are also plentiful here in
Canada we have a lot of different foods
to choose from in my city there are a
lot of Italian restaurants my favorite
food at the Italian restaurant is pizza
my parents would rather have spaghetti
or lasagna there are Greek restaurants
Mexican restaurants and Chinese
restaurants in fact there are
restaurants from most cultures I can go
around from restaurant to restaurant and
pretend that I am travelling the world
and trying all the different foods from
around the world sometimes I eat things
that aren’t good for me I eat potato
chips and candies these foods aren’t
part of a nutritious diet but they are
fun to eat
the zoo
class took a trip to the Toronto Zoo I
had a wonderful time there my favorite
animals were the Lions they look very
powerful and strong they say that the
lion is the king of the forest and I
think that title suits him the monkeys
were funny they were looking at us just
as much as we looked at them they were
swinging from branches and doing tricks
to impress us there was a baby monkey
that was clinging to its mother’s back
it was very cute the Tigers were pacing
back and forth they seemed Restless the
stripes on a tiger are very beautiful we
watched the toll giraffes as they
nibbled leaves off the tallest trees we
spoke to a colourful parrot that spoke
back to us we saw exotic animals that we
had never seen before some of them were
very strange there were different types
of bears there there were black bears I
saw a black bear once when I was camping
up north we saw polar bears polar bears
are white they like the cold we even saw
panda bears one of my friends bought a
toy panda bear from the gift shop
because she thought that the pandas were
so cute
we saw slithery snakes some of the
snakes had very bright skins most of the
girls were afraid of the snakes the zoo
keeper was looking after the snakes and
one of them hissed at him he has to be
very careful when he works with the
snakes the last thing that we saw at the
zoo was the elephant he was enormous he
looked at us then he raised his trunk
and made a loud sound it made us jump
the museum
the museum was very interesting there
were so many things in the museum that I
would need more time to really see
everything there were clothes from the
past I don’t know how people wore some
of those things they look like they
would be uncomfortable I like to wear my
jeans there were things from Wars there
were bullets and cannons and even
uniforms from the soldiers I don’t think
that war is a good thing but it is good
to remember the past and honor the
people who died for your country there
was an old fire truck at the museum this
fire truck was pulled by a horse there
were some very old photographs of the
firemen putting out fires there were
rooms in the museum that were set up
like an old house there were antique
irons and sewing machines the women used
to clean the clothes with a washboard
there were no modern appliances back
then I’m glad that we have electricity
and modern appliances the things that we
have make life so much easier
there were mummies from Egypt at the
Museum I was fascinated by those there
were artifacts from the Indians
there were arrowheads and cradles that
the babies slept in I tried my best to
see everything but it was almost
impossible the museum is a good place to
learn about your past I tried to imagine
my grandparents using some of the things
that were on display at the Museum
the police
my mother always told me that if I was
lost I could go up to a policeman and
that he would help me to find my way
home I never did get lost but I always
remembered what my mother told me about
the police
I think policemen look very nice in
their uniforms I see police officers
drive by in their police cars in my town
we even have police officers on bicycles
policemen and police women have a job
that can sometimes be dangerous they
have to catch people who break the law
sometimes they have to chase people or
try to calm people down to be a police
officer you need a lot of training it’s
important to be able to deal with people
effectively a police officer came to our
school he had a police dog with him the
officer showed us how the dog could
track down criminals the dog was very
smart he could even find things that
were hidden criminals sometimes hide
things that they don’t want the police
to find the policeman told us that he
and his dog were partners his dog lives
at his house with the policeman and his
family sometimes I see police cars on
the side of the road the police stop
people who are speeding or are not
wearing their seatbelts the police
officers warn people or give out tickets
sometimes they even have to arrest
people police officers are just doing
their job when they arrest people some
people need to be arrested and put in
jail to make it safer for the rest of us
pretending
I’d like to pretend I like to make up
things that aren’t real I use my
imagination I was pretending that I was
in a time machine I set the date for a
prehistoric time I turned on the time
machine and it buzzed inward and spud
madly when it stops spinning I opened
the door and stepped out into a very
