Cave Writing

November 29, 2007 Today we had a mini-lesson on effective word choice -- choosing the best words for anything we write. Students worked on t...

November 27, 2007 Self-Starter: Students wrote one or more limericks. Today we worked on the Children's books for the kindergarten stud...

November 20, 2007 Working for Hallmark -- Students will design greeting cards for Christmas, birthdays, etc. and actually make one or two. ...

November 16, 2007 Bring children's books today. We'll look at them to get ideas for the books we'll create for the kindergarten...

November 13, 2007 Children's Book Assignment Today is our Fieldtrip to Legacy to interview kindergartenrs. We will be creating a book f...

November 12, 2007 "A Day in the Life of a Bird" or "A Day as a Bird" Self-Starter: In your notebook, quickly come up ...

November 8, 2007 Students responded to a painting "Fire and Light Against Darkness" with a brief story or poem. They also describe...