Sharla, Tess, and Lee had to make a volcano(火山) model together. Mrs. Holt put them in a group and they had such a big fight! They had different opinions about the model. By the time they needed to show their project, they didn't get it done.
Mrs. Holt called Sharla, Tess, and Lee to her desk.
"You know we'll finish the last part of our project today, right?" she asked. The girls all nodded.
"Are you ready to finish up?" No one answered.
"Is there a problem?" Mrs. Holt asked, knowing that there was a problem.
Sharla began, "I think the volcano should be smooth."
"And," jumped in Lee, "I think it should look rocky, like a real mountain."
"I see," said Mrs. Holt, "What do you think, Tess?"
"Well, I've been making buildings for the village. I think it would be clean if we could show lava(岩浆) flowing down towards the village."
"That's a great idea. The flowing lava would be smooth. Right, Mrs. Holt?" cut in Sharla.
"Yes, I guess so." Mrs. Holt said.
Sharl a continued, "The other side of the mountain, where there's no lava, would look rocky. Right?"
Tess caught on, "So one side can be smooth, and the other side can be rough. Let's go finish!"
Sharla, Tess, and Lee stood proudly behind their volcano model. Mrs. Holt quieted the class. Then the girls introduced the model excitedly.
Later, Mrs. Holt had a question. "Can you tell us about the steps you went through to complete your project?"
The girls hadn't expected this. Sharla felt her face turn red, but she spoke up.
"At first we didn't agree about what we wanted. It took us a while to make a plan and get it done."
Tess went on, "We thought that everybody had a job to do."
"And everybody has good ideas, even if they're not what you expect," added Lee.
Mrs. Holt looked pleased. The girls learned how to work together, she thought. Not bad.