thick jungle I listened carefully to the
sounds of the jungle
I could hear strange animal noises and
the leaves were rustling I wasn’t sure
if I’d gone back in time or just landed
in a jungle somewhere in the 21st
century it didn’t take me long to
realize that I had indeed gone back in
time
a very strange bird-like creature with a
large beak flew overhead I had never
seen anything like it in my life I took
a few steps out into the long grass and
ferns I didn’t want to go too far away
from my time machine I heard a noise
over on my right side there was a man
who looked quite different from me he
was dressed in an animal skin and he
carried a big stick I didn’t want him to
see me so I hid behind a tree he didn’t
speak any language that I could
understand he grunted at someone who
must have been in the distance then I
felt the earth shake beneath my feet
I heard giant thumps on the ground as
the floor of the jungle shook the man
and the animal skin began to run I saw
why he was running a giant dinosaur
appeared above the tops of the trees it
was bigger than anything I had ever seen
my heart began to pound in my chest it
was coming toward me
I ran toward my time machine and jumped
in I set the dial for the 21st century
the machine word and buzzed my time
machine landed in the 21st century I got
away just in time
baby
my aunt just had a baby girl we went to
the hospital to visit my aunt and to see
the new baby
my aunt was feeling fine although she
was just a bit tired she walked with us
to a big window
that had lots of babies behind it she
pointed to a crib with a baby in it the
baby was wrapped in a pink blanket we
all said how pretty the baby looked I
couldn’t believe how tiny the baby was
she was asleep so we couldn’t see her
eyes when the baby went home we went to
visit her
we heard the baby she was crying my aunt
said the baby was hungry my aunt had a
baby bottle full of warm milk she fed
the baby with it the baby was happy
after that my aunt patted the baby on
the back until the baby burped and then
the baby fell asleep I held the baby
I looked at her tiny fingers and tiny
toes I was very careful with her she
opened her eyes and looked at me I spoke
to the baby but I knew that she could
not understand me babies have to learn
to walk and talk my aunt changed the
baby babies wear diapers so they need to
be changed often the baby has a lot of
toys but she is still too young to play
with them my aunt says that it won’t be
long before the baby is crawling and
trying to talk babies are cute I have
seen pictures of myself when I was a
baby and it’s hard to believe that I was
once that small
a wedding
the church bells are ringing I am inside
the church waiting for my cousin to walk
down the aisle today is her wedding day
she is a bride the organist is playing a
song on the organ we all stand up and
watch my cousin walk down the aisle she
is armed and armed with her father she
is dressed in a long white dress and a
veil she looks so beautiful she looks
like a princess the man who she is going
to marry is standing at the front of the
church he is the groom he looks nice too
he is wearing a suit and he has a flower
in his lapel the minister says words to
the couple which will make them man and
wife the bride and groom smile at each
other but they seem to be a little bit
nervous they give each other gold rings
to wear to symbolize that they are
married they kiss each other and walk
out of the church as the organist plays
joyous music some of the people in the
church cried at the wedding but not
because they were sad everyone in the
church is very happy for the couple a
photographer takes pictures of the happy
couple we wish them well and look
forward to the reception where we will
have dinner and we will dance and have a
good time until it is very late the
bride will throw her bouquet of flowers
and it is said whoever catches the
bouquet will be the next bride the next
day the bride and groom will leave for
their honeymoon my cousin and her
husband are going to Mexico for their
honeymoon
my dad
my dad is the man whom I respect the
most in my life he works very hard to
make the money that supports us my
mother has a job too and she also works
very hard my dad is the principal of a
high school he works at the school all
day and often has to go to meetings at
night he deals with parents students and
staff there was always something that he
has to deal with he has a lot on his
mind it doesn’t matter how much work my
dad has to do he always has time for my
brothers my sister and me if I go to him
with a problem he will sit down and
discuss it with me he doesn’t yell he is
always very logical and he tries to
think of the best way to deal with
things my dad is a very patient man once
I spilled some ink on papers that he was
working on I thought he would be mad but
he didn’t get angry he said it was ok he
takes time out to do things with us he
has taken my brothers fishing he takes
me to the arena to skate and he helps my
sister to write her essays and
assignments he always makes us laugh and
he makes us feel like we are very
special to him he is a very good father
and on Father’s Day I always buy him a
