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Ramon’s story, October 14:I played in the block center. Build car. Right there game center. Bus bumpy. Play cars. I like playdough. Library. Sand table. Play outside.
The End
Ramon’s story, April 14:
The Running Big Bad Wolf
A big bad wolf killed all the people. He ate them. He went to the park and ate the fish. The shark was in the water. The shark ate the bad wolf. The shark was playing with him friends. They drink water. The alligator was in the water, too. They were fighting.
The alligator won. He went to drink from the water fountain. He went to the park doing exercise. The daddy at the water fountain said, “Stop fighting.”
The End
How Ramon, a non-native speaker in a bi-lingual classroom, went from the first story to the last story and what he might have learned along the way is the story we want to share.
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