The Reporter (Vacaville)

Field trip: Lets all go to the zoo!

- Marilynn Anderson is the author of “Funny Fill-In Stories for Laughing Out Loud,” found in eBook form at Amazon Kindle and Barnes and Noble Nook.

Hunt up words from family and friends to fill in the blanks, and you will create a barrel of laughs.

SURPRISE! Everyone from _________ School is in for a treat! We are all going on a _________ field trip to the zoo! Yes, our fundraiser paid off and we have enough money to hire ________ buses and pay for our whole student body to go to ________ Zoo! Congratula­tions for selling ________s for $______ each, because it really paid off. You sold ______ of these things, and that makes you ________ kids champion salespeopl­e!

YES! We had a choice of the zoo, or going to ________ to see the ________. The zoo won out because the animal we know as the _________ , had twin babies! We want you to have a ________ time as a _______ celebratio­n for this school year ending, and a new and _______ semester starting in August!

FUN! We have a list of animals to visit. Among the top animals are the ________, the ________, and of course, the mysterious ________. You can even take selfies with the gigantic _______.

THINGS TO BRING: Your backpacks should have these things inside: ________, a ________, some ________s, and a sturdy ________. You will need a sack lunch and you might bring this many water bottles: _______. You can bring some money if you want to buy a _________.

BE PREPARED: This trip to the zoo will last _______ hours. After we return to school, you will be assigned to write a ______ story about the trip. The story should be at least _______ pages, and should have ________ illustrati­ons. Draw pictures of your favorite _______ animals, and we especially want to see a picture of a ________, because that _______ animal visited us in a school assembly!

YAY! A ________ photograph­er from our local newspaper, “The ________,” is coming with us to the zoo. Pictures of you may appear on the internet, so be sure to dress well. We want you to look especially ________.

NOTE: We are taking a lot of ________ chaperones with us, as many as _______, and each one will be assigned to watch after ________ students. Now, if you are careful, we might have another ________ field trip next ________ school year. We are thinking about a new fundraiser, selling _______ for $_______ each. Some of the money will be used to buy a ________ for our school nurse. We had enough $$ from this zoo fundraiser, to buy a _______ for our cafeteria. The workers all said, “_______!”

PERMISSION SLIPS: Your parents must approve you coming to the zoo. If they do not sign the slip, you will stay at school and play _______ all day long, with our school mascot, the ______! Good luck and “bye” for now!

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