good things.

The story in our Harcourt book is about a man struggling as a writer.  It's one of the Cynthia Rylant books titled:  Mr. Putter and Tabby.  He thinks and thinks and thinks some more … and struggles to come up with anything but a title and CHAPTER 1.  He spends more time making snacks and napping than writing.

Suddenly, he realizes that he should just spend time writing about the good things in life.

My students started a list today as they finished their work & it spoke volumes to my heart and soul.  Lots of things change as you go from a child to an adult, but good things remain the same.

I know we’re all busy and have a TON to do, but I hope you find a couple of minutes to read through their list … and find that we’re really not much different than 2^nd graders .

• School
• Moms
• Dads
• Sisters
• Brothers
• Animals
• Teachers
• Friends
• Parties
• Cars
• Money
• Rain
• Dogs
• Ipads
• Legs
• Arms
• Kids
• Legos
• Toys
• Horses
• Pigs
• Trees
• Dr. Pepper
• Carrot cake
• Books
• Backpacks
• Clocks
• Dictionaries
• Cats
• People
• People we don’t know yet
• Frogs
• Sun
• New rooms
• Jello
• Yoyos
• Phones
• Banana cake
• Snow
• Snacks
• Puppies
• Space ships
• Ham
• New beds
• Bacon
• Raccoons
• Ice cream
• Showers
• Apples
• Corn
• Butterfinger ice cream
• Muscles
• Socks so your feet don’t stink
• Clothes
• Paper
• Trash cans
• Phones