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As the Good Book says, if you spit in the air, it lands in your face.

Joy Scaglione — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 07:31:14 +0000

I’ve just added a batch of pictures from our high school’s production of Fiddler on the Roof, which was performed this weekend (and quite fantastically, I might add). I had a wonderful few months working with the students, doing hair and makeup design, and cutting more fabric for costumes than I care to remember. You can see all the pictures here.

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I’ll Let You Eat My Friends Part 2

Joy Scaglione — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 08:54:14 +0000

My previous post explored the minds of third graders as they contemplated food chains… I now bring you even more hilarious letters written from the perspectives of predators and their prey, courtesy of my fellow third grade teacher Robin and her clever students (who are way funnier than mine).

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Dear Lion,
Please don’t eat me. No, you’re my enemy, I will eat you! Please, if you don’t eat me I will tell the staff to give you extra meat. Ok. Thank you.
Your Friend Zebra

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Dear Predator,
I am already dead. You are too late. I am already in a bear’s body.
Your disgusting prey, Fish.

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Dear Worm,
Will you come to my house for dinner? Because I want to eat you. You taste so good. You taste so good my mouth is watering. Please come. Please.
Your really nice friend, Bird.

Dear Bird,
I will not come. Because you are going to eat me. Do not eat me. Please.
Worm

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Dear Wolf,
I heard your letter and that makes me crazy. So do not write that letter again. And do not eat us, eat others like cows.
From, Skunk

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Dear Constrictor,
What things do you like to eat? I don’t mean like squirrels or moles, I mean like seasoning. Do you like squirrels that ate chestnuts or birds that ate seeds? Pelase make a list of the animals you eat and what you want them to eat. Send the list to me.
Your meal, Rabbit

Dear Rabbit,
You tasted horrible, what in the world did you eat? You tasted like apples with salt and spinach. I wish I hadn’t given in to you. Tell me how to get this taste off my tongue.
Your friend, Constrictor

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Dear Tiger,
Please do not eat me. Please take the energy from somewhere else. I know you don’t always eat monkeys, so instead can you please eat that other animal. Please help.
Monkey

Dear Monkey,
Thank you for existing. You are very yummy in my tummy. Thank you for the energy you give me, it helps me run.
Your enemy, Tiger

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Dear Anteater,
Please don’t eat me. If you eat me I will bite on your mouth.
Your prey, Ant

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Dear Penguin,
I am coming to eat you. I am hungry to eat a penguin. I’m coming at midnight to eat you. P.S. You should be ready before I am there.
Your predator, Seal

Dear Seal,
Please do not eat me . I want to live on the earth. I like the earth a lot, please. Let me live on the earth. P.S. I am not going to be here at midnight.
Your prey, Penguin

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I’ll Let You Eat My Friends

Joy Scaglione — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 01:11:24 +0000

As a part of our science unit on food chains, I had my third graders write letters from the perspectives of predators and their prey. The results (as usual) were amusing, clever, and brutally honest.

Only the misspellings have been fixed for ease of reading. The rest is 100% kid.

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Dear Moose,
I ate you for breakfast because I need your protein and breakfast is the most important meal of the day and that’s the way the food chain goes.
Love, Alligator

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Dear Fox,
Thank you very much Fox for letting me eat you. You have a very good taste. But the only thing is you have so much fur and your bones are so hard.
Love, Cheetah

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Dear Lion,
Please don’t eat me. I just want to live like you. Animals have lives too you know. If I was the lion and you were the zebra how would you feel?
Love, Zebra

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Dear Moose,
I am sorry that I need to eat you. I know that you still want to live with your family, and I hope you will go to heaven.
From, Tiger

Dear Tiger,
Thank you for sending this. I hope you go to heaven when you die too.
From, Moose

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Dear Alligator,
I was so scared when you were going to eat me. I almost fainted but I did not and you almost got a bite of me. So I made up my mind because you had to live so I let you eat me.
Sincerely, Deer

Dear Deer,
Thank you for letting me eat you. You were so tasty.
Sincerely, Aligator

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Dear Tiger,
Please don’t eat me! I’ll let you eat my friends. My friends are very fat and nice. They are up on the hill.
Love, Deer

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Dear Rat,
I wanted to eat you today because you look plump, fat, and juicy. To remember you I coughed out your pellet. I can see you far away at night with my greedy eyes.
Love, Owl

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