Travis’s 2nd Grade Mind & World
Ms. Smith, Travis’s 2nd Grade Teacher from Forest Ranch School, encouraged the children to do their best guess spelling when they were writing in their journals.  Here are his thoughts from his April & May journals, when he was 7 years old in 1994 – They make me smile!

APRIL

5th: Today is the 5th day of April.

6th: I finisht my last soccer game not last Saderday but the ether one. I loste it but I stile got a trofey.

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7th: I love my mom and dad and my Brothers, my family and GOD and JESUS!

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11th: I love my mom and daad so so so so so so so so so so so so so much, and I love God so so so so so much

12th: I never want to fly in a spase shetle in outerspas. 2nd Grade Journal Photo

14th: Yesterday my mom tolk my temputer and it was 100.3 and I stade home then she took it again and it was 99.8 and today it was 98. someting.

15th: I want to have M.S. Smith’s beard’s (birds) I like theam.

18th: I like Dale he is my best frend he lik’es me and Jared. Jared lik’se Dale to beceus he gives us lots of stuf. 2nd Grade Journal Photo 2nd Grade Journal Photo 2nd Grade Journal Photo

19th: I love my Mom and Dad and my Brouther’s and my family                    

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20th: I love my mom and dad and my brother’s and my family so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so much! Exspeshely GOD and JESUS.

21st: A grl in my class named tabitha braing two berd’s in the cass!

22nd: I have a splenter in my hand and it hert’s. If sombuty go’s to the sun thay will bloe up. (bam!)

25th: I stil have a splenter in my hand but it dusent hert.

It is snoing at my house.

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26th: today is Tuesday and my class and I is going on a feld trip on friday! And I want to ride in kiek’s car

27th: Not tomoroo but the next day my class and I is going on a feld trip and I love feld trips!

28th: I love my mom and dad and I love my family.  I wan’t to get a dog.

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29th: I have a pen pal named Logan Jones. And rian in my class his mom is Logan’s techer.


MAY

3rd: A boy named Ryan (in my class) in-vited me to his party, he is turning aete and I am happy.

4th: Tomoro, (May 5th) is Singgodaymaio (Cinco de Mayo) and that is my mom’s Birthday I love her and I am happy, (I shard it today)!



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5th: Today is my mom’s Birthday and Im, so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so happy!

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I like to swim, plae, minicher golf, fish, get presents.


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9th: I do not like carsten becus he is mean to me.

I love my family so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so much!

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10th: I have to go the bath room and it is reses. My grama and grampa came over to my house.   I love my family so much. (are you glad I did not wright tons of so’s.)

13th: My brother’s wen’t to the Men’s Retret, but I am to letel so I cold not go and my mom and I are alon.

16th: I want to drive a car every day.

17th: it is olmost my Birthday in about eleven week’s well not relye that much

18th: In two more munths I am going to have a big Birthday and I am happy!

19th: I want to go Kamping but I am going in the sumer.


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20th: There was a man and he went up to Outerspas and he saw stars, fyor-balls, planets, the moon, satorn and ether things like thaght.


23rd: I love my house I never want to leav it I want to allwase stae in it and I allwase want to stae in Forest Ranch, And I love my hole intiore family, Moste of all I love GOD!


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24th: I have a lose toth and I am tringe to pull it out.

25th: I want to name all the songs I like: are God is an osum God, are God rains, are peace, and can it be, rejoys in the world.

26th: I have rote amoste every thing I no I am glad that school is out so I can have a rest./out of school.

27th: I want to have a good day and I dont want iny buty to rune it expeshaly Richard, becus wen ever Richard is doing something I dont like I tell and he lise about wat he did.