car that tells him just how much he
means to me I think it is important to
have good parents I hope that when I
have children I will be a good parent
like my parents are to me parents give
children the foundation they need to
live good lives
my mother
my mother does so many things she has a
job at a dress store she cooks our meals
she cleans the house she feeds the pets
and she still finds time to spend with
us my mother is always busy but she says
that her favorite time is time that she
spends with us my mother works from
Monday to Friday when she comes home
from work she makes something for supper
we usually do the dishes so that she
won’t have to do them after supper she
helps us with our homework or she sits
down to watch television some nights she
goes shopping and she takes whoever
wants to go with her mothers are a
little bit of everything my mother is
like a teacher when she helps us with
our homework she is like a nurse when
she looks after us all when were ill she
is like a cook when she makes meals for
us
she says that cleaning the house is
released favorite thing she says that
the house gets dirty again right after
you clean it she gets my father my
brothers sister and me to help her with
the cleaning my mother washes all our
clothes and sometimes she irons them if
they need it
my mother says that there are not enough
hours in a day we try to help my mother
as much as we can there was a lot of
work involved in keeping a home neat and
organized
most of my friends mothers work mothers
are the people who you go to when you
need to be comforted mothers are the
people who could make you feel better
I’m glad that I have the mother that I
have my mother is caring and funny
she is fun to be around
a surprise
last Friday my dad came home from work
and said that he had a surprise for us
we tried to guess what the surprise
might be my brother guests that we were
going out for dinner
my dad said no my other brother asked if
my father had tickets to a hockey game
my dad said no my sister asked if we
were going on a trip my dad said no my
mother knew what the surprise was
so she just stood and smiled at us I
guess that we might be getting a
swimming pool my dad said nope we were
getting very frustrated trying to guess
what the surprise might be my brother
asked how big the surprise was my dad
said that the surprise was quite small
we were not sure what the surprise could
be well we all like it
I asked yes my dad replied every one of
you will love this surprise we heard a
noise it was a crying noise your
surprise wants to see you my dad said he
opened the door to the bedroom and a
tiny puppy came running out we were all
very excited our surprise was a puppy it
was a little baby spaniel the puppy
loved all of us she ran around and
licked all of our faces we had always
wanted a dog we take turns feeding the
puppy and taking her out for walks she
is growing quickly and will soon be an
adult dog we all agree that the puppy
was the nicest surprise my dad could
have given us
rhyming words sometimes my friends and I
play a game it’s something we made up so
it doesn’t have a name we’d like to take
words that rhyme we put them together
line by line do you get the picture now
we’re playing the game and this is how I
might say I like to drive a car I really
don’t like to go very far if I decide to
take a walk I’d go with a friend so that
we could talk do you see that these
lines rhyme play the game if you have
the time we could talk about school or
even playing do you know what I am
saying rhyming words is easy to do it’s
fun for me it can be fun for you just
join in and say something or make it
into a song that you can sing there are
so many words that rhyme with others
like smile and mile and mothers and
brothers I could spend all day just
making up these things I could let my
imagination fly on wings up to the
clouds and back to my mind there are so
many rhymes that I can find there are
some words that are hard to find rhymes
for I don’t use those words anymore I’d
like to choose words that are easy to
rhyme like cat and bat or lime and time
so give it a try I know you’ll have fun
I’ll say goodbye my rhyming is done
homework
sometimes my teacher gives us homework I
don’t mind doing my homework
except when the weather is really nice
and all my friends are outside on those
nights I’d rather be outside with them
so I try to get my homework done quickly
tonight I have some English homework we
have been reading a book we have to read
a chapter of the book and answer the
questions at the end of the chapter it
is an interesting book so the homework
for this is quite easy my math homework
is not so easy I have to do some
addition and subtraction I don’t mind
that but there are some problems that
need to be solved the problems involve
addition subtraction and multiplication
I am not so good with numbers
I need to work harder on my math I just
finished a project for history I had to
make a map of Canada with diagrams
showing the roots of all the Explorers
it was an interesting project because I
had been to some of the places that the
Explorers went to I don’t have any
science homework at school we are
