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Saturday, February 23, 2019

Writing

~Your child is becoming an expert in writing essays!  We have mastered:
*Evidence
*Elaboration
*Thesis Writing
*Introduction: Engage, Paint
*Transitioning

 ~We continue to work on spelling, punctuation, capitalization, and using words from text..... slowly but surely we are getting there!
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STAR STUDENTS

 ~Congratulations to Bryson and Allie, this week's STAR Students!!


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Monday, February 11, 2019

Mrs. Fox

Shout out to Mrs. Fox who works with us Monday through Friday on Writing and Reading skills!  We love you Mrs. Fox!
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Saturday, February 9, 2019

STAR STUDENTS

 ~Congratulations to Rowan and Hayden, this week's STAR Students!

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Guest Author


~Big thanks to Writer, Author, Teacher and Coach.... Mrs. Burke!  She will be working with us weekly to improve our writing!  Mrs. Burke is a published author of over 15 books, a retired Duval teacher, and a Writing Guru!  We love having her in our room!

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Monday, February 4, 2019

AR POINTS

~Congratulations to Avigale who earned her 100 points today in Accelerated reader!
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Number the Stars Finale

Kim Malthe-Bruun

~We finished reading our latest piece of historical fiction, Number the Stars by Lois Lowry.  It was amazing!  Both classes clapped and cheered when the novel was over!  The were connected to the characters and to the situation these two young girls were put in to.  Lois Lowry modeled Peter after a real Resistance fighter named Kim Malthe-Bruun.  He was sentenced to death for working with the Resistance to save Jews and make sure none of Denmark's natural resources reached Germany!
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Informative Writing!

~We are working hard on our essays!  We have written about the dangers and negative effects of too much technology, our focus has been on effective and engaging thesis statements, adding supporting details and elaboration!  Come see some of our better work on display in the hallway!  Special thanks to Mrs. Fox, and our resident published writer (and semi-famous), Mrs. Burke!


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End Of Month Luncheon January!

 ~Cheers!~  Here's to another successful month of Reading, Writing, and Math and meeting our goals!  Special thanks to the girls of Room 18 for sending in all those awesome desserts!


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