Finish the Story - “The Troublemaker”

“The Troublemaker”

Directions: Read the story below. Then finish it with your own writing.

Allison had a bad night on Saturday. She went to the Smith’s house to babysit their son, Jake, and
daughter, Lisa. Jake is four years old. He gets into a lot of trouble. He started the night by pouring his
glass of milk all over the floor during dinner.
“Clean that up,” Allison ordered.
“You can’t tell me what to do,” Jake responded. He ran away from the dinner table.
“I’m bored. I want to play a game,” Lisa whined.
“Jake, if you clean up your mess we can play a game,” Allison said.
“Okay,” Jake said. Allison gave him a handful of paper towels and he used them to clean up the
milk. “I want to play hide-and-seek,” he said.
“Okay, I will be the seeker first,” Allison said. “You two have thirty seconds to hide!” Allison
covered her eyes with her hands and counted slowly from one to thirty.
“Ready or not, here I come!” she called. Allison walked downstairs and peeked into the kitchen
closet. Nobody was inside. She checked under the couches in the living room. She looked in the garage.
Allison decided that nobody was hiding downstairs, so she walked upstairs and continued her search. She
opened the door to Lisa’s bedroom and found her hiding under the bed.
“I found you!” she squealed. “Okay, now help me find Jake,” she told Lisa. Allison and Lisa
searched all over the house. They could not find Jake.
“It has been twenty minutes and he is nowhere in sight,” Allison thought. “I wonder where he is.”
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Finish the Story - “The Beach Trip”

“The Beach Trip”

Directions: Read the story below. Then finish it with your own writing.

I had a fun day today. I went to the beach with my family. It was my first time I had gone to the
beach in North Carolina.
We woke up early and drove for two hours until we reached the beach. There was a lot of traffic.
We finally found a parking spot and walked to the sand. It was pretty outside and the beach was very
crowded. There were a lot of kids playing.
My dad set up a big umbrella. I laid my towel out on the sand. My mom helped me put on
sunscreen. I didn’t want to get sunburned.
I walked down to the water and stuck my toes in. The water was warm. It felt good. I walked back
to my family and told my brother to come swimming with me.
“I don’t want to,” he said.
“Why not?” I asked.
“I’m afraid of sharks,” he said.
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Finish the Story - “The Snow Day”

“The Snow Day”

Directions: Read the story below. Then finish it with your own writing.

My sister woke me up early this morning. She ran into my room before the alarm clock went off.
“Look outside!” she yelled.
I got out of bed and looked out the window. All that I could see was white snow! There was a man
shoveling the sidewalk in front of our house.
Mom came into the room. She brought us each a mug of hot chocolate.
“No school today!” she said. I was very happy. My sister was happy, too.
Mom left the room to find our snow clothes. She gave me my blue snowsuit. She also gave me a
hat and mittens.
“What are you going to do today with no school?” she asked.
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