growing bean plants we go in every day
and see how the plants have grown we
write down all the changes that occur in
the plant every day the only other
homework that I have is geography I have
a map of Canada and I have to write the
names of all the provinces and their
capitals on it it won’t take me long to
do that because I know all the provinces
when my homework is all done I will go
outside and play ball with my friends
until it it’s time to come in I am a
good student I get good marks because
I’d like school my favorite subjects are
physical education English and history
math is my least favorite subject but
I’m trying to improve my marks in that
opposites
some things are opposites of each other
the opposite of black is white the
opposite of happy is sad if I am at the
opposite side of the room from you it
means that I am at the other side of the
room that you are on the opposite of up
is down and the opposite of left is
right do you know what the opposite of
Jung would be old is the opposite of
Jung what is the opposite of dirty clean
is the opposite of dirty big is the
opposite of small man is the opposite of
woman boy is the opposite of girl
sometimes people think the opposite
things than other people someone might
be wrong and someone might be right the
opposite of mother is father see if you
can think of some opposites it is cold
in the winter and it is hot in the
summer my father is very tall and my
brother is very short a rock is hard but
a pillow is soft an ocean is deep but a
puddle is shallow I might tell the truth
but I might tell a lie all of these
things are opposites the morning is
bright but the night is dark a feather
is light but an elephant is heavy sugar
is sweet but a lemon is sour a jet plane
is fast but a turtle is slow I can go
out in the day or I can go out at night
I might love to swim or I might hate to
swim it is interesting to see how many
opposites you can think up I could say
hello but I think it’s time to say
goodbye
the smart paperboy
in my town there is a paperboy who just
got an award for his actions
this boy delivered the local newspaper
every morning one of the people to whom
he delivered the paper was an elderly
man this man lived alone the paperboy
had often spoken to the man so he knew
that the man lived alone the paperboy
always left the newspaper in the man’s
mailbox one morning the boy noticed that
the man had not picked up his newspaper
or his mail from the day before the boy
felt that something was not right all
day at school the boy had a feeling that
something might be wrong with the man
after school the boy went back to the
man’s house to see if he had taken his
mail and newspapers the newspapers and
Mail were still in the mailbox the boy
knocked on the man’s door he could hear
a faint voice but could not hear what
the person was saying he tried to open
the door but it was locked the boy knew
that something wasn’t right
so we went home and called the police
station he explained to the police that
the man lived alone he gave the address
of the man’s house to the police the
police knocked on the door and they also
heard the faint voice the police got
into the house and found the man lying
at the bottom of the stairs
the man had fallen and broken his hip
the man had not been able to get up he
had been afraid that nobody would find
him he was very grateful to the paperboy
for caring enough to get the police the
boy got an award the man said the boy
was a hero the police said that the boy
was an example of a very good citizen
the paperboy and the man are very good
friends the man will never forget what
the paperboy did for him Niagara Falls
I live in Niagara Falls Niagara Falls is
a famous place a lot of tourists visit
here every year most of the tourists
come to see the waterfalls the
waterfalls are very beautiful and
powerful at night they shine lights on
the Falls that make them even more
dramatic
tourists line up against the railings to
watch the water as it tumbles into the
Niagara River there are other things in
Niagara Falls that the tourists like to
visit there are a lot of gift shops and
museums there are many hotels that the
tourists can stay at tourism is very
important to Niagara Falls many people
work in the tourism industry
there are many jobs in the tourism
industry you can take a special bus and
torna Agra Falls you can ride in a
horse-drawn carriage and
niagara-on-the-lake
or you can take a balloon ride over the
Falls from the American side you can
even ride in a helicopter over the Falls
Niagara Falls is very busy in the summer
time summer is a time when most tourists
visit here sometimes the tourists think
it’s raining near the Falls but it is
only the mist that rises from the mighty
waterfalls there are many legends and
stories connected to Niagara Falls
there is a special legend called the
Maid of the Mist there are stories about
the Daredevils who thought that they
were more powerful than the Falls
some of them went over the falls in
barrels and others walked on tightropes
over the Falls both of those things are
very dangerous I stay behind the
railings when I look at the Falls I know
