Sam had an opportunity to adopt a crayfish from his classroom. He was asked to write a persuasive letter describing the reasons why he would be a good pet owner for a new crayfish. Although Sam dislikes writing, he was very motivated to write this letter to his teacher, Mr. Warren. Sam spent several hours working on his persuasive letter over the weekend. He was so excited Monday morning to deliver his letter to Mr. Warren. When I pick Sam up after school, he was grinning from ear to ear and holding a Tupperware container. He was the first proud owner of a crayfish from his classroom. Since Sam was going to name his crayfish Mary if it was a female, and Joe if it was a male, we ended up naming it Mary-Joe because we could not determine its gender.
Mary Joe had lots of playtime with Sam yesterday. And today he had his biggest adventure ever. Sam left the top of his home off. When we arrived home this afternoon, Mary Jo was missing! After a thorough search of the house, we found Mary Joe trying to sneak under the couch in the den. She is safe in her new home again!
So, Sam is pretty darn happy. Although we (Sue and Carl) weren't super excited to take in a pet, we were most certainly willing to accept the excitement and motivation of an 8 year old.
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