Mrs. Bonness's Gifted Class

This page is just for the students of Mrs. Bonness
at Conn-West Elementary School!

Ladycow is another name for Ladybug Aphids are meals for Ladybugs Dad Ladybugs have a big job Young ladybugs don’t have spots Beetles are related to Ladybugs Unpleasant smell Green leaves are for eggs to be laid on By Collin, Grade 2	Ladybugs lay eggs. Are they insects? Dirt is where they live. Yellow is the color of their eggs. But do you know what they eat? Ugly aphids is what they eat! Goes with a male and mates. By Brooke, Grade 2	Ladybugs are very gentle. And they fly. Do you know that they hibernate? You know what? I know about Ladybugs. Beetles are like ladybugs. I think they get married. Read book about ladybug Do you know how to spell ladybug? So now you know about ladybugs! By Carrie, Grade 2
Love aphids Aphids are bad to leaves Days pass by Yellow sticky eggs Baby ladybugs are larvae Ugly larvae Gardens hate aphids So the ladybug comes to rescue them. By Dakota, Grade 2	Live for 3 – 4 weeks Aphids are yummy Die after they lay eggs Yong ladybugs are cute Bug Ugly in pupa Good for your garden By Hannah, Grade 2	Ladybugs lay eggs. Aphids are snacks for ladybugs Days keep getting longer for us and shorter for ladybugs. You don’t like ladybugs? Bugs are cool. Ugly larvae right? Great, we are getting more ladybugs. Stephen likes ladybugs. By Stephen, Grade 2
Ladybugs can be different colors. Aphids are ladybugs favorite food. Day are night ladybugs eat aphids. Yellow sticky eggs Big black spots. Unpleasant smell Great for gardens. By Jazmin, Grade 2	Larva is born form a egg. A pupa is the second stage. Different kinds of spots. Yellow ladybugs are cool. Bugs hate ladybug I’ve loved ladybugs. Real ladybugs red, orange, yellow. Dogs hate ladybugs. By Alyson, Grade 1	Ladycows are cool. And they eat aphids. Did you know animals are afraid of ladycows? Yes I did. Cowardly is an option but some prefer not to. On and off leaves some times laying eggs. Would you want to be one? By Tyler, Grade 2
Larva Abdomen Don’t be grouchy ladybug Yucky ladybug Bye-Bye ladybug Unusual to see a ladybug mate Grouchy By Travis, Grade 2	Ladybugs lay eggs. Aphids eat plants. Different kinds of spots. You are our friends ladybugs. Born orange. Under leaves are aphids. Grown-up ladybugs mate. By Miranda, Grade 1	Ladybugs eat aphids. Aphids are afraid of Ladybugs. Different Ladybugs have no spots. You know that Ladybugs can fly. Bugs are like Ladybugs but Ladybugs eat aphids and other bugs don’t. Under leaves are aphids. Grown-up Ladybugs mate. By Gerson, Grade 1
	Long life. Aphids are there favorite food. Die after laying eggs. Young ladybugs are little. Bugs are different shapes, colors, and sizes. Unpleasant smell. Green aphids. By Chrissy, Grade 2

Paul is nice A logger is what Paul was Unusual Paul Loud stomping Chrissy Grade 2	Polite Awesome cutter Unusual Liked his ox Hannah Grade 2	Power in his strength A huge man Unlikely to be mean Loves Babe his big blue ox Adrianna Grade 2
Big blue ox Above a mountain Babe Exciting ox Brandon Grade 2	Paul is big and strong A logger like Paul is mighty strong! Unlikely Paul gives up. Loggers have to be big and mighty. Travis Grade 2	Paul was a logger And he’s still planting trees Unusually you can’t see him Likely you can find Paul in the forest Tyler Grade 2
Babe the big blue ox Above the trees Big blue ox Everybody loved him Alyson Grade 1	Babe the big blue ox As usual, they chop down the trees But at the end they plant trees instead of chop them down! Excitedly, they both plant trees all around the U.S. Jarrod Grade 2	Paul made the Grand Canyon and Mt. Rushmore A big strong man. Used a big ax. Lived in Maine. Jazmin Grade 2
	Babe is a big blue ox. He grew up big and strong. He lives with Paul Bunyan. And, he was found in blue snow. That’s why he was an unusual blue, and Paul was glad to have him. But…he grew so big and bigger and bigger than a bear. He was really big. The End Brooke Grade 2

Once A Mouse Two

A different ending to the story Once a Mouse by Marcia Brown
A Cooperative Story by Jazmin, Brandon, Hannah, Adriana, Travis, and Alyson

Once upon a time in the middle of the forest in India, the hermit was frustrated with the tiger who was showing off. So the hermit made the tiger come to his hut. In the hut, he told the tiger, “Stop showing off!” Along came a cat who looked similar to the tiger. The hermit invited the cat in the hut. When the cat came in, the tiger and the cat got into a fight. Then a black crow flew into the hut. The hermit stopped the fight between the cat and the tiger. The cat and the tiger had been fighting so they hadn’t seen the crow fly in. Not long after the fight ended, a dog walked in. Finally the cat and the tiger noticed the crow and the dog in the hut. The cat climbed up on the chair to get a better look at the crow. The dog walked in front of the crow to protect him from the cat. A forest mouse ran into the hut. The mouse and the dog were friends. When the cat and the mouse saw each other, the mouse jumped behind the dog. The dog didn’t know who to protect. The hermit ordered all of the animals out of the hut because they were all squished inside. The hermit was happy since all of the animals made it out safely. The dog, cat, crow, tiger, and mouse got into a big fight. The hermit ordered the animals to stop fighting. The hermit came out of the hut with a string for the cat to play with. He used his magic to create toys for all of the animals. The dog got a bone. The tiger got a toy squeaky mouse. The mouse got some toy cheese. The crow got a toy fish. And the hermit was proud of what he did for the animals, as they never fought again. The end.

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