just how powerful the Falls are it is
interesting to discover all the stories
that there are about Niagara Falls
the library
one of my favorite places is the library
I go there to get books for school and I
go there to get books for pleasure I
often read mysteries for fun in this
summer I read lots of mysteries I like
to sit outside and read in the winter I
have to read books for school I go to
the library to find out things for my
projects I often use the dictionary and
the Atlas some of my friends go with me
and we sit at the tables and do our
homework we can’t make a lot of noise in
the library people have to be quiet when
they’re in a library when I first went
to the library I was confused about how
to find books the librarian showed me
how to use the computer to find books
now I am able to do all my research
myself I have read some very interesting
books I have learned a lot from library
books I always bring the books back on
time so I don’t get a fine
I am collecting books at home people
often give me books for gifts soon I
will have my own library reading is a
good hobby
everyone in my family likes to read the
library has other things besides books
there are videos at the library
there are also compact discs at the
library I have a library card so I can
get books videos or compact discs
whenever I want to my mother sometimes
goes to the library to look at the
magazines she gets some good recipes
from the magazines my father looks for
books on how to build things he is
building some bookshelves for me at the
moment he found the instructions in a
book
my little brother reads children’s books
he likes books about trains I have liked
books ever since I was very small my
mother says that reading is a good habit
to get into
when I grow up
I have been thinking about what I like
to be when I grow up there are so many
choices I could be a principal like my
father I could be a teacher I like
animals maybe I should be a veterinarian
my cat just went to the veterinarian to
get her shots I don’t think my cat was
too happy to be there I could be a
farmer and grow vegetables maybe I could
be a doctor and cure people if I was
good enough I could be a famous sports
person or a singer I could be an actor
on television or in the movies maybe I
would like to be a policeman or a
fireman I could rescue people I can play
the piano maybe I should be a musician I
could be a lawyer I sometimes watch
shows about lawyers defending people
lawyers have to be able to speak well I
could be a carpenter and work with wood
or I could be a welder and work with
metal there are just so many jobs I
could work in a restaurant I could cook
food or I could serve food
I could be an airline pilot or the
captain of a ship I could be a repairman
or an artist the world is full of jobs
some of the jobs require a lot of
Education some require a little bit of
training and some require a lot of
training it’s all up to me
I can be whatever I want to be
favorite colors my very favorite color
is purple there are not a lot of things
that are purple some grapes are purple
sometimes the sky looks purple
my second favorite color is blue some
things are blue the sky is blue and
water is blue
many people have blue eyes Green is a
very common color in nature trees are
green in the summer some trees are green
all year long grass is green sometimes
water looks green many people have green
eyes many vegetables are green broccoli
cabbage beans lettuce Pease and
cucumbers are all green green vegetables
are very good for you yellow is a bright
color the Sun looks yellow bananas are
yellow
some people have yellow hair daffodils
and dandelions are yellow white is a
common color especially in the winter
snow is white clouds are white polar
bears some dogs and some cats are white
there are white flowers that grow some
flowers are red roses can be red blood
is red sometimes the sky is red at night
or in the morning artists use all these
colors to make beautiful paintings
nature used all these colors to make the
beautiful earth we are fortunate to be
surrounded by beauty we should do our
part to make sure that nature stays
beautiful and clean
making friends I used to be very shy I
would not go up to someone that I did
not know and say hello I was afraid that
people would not want to talk to me I
have changed I have become less shy I
have learned that making friends is easy
to do all you have to do is say hello
most people will respond to a smile and
a friendly hello people will begin to
talk to you about little things in their
lives you will soon realize that you
have something in common with that
person whenever I start talking to a new
person I find that there is some
interest that we share
maybe we know some of the same people or
we went to the same school often we find
that we like the same music or the same
movies it is easy to have a conversation
with someone once you find a topic that
you can both relate to the most
important part in making friends is to
listen to what the other person says if
you take an interest in them they are
sure to take an interest in you I have
learned many things from meeting people
I have had many fascinating
