Perseverance Snapshot- Isaac #2

Perseverance

By: Isaac Korenthal  

Mrs. Krueger’s 5th Grade

February 2, 2017

When I first got to BizTown, we sat down and had a meeting in town square. They asked all the CFOs to head to their businesses. As the CFO of BZTV, I got to sit down at my desk, start working on my computer, and printed everyone's payroll checks. I accidentally looked at a different manual that was a practice one from the school. It listed all fake bills numbers to be paid that I did, but was not supposed to. The lady from the head of BizTown came into my office as I happily celebrated getting my bills done. She asked me what I was doing. I told her that I finished paying my bills, but she didn't understand how that was possible since I hadn't received any invoices. I said, "What?!?" and stared at her in disbelief. She told me that I had looked at the wrong manual and showed me the correct one. I spent the next 15 minutes trying to cancel all my checks. Finally, when I finished, I waited and waited for the invoices to come, but they never came. The only thing that came was an invoice from UPS that said I had to buy supplies from them. It turns out that our ad executive lost our invoices so we never had time to pay them. All this time, I was feeling scared, my legs were tingling and I could barely walk...but I still had to run around and get my job done.

When I got back from break, there was a huge stack of invoices to be paid, bigger than the first stack, at my desk. I had to do all of them, including the first stack. I quickly rushed through the first stack and then I made it halfway through the second stack when most of the companies came to me demanding that I pay these bills. I felt freakishly scared because the bill collectors demanding payment didn't realize how hard I was working.  Then, Alen, the ad executive, dumped a bunch of checks from other companies onto my desk. I had no idea what I was supposed to do with them. I finally realized that I was supposed to deposit them at the bank to pay off our loan. I started to separately print each deposit ticket and ran to Key Bank to deposit them. The bank teller didn't know what to do; the CFO didn't know what to do. The CEO kindly accepted my payment. I was excited that I was finally getting somewhere with paying off the loan. BUT, around 5 minutes later, the lady in charge of BizTown came back, holding the checks. She said they were invalid. When I asked her why, she said, "Because you were supposed to combine all of the deposit tickets onto one deposit ticket and then turn it in. I threw away those deposit slips and starting printing new ones, working out all the checks correctly.

At the end of the day, we were $73 short of paying off our loan. But, because of the TV station running throughout the town, we received $120 and were able to pay off our loan and netted a profit of $56 (which can go a long way in BizTown). I was super excited, but I also felt exhausted! I  Q'sappreciated my dad a lot more.

On the bus ride home, the two boys I was sitting next to were screaming and yelling and shouting in weird voices...so I was never able to sleep like I had hoped. It wasn't until I got home that I was able to eat my lunch because my day at BizTown was so busy. Overall, I loved working as CFO of BZTV. I have made the decision to work hard in life and never give up.

Kindness Snapshots- Tuleen and Kayla Mrs Wold's 1st Grade Class. #1

The Story of Kindness

Illustrated by: Tuleen

Mrs.Wold’s 1st Grade Class

When someone is sad cheer them up!

When someone is mad say , cheer up!

When someone is sad say, what's wrong?

When someone is happy, play with them?

When someone does not feel good take them to the office!

Kind is being a good friend😉. Mean is not being a friend☹.

Kindness!!!

Illustrated by: Kayla

Mrs.Wold’s 1st Grade Class

At our school we have GREAT teachers, like Mrs.Wold, Mrs.Nielsen, and Mrs.Grant. Mrs.Wold is my first grade teacher she is kind and sweet to her class. I hope you get her as your teacher. I can not wait until Monday!

Brave Snapshot- Abigail (3rd Grade) #1

Being Brave!!!

By Abigail

3rd grade, Mrs Aaberg

“Abigail, pack up, you’re going home,” my teacher said.   I knew I was going to the doctor. My mom was waiting in the office when I got there.

“Where is your brother?” she asked. Right then My brother, Isaac, came running in. We dropped Isaac off at piano before I went to the doctor.

As I drove there, I felt like nothing was going to happen because I didn’t know what was coming.

At the doctor, my mom had to fill out a form to check in. When they called my name, I went into the room and laid on the bed. The nurse introduced herself to us. She told us the doctor had a substitute today, then she left the room. A few minutes later, the doctor came in. “Hi,” she said, “I am the substitute for the doctor. The nurse will numb your hand.” Then she left.

