[ by Michele Gardner ]

The story

Mommy talks to a lot of people.

Mommy likes talking to other people.

Sometimes when Mommy is talking to other people I want to talk too.

I can say “Excuse me!” to see if Mommy can talk to me.

Sometimes Mommy will answer me right away.

Other times Mommy is talking about something very important. When she is talking about something important she cannot answer me right away.

If I say “Excuse me” and Mommy doesn’t answer, I can wait until she is done talking.

This will make Mommy very happy.

_______ graders are polite and wait until people are finished talking.

I am going to try to be very polite.