conversations and I have made a lot of
good friends one day a girl came up to
me and said that she was lost she
couldn’t find her way to her English
class I said that I was going to that
class too I told her to come with me we
began talking and we became very good
friends that was a few years ago she is
still one of my best friends just think
if she hadn’t been lost we might never
have become friends
getting old my grandfather is getting
old when I was younger my grandfather
would carry me on his shoulders and we
would go for a walk now my grandfather
cannot put me on his shoulders he has a
hard time walking and he uses a cane my
grandfather used to have lots of hair
now he is bald
his skin doesn’t look like it used to it
is more wrinkled my grandfather takes
more naps than he used to he goes to the
doctor’s and takes pills for his heart I
love my grandfather very much I don’t
like the fact that he is getting older
but my mother says that growing older is
just a fact of life she says that we
will all get older sometimes my
grandfather forgets things my mother
says to be patient I am patient I try to
help my grandfather as much as I can I
sometimes go for walks with him I help
him to walk when he has trouble I cheer
him up if I think he might be sad I get
things for him and I even read to him at
night he used to read to me when I was
little now his eyesight is bad and he
can’t see very well
my grandfather tells me stories about
when he was a boy the world was a very
different place then he tells me his
stories are interesting sometimes I wish
we could trade places for a day so that
I would know what it felt like to be old
my grandfather doesn’t complain he jokes
about his old bones I spend a lot of
time with my grandfather I hope that he
is around for a long time
time
time is something you should never waste
once an hour is gone it is gone forever
you should make the most of every minute
time is a funny thing
some days go by so slowly those are the
days that you do things that aren’t fun
when you are having fun time just flies
by time is made up of different units
seconds turn into minutes minutes turn
into hours hours turn into days days
turn into weeks weeks turn into months
and months turn into years we measure
our lives by time we are very concerned
with time even little children are very
conscious of time little children often
want to appear older so if you ask a
three-year-old how old he is he will
often say three and a half
many of our sayings are based on time
give me a minute hold on a second I’m
running out of time time’s up I just
want an hour of your time all of these
are common things that we say and
they’re all based on time we are a
society that lives by the clock we
almost all wear watches and we glance at
our watches a lot time is something that
we can’t see but it is a big factor in
our lives how many times a day do you
look at a watch or a clock I bet you’d
be surprised at just how many times you
do
aimy aimy was a girl who came into our
classroom she had many things wrong with
her amy was in a wheelchair and she
couldn’t talk she couldn’t make her
hands and feet do what she wanted them
to do we wondered why Amy would even be
in our class because she really couldn’t
do much of anything Amy had a teaching
assistant who had to stay with her all
the time
one day the teaching assistant got
called away I had to look after Amy I
was afraid to look after her I really
didn’t know what to do I sat beside Amy
and I smiled at her she smiled back at
me
I never realized before she had such a
nice smile Amy made a noise it seemed
like she wanted a crayon that was lying
beside her I put the crayon into her
hand she had trouble holding it but
eventually she got the crayon into her
hand well enough so that she could make
marks on the paper that was on the tray
in front of her
Amy spent a long time making marks on
the paper she tried so hard to create
whatever it was that she was drawing she
worked for a long time I just watched
her and I gave her a lot of credit for
not giving up when she obviously had so
many problems when she was finally done
she picked up the paper with great
difficulty with a look of pride on her
face she handed me the picture it was
for me I was very touched that she spent
all that time drawing something for me I
thanked Amy and smiled at her I told her
I loved the picture I still have that
picture although I’m not sure what it is
a picture of I learned a lot from Amy
that day I saw a brave girl who wouldn’t
give up whenever I think my problems are
too big to handle I think of Amy and I
remember her smile
memories somebody once asked me what the
most valuable things that I owned were I
thought about that for a long time then
I realized that most of the things that
I had could be replaced what I would not
be able to replace were the photographs
that I had of my friends and family
photographs are memories that are
captured on film some of the photographs
are of people who are no longer with us
I would hate to lose them
memories are precious they are all we
have sometimes to link us to days gone
by I remember the good times I try to
relive them in my mind sometimes I
