January 5, 2007

•            The Day All The Teachers Were Sick

   

         Once upon a time, there was a class of students.  some of the students were good at reading and writing, some were good at drawing, some were good at math, and some were good at singing.  One day, their teacher was out sick.  Then they saw all the teachers were out sick!  At first, it was quiet.  “What will we do?” one student asked.  Then, the students heard a roar like a lion.  It was the oldest students running wild.  Then, the students heard a crash like a house fell down.  It was the youngest students throwing books and crayons.  The kids had taken over the school!

   

              The class of students looked at each other. They knew they weren’t supposed to run and scream in the hallways, and they knew they weren’t supposed to throw things in the classroom.  But what was to stop them with no teachers?”  They thought of all the things they cold do.  Start fights.  Write on the walls.  Jump on the desks.  Break things.

   

              They decided to have morning meeting, like the always do.  “We need a plan,” one student said.  “Yeah, let’s do something together,” said another.  “But what should we do.  It would be fun to run wild like the others, but you know we’re going to get blamed for all the trouble in the school.  The teachers always blame everything on our class.  We need to think of a way to prove it wasn’t us who destroyed the school, but the others.”

   

              They all sat in silence, not sure what to do.  “I got it!” shouted one of the students.  Since we’re all good at different things, we can work together to create something for our classroom.  We can make art, write some books, and learn new stories for when our teachers come back.  That way, our classroom will look even better, while the other classrooms will l look like a tornado hit them. 

   

              The day went on and the class worked hard.  It was the first day nobody fought.  If they didn’t help each other to do things, they would get blamed for everything that happened in the school.  They didn’t want to have to stay after and clean up everybody else’s mess.  The broken toilets, spilled garbage, and papers everywhere.

   

              At 3:00, the teachers suddenly returned.  Al the students ran back to their rooms, and quickly tried to clean-up and so some work.  All was quiet, when suddenly a loud clapping could be heard.  When the teacher returned to this one class that had been working so hard, she just stopped, and started clapping.  In the room was a model of the school made out of blocks, 4 published books were taped to the wall, and the students were in a circle re-telling some of the stories they had read.  At 3:10, the bell rang.  The students were sent home.  As they left, they smiled as they walked by the rest of the school, and the students who would have to stay all night to fix what they had done.

   

  A story for elementary school students…

   

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