I had a homework assignment to write a story using ten of my spelling words and six possessive pronouns. And I did it! My spelling words are bold in the story.
The Bathtub Tsunami
Once my mom left the bathtub running there was no turning back. At the time she was thinking about her overgrown plants outside. But then she realized that it was almost midnight and so she went to bed even though she still had work to do.
But when she woke up it was already 7:25 and she had to be at work at 7:30. She rushed out the door and got a speeding ticket for going to work at 40 miles per hour. When she came home she noticed that her plants were watered. “It’s almost like they watered themselves” she said. The moment she opened the door a giant wave of water fell on top of her.
Nearby, a baseball game that was in overtime had the final catch of the game until the wave of water had taken the ball away and took it all the way to the crowd. It was a grand slam!
Pretty soon the wave got to the Midwest and flooded a school in Illinois. The students were taking their pretests on prefixes. But because of the wave they got pushed outdoors and all of their tests got drenched and they all got Fs.
Last, the wave came to a library and soaked all of the books. The way my mom paid the people is by giving them all prepaid gift cards and returned her overdue library books to the librarian.
The End
Can you guess what my spelling strategy was for this week? Take a look at the bold words and tell me what they have in common in the blog comments.
tsunami photo credit: omnos via photopin cc
plants photo credit: JD-UY via photopin cc
IMHO...thoughts from a Windy City kid 