Good morning CE!

This morning's blog post is brought to you by Michal's CE class, also known as: Jackson, Sabrina, Chelsea, Presley, Maxx, Faith, Daiana, Timothy, Collin, Lydia, Xavier, Kaylee, Esther, Julia, Cassie, and Lea. Each morning, we start out with writing a goal, a discovery, and journaling what we did the day before. Then we dive into our activity. One day, we wrote Ancient Doorway poems. Another morning, we did Super Speedy Stories, and this morning, we did a PAUSE activity, using pictures from Pageant. Here are some examples of what we've been doing!

Ancient Doorway poem:
The door shrouded in shade
The branches arch over the path
The door slowly creaking open
The land of the fairies

Walking through the door we see wondrous sights
A glowing cave, blinding to the eyes
Beyond the crashing waterfall lies their secrets
The land of the fairies

Vines grasping at the walls
Flowers blooming from the ground
A rocky path narrowing into a home
The land of the fairies.

Super Speedy Story
There once was a brittle old man. He was very wise. He taught his grandson everything he knew. All the magic in the world now obeyed his loving grandson. One day the grandson asked the old man a question. "What is the most important thing for somebody to have?" asked the grandson."Only you can answer that." he said. Because of these wise words, he will always look for an answer to the question. As he grew up more something tragical happened. His dog died. He grew up with this dog. Despite this loss, he was determined to find the answer to the question. The grandson searched everywhere he could think of. He asked monks this question. They only said "You have to find that answer yourself." Two years later, he found the answer. The answer was that the most important thing somebody could have is one's family and one's self.

Ancient Doorways Poem:
Behind his door are a bunch of old ancient Greek ruins.
Also, there are a lot of tourists.
None of the locals ever come to the ruins, because they all know the story behind the walls already.
If you go behind his door, you will be surprised on how ruined these ruins really are.
You will realize how much money you wanted to go behind the door and you will be sad.

Super Speedy Story:
There was once a child named Bob. He was a kind person. Whenever he saw an old man, he'd help him. He was always there whenever he needed help. H helped with stuff like groceries and helping him clean his house. He also had a special ability that nobody had. He could read minds. This power proved helpful when the man needed something for Bob to do. Then one day something spectacular happened. Somebody knocked on the door. It was his role model. "Oh my gosh!" yelled Bob. He couldn't believe what his eyes were telling him. It was Captain Raven. Then Captain Raven and Bob lived together happily ever after.

PAUSE story:
Rob was walking down the street when he saw his old friend John. Rob decided to follow him, since he was bored and he was going home anyway. John seemed to go into a bar, so Rob went in as well. As he went inside, four cats went up to him and greeted him. John turned and saw his cats snuggling against Rob. John called them over and looked at Rob. "Rob, is that you?" John asked. Rob nodded and replied, 'Yes, it is, John. Where were you all this time? You never contacted me anymore!" John sighed. "I'm sorry, but I cannot tell you why." Rob guessed it was important but his curiosity took over him. "Tell me! I haven't talked to you in a long time and you're my friend! I have a right to know why!" "No, you don't." "Yes, I do!" "No." "Yes!" "No." "Yes!" "Fine! I'm a detective for the police, and it was supposed to be a secret!" "What?" "And you are arrested for robbing a bank last Saturday, Robber Rob!" John handcuffed him and took him to the police. Rob was enraged but he decided to listen to John because John was right about him robbing a bank, and because how as a good friend that helps the community.

PAUSE story:
Mrs. Gallagher was reading the book "Oliver Twist" by Charles Dickens. "This is boring," complained Jack. "You're right," Sandy said in agreement. Then Jack threw the book across the room and it hit Mrs. Gallagher. The teacher, fazed, quickly recovered and yelled, "Jack! I will not tolerate these shenanigans!" Go have a time-out!" Jack then fired back, "No! I'm leaving this dumb class, you tyranist! Good day to you!" Then Jack and his fellow gang stormed out of the room which left seven students. The teacher, flustered, put down her book and said, he face reddening, "um... well, children, it's nap item!" The seven students then napped as the teacher ran out of the classroom and moved to Ethiopia. The end.

We're excited to share more with you on Tuesday at the Parent Presentation!