Paws for Pets

Marshall the Miracle Dog came to visit today. His remarkable story written by local author Cyndi Willenbrock embeds many positive messages.

Character Ed. jumped at the opportunity to sponsor a donation drive for the Humane Society.
"Help us help them."
=)

3rd Grade Authors

The Art of the Eight-Layered PBJ
I've been working with a group of third graders to get a head start on an upcoming biography unit. After a couple weeks of exploring text features and taking notes, we've moved into the writing phase. In third grade, they refer to a "peanut butter and jelly" framework for well-structured paragraphs. 

The students had a blast assembling pre-written sentences into a paragraph on Rosa's early adulthood.

Ingredients: 

• bread (topic and concluding sentences)
• peanut butter (main ideas)
• jelly (details)

Symmetry in Our World

This first grade trio will use their new knowledge of symmetry for the follow-up fiction piece, Frances the Fairy Dressmaker.