By Neenah R., 5th Grade, Avondale
That's Weird, Grandma
Once upon a time there was three basketball players with weird hats. They were trying to steal the ball from the other team they only had one minute to steal the ball before the end of the game. But then one of the players got injured and couldn’t play the last quarter. They only had 5 players left because the rest of them were injured pretty bad. So it was just the young teenager was Michael Jordan he shoots and he scores a 3 pointer he was one of the best players in his team. Another slam dunk and he scores again. The score is 98 and 110 there team was winning.
Somebody threw pop on the floor and Michael tripped and shot the ball in 5 seconds and then he made the other 3 point shot. After the game he was proud and tired he went home and in the night he heard something down stairs in the basement he went down there to see who was down there. It was just a dog she had puppys in the basement she had 15 puppy’s he was kind of happy and tired. He gave her some food and water and a bed for her puppy’s and they lived together forever.
By Carnail A., 4th Grade, Chalmers Elementary
Songs
Monkeys Come Alive
Podcasts
Once there was an eel named Sammy.
He had a great life and eel good friends.
He also had a family that loved him and always showed it to him.
Sammy always paid his electric bill.
All the people who knew Sammy said he was a very good person.
He also had a pet fish named Timmy.
One day Sammy went to church because he always went to church.
The next day Sammy was on his way to church and he saw sea waste a women screamed my baby a little boy was trapped on a piece of waste.
He went to get the little boy to safety.
And he got the boy free but got stuck.
They also had a funeral for Sammy at church of his poor sweet death.
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By Naomi O., Gabriel T., Alyssa R., Jasmine J., Christofer B., New Sullivan
Podcasts
Once upon a time there was two cousins standing on the beach because they wanted to see the sun go down. There was a butterfly above their heads. The cousins and the butterfly looked down and saw the little lights in the sea. The lights were white. The cousins standed the same. When the butterfly moved, the lights moved. The cousins wanted to figure out what the lights were. Were they fish with lights on their head? Were they reflecting from a mirror nearby? Were they magic? There was a boat shining lights too. When they found out it was fish with lights on their heads- they touched them, they got stung and bit and the lights moved. Then the butterfly flew away- and the lights followed the butterfly. They put a bandanna on their heads, went home and lived happily ever after.
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By Robert, Jalyssa, Yekeen, Cesar, and Ariel, Trumbull Elementary
Podcasts
Once day, Jake and sister Ashley, two nine-year olds, were in the forest. They were going to the store, but they got lost in the forest. They met a lion named Lionel-Jerry and a deer named Kevin. They lion tried to eat Jake and Ashley. He roared, so Jake and Ashley ran away and tripped on a sword that the lion had set up as a trap. They lion caught up to Jake and Ashley and ate them. The lion was still hungry after eating the kids. He sees a deer and starts chasing him. The deer says “please don’t eat me!” They run all the way to the desert. A snake comes and bites the lion because the deer is the snake’s friend. The lion and the snake fight and they both die. The deer runs away, calling for help.
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By Maria L, Kelly H., Tiffany G., 4th Grade, Columbia Explorers Academy
Dialogues
Monkey1: let’s go to the beach oh oh ah ah
Monkey 2: ok oh oh ah ah
Monkey 3: sure oh oh ah ah
Monkeys: (walk)
Monkey 2: (trows a banana)
Monkey 1: do not throw tings to me
Monkey 3: Do not fingt girls.
Monkey 2: (trow tings)
Monkey 3: (Monkey 3 get in)
Monkey 1+2: (start trowing ting to Monkey number 3)
Monkeys: (say sorry)
By Alberto R., 4th Grade, Cleveland School
That's Weird, Grandma
One time there was three old mens they lived in the city. They went to get water and went to the park to talk and read newspaper they had so much fun. The End.
By Dulce H., 4th Grade, Columbia Explorers Academy
That's Weird, Grandma
One day in McDonalds Dulce dicoberd a magical place that had everything a girl will ever want in her whole life. Dulce did not want to share that place because then they will want to steal her key that opens the door. When you open the door that wonderful place will appear. Inside that a girl will want is barbies, toys, clothes, shoes, and lots more.
By Miles B., Gage Park Words@ Play Program
Poems
A Indian name Bobcat, he is a big man.
He can throw a cat out the window.
He will not be sad, he will beat up a big rat that is bigger and huger.
A bobcat is a cat, a big big cat.
Like a lion, tiger, puma, panther.
By Michael F. , 4th Grade, Dewey
One Day i want to go to that water park. It has a lot of water slides, there. I think there is an all you can eat bufeay and a few big swimming-pool, and i especialy want to go to an all you can eat bufeay because i love to eat a lot of delicious foods.
By Michelle C., 4th Grade, Cleveland School
That's Weird, Grandma
There once was a women with a red dress she got it at a funeral she was so selfish she didn’t want to buy one so she took it off someone at the graveyard. The next day she wanted to take it off but she couldn’t! She got a letter and it said “you can’t take it off unless you return it back to the graveyard.” She wrote back and said “who are you and no I won’t give it to you.” The mystery person said “I am dead and I am the oner of that dress.” And if you don’t want to give it back then its going to be sticked to you until you buy another one with your own money and don’t try to take it off or you will die. So the women didn’t believe the mystery person so she tried to take it off but she couldn’t and dropped down without breathing. The house that she lived in was haunted somebody else already lived in it. The woman who had the red dress.
