"I Can Wait!" book

I Can Wait!

By

Bambi Rodriguez

I like doing a lot of things at school.  I like to play, run, eat with my friends, or talk during meeting time.

But sometimes I have to wait. Waiting means having to do something else or doing ‘nothing’ before doing what you really want to do.

          
            

                 

First, I have to        Then, I can go and play

sign-in and work.      (although I actually     like working a lot of             times)

     

            

      

         

   

First,I have to raise    Then,I can share my   

my hand and wait for      share my ideas with 

the teacher to call me        class during 

(even when I really,        meeting time.

           really, really want 

           to talk already).  

First, I have to   Then, I can sit

      wash my hands.     down and eat with               my friends.

First, I have to    Then, i can go

line up and wait  outside to the

          until everyone         playground.

        is called. 

First, I have to Then, I can rest

change my shirt. on my mat.

             

First, I need to Then, I can get

get my backpack.     ready to go home.

 There are so many times during the day when I have to wait.

 

Sometimes it gets a little hard to wait to do the things I want to do.       

When this happens, I can tell my teacher I am having a hard time.  

I can count from 1 to 10.

I can also just ask an adult to sit with me or hold my hand and help me. 

I am learning to wait more and more each day.

The End!