“What?” I asked my mom. “What does she mean about numbing?” I felt scared because I had no idea what was happening. I thought, “Is it going to hurt? Is she going to put a cream on it?” My mind was spinning.

The nurse came in with a tube of something. “This will help you with the shot.”

“SHOT!?” I thought. “How big is the shot?” I asked.

“Do you want to see it?” asked the nurse. My mom said “no,” but I said “yes.” The nurse pulled a shot out of her pocket. She said it was the smallest shot they had. I looked at it, and it didn’t look very bad. I was still so scared because I didn’t like needles.

“Can you tell me what is going to happen, step by step?” I asked.

“Oh, of course,” said the nurse in an I was going to do that already voice.

I clutched my mom’s hand and faced her. The nurse held my hand and said, “Okay, I am going to do it now.” I closed my eyes and squeezed my mom’s hand with my other hand. It did hurt, but when the nurse started talking to me, it took my mind off of the shot.

Finally, after what felt like hours, the nurse took the needle out and said, “You’re done.”

“Yeah,” I thought, “now I get to go.” But, a few minutes later the doctor came in and said, “Okay, now it’s time for the surgery.”

I thought, “Surgery!?” My mind was screaming. I felt like I was going to cry. The doctor said I wouldn’t feel anything because I was numbed, but I was still very afraid.

Before I knew it, I was laying down with my hand up above my head as they were cutting a chunk of my hand. My mom almost passed out as she watched. The doctor said, “This might smell a little weird,” as she picked up a tool. I didn’t smell anything, but eventually realized it was the smell of burning flesh. It was mine!

When I finished, the doctor let me look at it. “Wow,” I thought when I was looking at it, “I went through a lot and I was very brave.” I was so brave, I asked for some stickers. She told me I could have two, so I got one for me and one for Mrs. Krueger.

Kindness Snapshot- Annabelle #2

The Girl on the Track

By Annabelle Thome

It is cold and and I don’t even get why I go out here. I have no friends to play with. I didn’t like going out to recess. Can you blame me? I didn’t have any friends to hang out with. I did not have anyone to just talk with. Everyone had their groups, I had myself. One day I was walking on the track by myself. I saw a girl just like me, by herself. I thought she wanted to be alone. But, I thought that maybe she would want some company. So, I jogged over to ask her if she wanted company. To this very day I am so glad that she said yes. Just a couple days ago she told me that she was inspired by my kindness. She was going to do the same.

The moral of this true story is that kindness spreads. If you can be nice maybe someone else would be too.   

Force Field for Good Rubric

Force Field for Good Rubric

This website is inspired by Barry Lane coming to our school Scholls Heights Elementary school. This website is useful since it helps with our PBIS, and especially our writing skills.The purpose of this website is for kids to be able to write descriptive snapshots and be able to get them put on the blog, so other people can read a few stories of anothers' moments. 
About Us

Just two caring tech savvy fifth graders determined to make a difference and leave a little good in the world. Special thanks to our teacher, Mrs.Krueger and Mrs Carter the District Innovative Specialist. Most importantly, to Barry Lane who spreads love all over the world.
Anna & Kylie

Patience Snapshot- Isaac #1

“My word is patience,” announced Joey “can you say it?”

“Patience.” The class repeated.

“Can you spell it?”  

“P-A-T-I-E-N-C-E”

“Patience is the the capacity to accept or tolerate delay, trouble, or suffering without getting angry or upset.” Explained Joey.

He continued but Elroy tuned him out. He could not stand still. Elroy could smell lunch. He looked at the clock. Tick Tick Tick, 21 more words to go and 20 minutes and 45 seconds to go. 19 words and 17 minutes and 38 seconds to go. Then finally ten nine eight seven, Elroy’s hand twitched. Six five four, Elroy could not stand it. He pushed in his blue chair and ran out of the classroom. His shoes slipped. Seconds later he was in the principal’s office. That day Elroy learned that patience  plays an important role in his life.

Over the next few days Elroy used patience in all the things he did. He ended up making a new friend and is now not known as the kid who could never wait.

“Patience is the the capacity to accept or tolerate delay, trouble, or suffering without getting angry or upset.”

That is the word of the month.  

Kindergarten Slideshow