The Reporter (Vacaville)

SCHOOL NEWZ

- Marilynn Anderson — Marilynn Anderson is the author of “The Catch-Up Kid's Kindergart­en SightWord Reader,” a five-book series, found at Amazon Kindle and Barnes and Noble Nook, in eBook form.

Here is our weekly Funny Fill-in Story. Write down words supplied by friends and family and enjoy the crazy results.

HELLO! I am Mrs. ________, your very _________ history teacher at our famous and __________ school, that is named after __________, a person in your history books! That person had a __________ as a pet, and that's why we have that animal as our school mascot. Our mascot is living with our __________ cafeteria ladies, who feed him fresh _________ daily.

OUR TOWN has a __________ history that is filled with adventures that I am _______ to share with you. Ancient people lived here, and their village is where the store we know as “___________” is located.

THESE PEOPLE grew to be __________ feet tall and did not have ten fingers and ten toes. No, they had _______ fingers and ______ toes. Their noses were ________ inches long, and they all had just one color of hair and that was _________, with _________ streaks. They let their hair grow to be ________ inches long in back and _______ inches long over their foreheads, and ________ long on the sides.

JEWELRY: They commonly wore as many as ______ rings on each finger, and they wore _________ chains made out of _______s, that hung from their _______s.

HUNTING: These ancient people hunted the animal we know as the ________. They ate every part of this _______ creature, except for the ______, which was used for making ________. The men were ________ hunters, and used ________ to capture animals.

FAMILY LIFE: Families were large, having about ________ children. Each person in a family had chores, such as cleaning ________ s, making _______s, taking out the ________, washing _________s, and taking care of the younger children, who complained constantly that their ________ s hurt. Every Saturday night the family would have fun playing a game called “__________” where they tossed _________ , as far as they could throw them, and then tossed ________ at the things they threw. For everything they hit, they were awarded a ________ .

JAIL: This tribe had a jail made from the bones of _______s.

CRIMES: Saying the word “_________,” earned _______ days in jail. Capturing a restricted animal such as a _______ , got ________ days doing hard labor, such as building _______s. Insulting someone by saying his or her family is _________, resulted in sitting on a ________ while playing with a wild _______.

TRANSPORTA­TION: Beginning at age ________, each person rode on common animals, such as _______ s, that could reach speeds of _____ miles an hour!

HOMEWORK: Draw a tribal person from this story. Bring it to our first day of school in August, and win a ________! Happy summertime, everyone!

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