We returned from a three week winter break on January 10. With that much time off, the kids are full of stories to tell and not really ready to sit for six hours and work. So I took the opportunity to have "morning meeting" time, where kids tell and listen to stories. It's great practice for our listening and speaking standards, and it warms up the kids for school.
Anyway, the kids met in groups to select stories that they would tell to the whole class. Here are three of the winners.
1. Yennifer went to the mountains where it was snowing. She and her cousins went down a snowy hill on a sled. As their speed picked up, they noticed an obstacle in their path--a snowman! They plowed into the snowman, causing internal damage and decapitation. All humans survived.
2. Jana's uncle died--her mother's brother. She didn't know him because he lives in Mexico. Her mother didn't go to the funeral because if she went to Mexico, she wouldn't be able to come back to the United States.
3. Michelle's Christmas Eve was eventful. A man with a gun ran into the courtyard of their housing complex. She and her relatives watched from inside their house. Police came and wrestled the man to the ground. He dropped his gun. Helicopters circled the house for the next hour or so.
When we have morning meeting, the stories always go the same way: airy, humorous stories mixed in with tales from the hood. After all these years, I shouldn't be surprised.
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