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J writes a story

So I spent most of Superbowl Sunday working in my classroom but I did stop long enough to get this precious story from J on video.  I am sad that I missed the previous story about the gorgeous prince though. :)

Here is the translation:

Once upon a time there was a princess and a mermaid. And then, once upon a time there was a cowboy. And then, there was a queen. The queen has a crown.  And then there was a mean mermaid and it stealed the queenses crown.  The queen was sad and she did not get another crown ever, ever again.  So she tiptoed to the woman’s room carefully and did not wake up the woman. And they did wake up the woman and tiptoed fast back to the crown.  And the queen said, “no more tipping” we took the crown already so, then they were at the woman’s and tiptoed carefully again and the mermaid was back to sleep. 

Hmm!  That must be a wot of words. 

Wouldn't it be great to have kids tell a story on flip video or ipad video?  

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  2. Hi Amanda
    Great name - my daughter's name. :o) My blog is about teaching and motherhood too..you might like it. Come visit me sometime. You are sooo close to 100 followers. :o) I'm your newest one.
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