My students always write goals for the upcoming year. This year, I decided to have them make “Bucket Lists”. We discussed that a “Bucket List” is a list of goals that you want to complete by a certain time.  This is the first writing we took through the writing process – prewrite (share ideas and brainstorm), first draft, revise and edit, and final draft. Each child had a conference with me to discuss ways in which this writing could be improved. Most of the final drafts are published in the hall. (A few students who were absent will finish soon.)

We learned how to use a fun site called Wordle today. Unfortunately, the computers in the lab weren’t cooperative. The children want to try to make a Wordle at home. They make great gifts.

We have been learning how to use “er” and “est” to compare with adjectives.
We discovered that sometimes you need to use the words more or most.
It was fun using our families to practice this concept.

To celebrate learning all of the lowercase cursive letters, we practiced with shaving cream. Try this at home in the shower or try it with whip cream on a cookie tray!

We have been learning to write excellent paragraphs with topic sentences, supporting details, and closing sentences. Our most recent paragraphs are about those things which are the most valuable to each of us.  Love the hyperboles (exaggerations) that are beginning to pop up in their writings. Come see more of these writings in our hallway.

We wrote a persuasive paragraph with a topic sentence, three details, and a closing sentence. Wow, we have learned a lot about writing! Come and read the rest of the paragraphs across from our room.