Deepthi recorded Ms. Lila doing the dance steps so she could watch the video instead of going to the recital.

Ms. Lila wanted Deepthi to learn the dance steps in time for the recital, but Deepthi struggled to do them correctly.

Deepthi and Ms. Lila wanted to make a video for the dance recital, but Deepthi didn’t know how to dance well.

Because she struggled to do the steps on her own, Deepthi recorded her teacher and practiced the dance at home until she knew it for the recital.

Patrice was a yellow belt in karate and wished she was a black belt, so she asked Anna for help.

Patrice wanted to be a black belt in karate, but she didn’t know karate, and so she started taking classes to learn.

Patrice wanted to be in movies like Jackie Chan and Chuck Norris, but she didn’t know how to do karate, and so she took a class with her friend Anna.

Patrice loved karate, but didn’t know how to become a black belt, so she asked Anna for more information.

Tai was embarrassed when she came to school late, but she didn’t know how to get there on time, and so she tried going to bed earlier.

Tai wanted to wake up earlier, but she didn’t have an alarm clock, and so she was late every day.

Tai couldn’t get to school on time because she woke up too late, and so she used an alarm clock to wake up.

Tai hated being late, but she was always waking up after school had started.

Kim wanted a delicious cookie, but her parents said she had to do her chores first, and so she imagined a cookie while she worked.

The ingredients Kim saw in the pantry gave her the idea to make cookies.

Although Kim finished all of her chores, she couldn’t have any cookies because there weren’t any in the kitchen.

There were no cookies for Kim to have for dessert after she finished all of her tasks, and so she made some.

Twyla had writer’s block, so she asked her little brothers to draw some characters, which she used to write her story.

Twyla wanted to write a story about a dinosaur and a boy, so she had her little brothers draw pictures of the characters to inspire her.

Twyla’s writer’s block was keeping her from writing anything, so she decided to draw with crayons instead.

Twyla’s brothers wanted her to write a story, so they drew some pictures of the characters they wanted in the story.

Kristin’s paintings of nature were her Dad’s favorite thing, so she wanted to paint him a tree, but couldn’t decide how to do it.

Kristin wanted to paint a picture for her dad, but she couldn’t think of anything, and so she looked around for inspiration and decided to paint a tree.

Kristin wanted to paint a tree for her dad, but she couldn’t find a tree outside to use as a model, and so she used a picture of a tree as a model, instead.

Kristin wanted to paint a picture for her dad, but he didn’t like natural objects, and so she painted something else.

Elizabeth wanted her brother to be quiet, but he was too little to understand, and so she read him a book.

Elizabeth’s brother wanted to play cars and crash around the house, but she wanted to read, and so she sent him outside.

Elizabeth wanted to read, but her brother was too distracting, and so she went outside to read in a tree.

Elizabeth didn’t like all the noise her brother was making while she was trying to read.

Cara couldn’t catch the ball that Thomas threw, so the ball went over the fence.

Because Cara and Thomas threw their ball into Mrs. Soto’s yard, they couldn’t play again until after dinner time.

Mrs. Soto returned Cara and Thomas’s ball because she was kind and knew that they wanted to keep playing.

Thomas and Cara lost their ball in Mrs. Soto’s yard, but they wanted to keep playing, and so they went next door to retrieve it.

Mallory wanted to keep playing with her paper airplane after it got stuck in a tree, and so she tried several ways of reaching it and eventually got it down with a broom.

Mallory’s airplane got stuck in a tree, so she tried to climb the tree to get it so she could keep playing with it.

Mallory made a paper airplane, but couldn’t play with it because it got stuck in a tree and she couldn’t get it down.

Mallory wanted to play with her paper airplane, but it got stuck in a tree, and so she made a new one.

Jasmine didn’t understand why some wanted people didn’t have enough money, and so she asked her uncle.

Jasmine wanted to help people, but she didn’t have much money, so she started a food drive at her school.

Jasmine wanted to help people who needed money for food, but she couldn’t find enough food, so she raised money to buy some.

Jasmine and her friends at school collected one thousand cans of food to help people who needed it.

Farrah was afraid she wouldn’t be a good big sister, so she practiced taking care of babies at the hospital.

Farrah wanted to volunteer at the hospital, and so her mom took her to a class about being an older sibling.

Although Farrah wanted to be a great big sister, she didn’t know how, and so she took a class to learn all about it.

Farrah was so excited that she was going to have a baby brother, and so she went to the hospital to visit her baby brother.

Tyler only had one cake pan, but he wanted to bake a three-layer cake, and so he made a smaller cake.

Tyler tried to make a three-layer cake from a recipe book, but he didn’t have enough ingredients to make it.

Tyler’s recipe book showed him how to make a three-layer cake, but he didn’t like the recipe, so he made only a one-layer cake instead.

Tyler wanted to bake a three-layer cake, but he only had one cake pan, and so he baked the layers one by one.

Bariq’s bed time was 7:00, but he wanted an 8:00 bed time, and so he talked it over with his parents and got what he wanted.

Bariq’s parents made him go to bed at 7:00 every night, but he wanted to go to bed at 8:00, and so he did.

Bariq didn’t like his early bed time, and so he started going to bed at 8:00 to see if it would work.

Bariq couldn’t sleep one night, and so he planned to go to sleep at 8:00 the next week.

Jacques wanted to take care of Mr. Larson’s puppy, but his grandpa didn’t think he was responsible enough.

When Jacques asked for a puppy, his grandpa wasn’t sure, so Jacques took care of Mr. Larson’s puppy and proved that he could be responsible.

Jacques went to the shelter to get a puppy after asking his grandpa for a new friend.

Jacques wanted a puppy, but Mr. Larson didn’t think he was responsible enough, so Mr. Larson asked Jacques to take care of his puppy as a test.