Sentences and Paragraphs
All Grades

Sentences updated April 7, 2000 To use for cut and paste

First Grade:

Here's my deer. My deer feels fine. We find a meal, a free meal. I'll feed my deer. He'll eat the meal. "Here, deer. Try a real meal."

Second Grade:

See my deer! He's high! He's wide! I'm near the deer's feet. "Deer! Deer! I'm here." He hears me. I'll ride my deer. I ride high. See me! See me! See me ride my fine deer! I ride near the sea. I see three trees. I find a leaf. I'll feed my deer the leaf. He eats the leaf. The real deer! See! Here's the real deer! He's the right size.

Third Grade:

As I started back toward the house I spotted a starling perched high on top of the barn, right at the end of the ridgepole. I made a show of looking in the opposite direction, and sure enough, five seconds later I felt a breeze ruffle my hair, heard the slight rustle of his wings, and then the bird was on my shoulder. He had dropped so lightly that if I hadn't known he was coming I might not have felt him land.

Fourth Grade:

Up close, a starling is a beautiful bird. They're not so much black as iridescent--all shifting hues of blue and green, like an oil slick in the sun. And in the fall they're streaked on the breast with rows of perfect white arrow-heads.

Fifth Grade:

The bird farm itself was wonderful. The eagle came down out of the sky just like Dave said it would. Mr. Campbell made us stand back--he said the eagle had never seen that many people in one bunch before. But the eagle didn't seem to care. He was so beautiful...and yet so fierce. In that whole crowd not one kid made a sound when the eagle came down.

The teacher's screams could be heard throughout the school as the student attempted to recapture his snake and return it to the aquarium.

She did an act of kindness,
In an almost carefree way,
But it made such a difference
As I labored through the day;
My thoughts were optimistic,
My deeds reflected caring.
Oh, the joy that someone starts
Who takes the time for caring.