Lincoln Elementary School in Manteca (CA) Unified School District share their winning entry in the Progressive Story Competition by San Joaquin County A+

1. Lincoln Elementary’s
Progressive Book Relay Story!
750 E. Yosemite Ave., Manteca, CA 95336
Manteca Unified School District
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2. One day, when I arrived at
school, there was a helicopter
full of books on the
playground!
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3. My friends and I were so
excited, we ran over to take a
closer look!
By Mrs. Panou’s Class

4. When we got there, we
noticed there was no pilot
and the helicopter was
leaving without the books!
By Mrs. Cebreros’ Class

5. My friends and I shouted,
“Helicopter! Helicopter! You
forgot the books!
By Mrs. Barbieri’s Class

6. Mrs. Herrera happened to be
walking by, and she opened
the first book on the top of
the pile. To her surprise, the
book was magical.
By Mrs. Ferral and Mrs. Martin’s Class

7. There was a unicorn that
suddenly appeared who said,
“Hello, Lincoln Elementary
School! It’s good to be here!”
By Mrs. Musca’s Class

8. “Would you like to take a
ride?” asked the unicorn.
They all shouted, “Hooray!”
then flew around Lincoln
School. After their flight, he
flew into the book!
By Mrs. Brown’s Class

9. Just then, Mr. Anderson saw
the bright, yellow, glowing
book in the hallway. He put
on his shades and slowly
picked up the magical book
and started to read it. As he
started to read, the kids
jumped out.
By Mrs. Vivian’s Class

10. Mr. Anderson was very
surprised and said, “Welcome
to Lincoln School!” He then
invited them to explore
school. While exploring, they
bumped into the mascot, the
Lincoln Raider.
By Miss Rosander’s Class

11. Next, the mascot said,
“What’s up?” Then he said,
“Let me take you to a Raiders
game!” The students asked,
“What is a Raiders game?”
The big game at Lincoln is
called Reading Counts!
By Mrs. Sudderth’s Class

12. Reading Counts is so much
fun that you can take quizzes.
All you have to do is go to the
computer lab and sign in.
When you’re doing the
Reading Counts, the Raider
will come out and give you an
autographed football. After
he gives you the football, he
goes back to wherever he
came from originally.
By Mrs. Kelly’s Class

13. However, before the mascot
leaves, he has one more
exciting job to do. The Lincoln
mascot must reward the class
with the most Reading Counts
points. That awesome class
filled with amazing readers
wins a fabulous party. The
party includes delicious
pepperoni and cheese pizza,
takis, soda and cheesy
nachos.
By Mrs. Gonzalez’s Class

14. At the Reading Counts party,
the Lincoln Raider mascot
brought the magical book.
The glowing book opened and
out popped Greg Heffleg,
Scooby Doo and Captain
Underpants. They all started
rapping, “Lincoln Raiders are
good at reading, through the
book they are speeding. They
are having so much fun and
their time at school has just
begun!” Greg, Scooby Doo,
Captain Underpants and the
Lincoln students all started to
dance the sprinkler dance.
By Mrs. Johnson’s Class

15. Greg, Scooby Doo, and
Captain Underpants
accidentally bumped the fire
alarm which turned on the
sprinklers. Scooby Doo yelled,
“The Magical Book! We have
to save it!” Just then, the
unicorn jumped out of the
wet book and called for the
helicopter.
“Quick, everyone! We have to
get to the chopper to take the
Magical Book to the desert to
dry!”
By Mrs. McAllister’s Class

16. No one moved until suddenly
Arnold Schwarzenegger
parachuted from the sky
screaming, “Get to the
choppah!” That motivated all
the students to start running
for the Magic School
Helicopter (because it was
bigger on the inside). Mr.
Anderson grabbed the
dripping wet magical book
and threw it like Tim
Lincecum right into the safety
of the helicopter.
By Mrs. Dunbar’s Class

17. As the helicopter lifted off the
ground, everyone heard
Arnold calling out, “You’ll be
back!”
If the students had known
what incredible creature was
waiting for them in the
desert, they might have
wished Arnold’s words had
come true more quickly …
By Mrs. Dunbar’s Class

18. Then the Lincoln students
waved to Arnold who was on
the ground and told the pilot
to fly to the desert fast! They
were in a desperate hurry to
arrive and dry the sacred
pages of the magical book.
The chopper was so loud, the
pilot thought the students
said, “Take us to the dessert,”
so he did. He took them to …
The Desert of the Dessert!
When they landed, they saw a
desert kingdom full of yummy
desserts ruled by an
incredible, 50-foot gummy
bear king!
By Mrs. Arp’s Class

19. The Gummy Bear King
welcome the Lincoln Raider
students, and he said, “State
your business.”
“We need your magical desert
heat to save our book. Oh
wise Gummy Bear King, may
we load lots of your
wonderful desserts to take
back to share with our friends
at Lincoln School?
By Mr. Baker’s Class

20. The King agreed and, at last,
the Magical Book was saved!
The students headed back to
Lincoln, but then disaster
struck. When the students
flew over the Lincoln Pool, all
of the Mentos they had taken
from the Gummy Bear King
fell overboard into the pool,
which just happened to be full
of soda!
And it exploded!
By Mr. Baker’s Class

21. And the book got wet again!
It was a horrible disaster
because after the helicopter
dropped the kids off, it left!
“How are we supposed to dry
it now?” asked all of the
students.
Luckily, the magical unicorn
came back and asked why
everyone looked so sad. They
told it that the magical book
got wet and it said, “No
worries, I’ll get it dry in no
time!”
By Mr. Hayashino’s Class

22. It dried the magical book with
its horn. Everything was all
right now.
Or was it?
The kid who was holding the
book noticed it began to glow
again and he disappeared
along with the book …
By Mr. Hayashino’s Class

23. “How could this happen?”
asked the students. “We have
worked hard to save our book
and improve our Reading
Counts!”
Suddenly, Lincoln’s fearless
principal Mr. Anderson
announced over the intercom,
“Everyone should have no
fears! I will return the magical
book after the Giants baseball
game tonight!”
By Mr. Mehring’s Class

24. Just then, Mr. Anderson
warped through a port hole in
his office closet at 2:00 p.m.
to watch the big game three –
the San Francisco Giants
against the Washington
Nationals. Soon, out marched
Brandon Belt, Lou Seal, Crazy
Crab and the unicorn to
present the preserved
magical book to the principal
to give back to Lincoln.
By Mr. Mehring’s Class

25. Mr. Anderson announced at
the assembly the next day
that, “Lincoln Rocks at
Reading Counts! I hope all the
Lincoln classes will keep
improving their reading for
great things to come in the
future!”
By Mr. Mehring’s Class

26. THE END of
Lincoln Elementary’s
Progressive Book Relay Story!
750 E. Yosemite Ave., Manteca, CA 95336
Manteca Unified School District
#proudtobemusd