remember the sad times some of the sad
memories are painful but they are all a
part of my life and I don’t want to lose
any of my memories people come into our
lives and people leave our lives but
most people leave a memory for us I have
lots of memories and when I look at my
photographs the memories come flooding
back into my brain I remember what
people were like when they were younger
I remember vacations that I took I
remember days that seemed ordinary at
the time but you never get to relive
even the ordinary days memories are so
precious cherish your memories and keep
them in a place close to your heart
roommate wanted
spacious two bedroom apartment with
kitchen facilities on the bus route to
Brock University looking for quiet
female roommate must be a nonsmoker
available from September 1 $300 a month
Hydra was included call barb after five
nine oh five one one one one one one one
for sale ten-speed men’s bike for sale
excellent condition $100 or best offer
call Fred 905 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
apartment for rent three bedroom
apartment in the downtown area four
hundred and fifty dollars a month within
walking distance to stores and bus route
utilities not included call 905 one one
one one one one one please leave a
message on the machine and I will get
back to you
roommate wanted responsible quiet
roommate wanted to share 2-bedroom
apartment some furniture included first
and last month’s rent required $300 a
month utilities included call before six
nine oh five one one one one one one one
ask for George
Help Wanted friendly reliable person
wanted to work part-time hours at shoe
store no experience necessary we will
train you please leave resume at
friendly feet shoe store 34 Main Street
Niagara Falls
for sale textbooks for sale included our
second-year English and American history
texts excellent condition for a complete
list of texts call Murray at 905 one one
one one one one one any time after 5:00
upper half of duplex for rent within
walking distance to Brock University two
bedrooms and balcony laundry facilities
in basement very spacious and clean
hydro not included references required
$700 per month call 905 one one one one
one one one and ask for mr. bridges from
places to live I live in a house my
house is in a town my uncle lives in an
apartment building his apartment
building is in a busy city my cousin
lives in a dormitory in a school
he shares his room with a classmate my
uncle lives out in the country he lives
on a farm the police caught a criminal
now the criminal lives in prison when I
go to summer camp I live in a tent when
my parents go on vacation they live in a
motel or a hotel a motel only has one or
two floors a hotel usually has many
floors my aunt and uncle live in a
trailer they like to move around from
place to place my friends live in a
cottage by a lake my grandfather lives
in a retirement home many people who
were about the same age as he lived
there I would like to live in a palace I
think you have to be a king or a queen
or a prince or a princess to live in a
palace
bathroom there is a bathtub in my
bathroom on the wall over the bathtub
there is a showerhead we have a shower
curtain hanging on the rod over the
bathtub if you want to take a shower we
close the curtain there is soap and
shampoo in the bathroom the soap is used
for washing yourself and the shampoo is
used to wash your hair towels are
hanging on the racks
there are washcloths or face cloths to
wash yourself with the sink has hot and
cold taps there is a plug for the drain
when you pull the plug the water runs
out of the sink there is a toilet in the
bathroom when you flush the toilet
the water swooshes out of it there is
toilet tissue hanging beside the toilet
we keep other things in the bathroom too
there is a medicine cabinet which holds
painkillers toothpaste and makeup my
mother likes to wear a lot of makeup on
her face
there is also hairspray and gel there
are brushes and combs for our hair
there are toothbrushes and dental floss
for our teeth we only have one bathroom
so we line up to use it it is good to
have more than one bathroom in a house
the bedroom my bed is nice and soft I
have a pretty bedspread on my bed I have
sheets and a blanket on my bed also I
used to feather pillows my pillows have
pillowcases on them my dresser has a
mirror on it I have a lamp on top of my
dresser I also have some picture frames
with pictures of my friends and family
on top of my dresser there is an alarm
clock beside my bed so that I can wake
up on time in the morning I keep many
clothes in my dresser drawers the
drawers are nice and deep my closet is
large it is a walk-in closet
I have my clothes hanging in my closet
all of the clothes are hung on hangers
my shoes are all lined up on the floor
of my closet there are shelves at the
top of my closet I keep games up there
there is a rug on my bedroom floor my
bedroom window looks out over the
backyard
there are curtains on my bedroom window
my bedroom is very cozy at night I turn
off the lamp and get under the covers I
set my alarm clock for seven o’clock I
lay my head on the pillow and I fall
asleep