Second Grade Stories
Second grade students have been reading some entertaining stories in their basal readers the past two weeks. Below is a brief summary of two of the stories that they read. I hope you enjoy the pictures of the kids dressed up as Luka and Leon. Take a look below at the quilt the kids made to go along with the story.
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LUKA'S QUILT
by
Georgia Guback
Tutu ("That's Hawaiian for grandmother") decides to make her granddaughter Luka a special flower-garden quilt. But the traditional two-color Island quilt that Tutu crafts is a far cry from the multicolored quilt Luka has imagined. When Luka complains, "Tutu's eyes got watery, and she quietly turned and went to her room and shut the door." For days afterward, says Luka, "We had nothing to say to each other." At the Lei Day celebration, however, Tutu thinks of a compromise: a rainbow-hued fabric lei to place atop the green-and-white quilt. Together Tutu and Luka sew it, mending their wounds, too. Luka never apologizes, and it is Tutu who must go the extra mile. Nonetheless, like good, real-life relationships, theirs is a work-in-progress, tender and dearly worth the effort.
CARRY GO BRING COME
by
Vyanne Samuels
Leon's sister is getting married in just a few hours, and the family is in a flurry. The wedding cake sits ready in the corner, and the women of the house--mother, grandmother, sisters--are frantic with last minute preparations. Young Leon becomes chief errand boy, with instructions to carry this, go there, bring this, come here, etc.--until he is laden with the bridal veil, a pink silk flower, a pair of blue shoes, yellow gloves, and a green bottle of perfume. The story captures the frenzy and joy of the happy day. In the end, Leon is relieved of his garb, and told that he has to wait to get dressed, so he heads back to bed.
