Ms. Yassky's 5th Grade Group 1
Age 5
My very voice is soft and playful.
Loving bubble baths.
Having dreads.
Age 7
Being taller and faster.
Smart and creative.
Age 11
I am a tall, smartest ant.
I am the fastest in class.
I am very funny with friends.
1-5
I’m tiny, waiting to be BIG.
I woke up at 5.
I know my number at 5.
5-10
I looked at bit fat.
I had so much fun.
I could cook bread.
Age 11
There are fake friends.
4 or 5 friends.
Less happy.
Age 5
I am an only child, like a lone wolf.
But I still have my parents with me to help me hunt.
Age 7
A new wolf joined our family.
He needs help to hunt since mom and dad aren’t here right now.
Ms. Yassky's 5th Grade Group 2
Age 5
Life is all unicorns.
Everybody loves me.
Toys are very fun.
Oh Hey Jaray.
Age 8
Everybody wants to be my friend.
I love to cook and help.
I have to clean up my room.
Age 11
Life is just now a dark cloud.
Now it’s a lot o crying and sadness.
Fake friends, Fake Smiles, now
just about music, my fav song
is when I’m sad is darkness.
Age 1-5
I was small like a mouse.
I was growing a lot of hair
At 5 my mom cut it.
Age 5-7
I grew my hair again.
I was very happy.
I was emo when I was 7.
Age 7-10
I got back on my grind when I was 8.
I got glasses when I was 9.
When I turned 10 everything changed.
My mental health, school is mentally
draining me.
Age 5
I’m happy.
I get fun things.
Getting bullied a bit.
Age 8
More responsibilities.
Trouble controlling my emotions.
lots and lots of crying.
Age 10
Doing too much.
Not a lot of friends.
Get’s made fun of.
Not a lot of free time.
Lot’s of work.
Ms. Henry's 6th grade Group 1
Age 2
Happy Mickey Mouse
Sneaky like Spiderman
I was loud as a clock tower.
Age 8
Life is getting as hard as math.
Voice squeaky like basketball shoes.
Age 11
Growing old like a worn-out shoe.
My voice loud like a lion.
voice keeps going like an engine.
Age 5
I was a funny as a comedy show.
I was as fun as playing in the park.
I was as sweet as a nerd rope.
Age 8
I was a playful as a prankster.
I was as interesting as a book.
My voice was as loud as an activist.
Age 12
I am as bold as a teacher.
I am as strong as my dad.
I am as talkative as a bird.
Age 3
At the age of 3 I took risk.
Dressing myself and more fun being myself.
Eating without sharing.
Age 8
At age 8 it was hard. I had a lot things to do.
At age 8 I still had fun but it was hard, was scary.
It was easy to shoot hoops.
Age 12
At age 12 it’s hard to be myself.
It’s like I wish I was young again.
I don’t have any time to be myself.
Ms. Henry's 6th grade Group 2
Age 5
Life is happy and exciting like your birthday.
It feels free and fearless like a pigeon flying.
I love going to the beach.
Age 9
Things are getting rough like the bark on a tree.
School is difficult like climbing Mount Everest.
Life is not fun, like eating tomatoes. Yuck!
Age 11
Life is like I’m falling from the sky with no parachute.
At this point it feels like life is about fake friends, fake memories.
On top of that, responsibilities. It all feels like the lonely
dark part of the Pacific Ocean.
Age 5
I was learning to ride a bike
on a hot summer day at an island.
It was bigas the U.S.
Age 9
I had the best time of my life
with my Dad and my Mom.
I saw the world.
Fun at age 9.
Age 12
I had my 12th birthday.
I came to the U.S. at age 11.
At age 12 I wanted to go back home
to my country to see my dad, friends.
A time, I was 2 months.
I crawled like a worm.
or got fed like a bird.
or sensitive as a bee.
When I was 4 I was scared as a fly
or when I was shy like a butterfly.
Or when I was cool like a lion.
My current age 12, I’m old as a tree,
still as a rock, collecting things like a bee.