Friday, March 11, 2016

Our Friendly Letters

Parents,

Just wanted to update you on our writing work this week which was friendly letters. Below I have my model that we did in class many times for certain topics regarding letter format.
One letter that I will be sending back home will be the letter written below, which was a Letter To My Future Self. I have sealed this letter to be opened in 2027 when your friends should graduate high school...(shocking, I know, I did the math and almost had a heart attack) 
You may keep this letter stowed away for their graduation day or open it, which ever you please. We had a hilarious time thinking about what we and our world will look like in 11 years! 
Important Things To Look For: Date in right hand corner, greeting with a capital letter, name of recipient capitalized, comma after name, body starting with a capital letter, closing starting with a capital letter, appropriate send-off, comma after closing, signature at the end of the page, name capitalized 

Another letter we wrote this week was a letter to our favorite Disney Character. My original plan was to use this only as practice but because of the utmost AMAZING quality of work and incredible ideas our friends had I will be using these as our Letter Writing daily grade. Another part of my plan was to mail these off to Disney World, because if I do so, they have a program where they will send a postcard back. I promised my friends this, so I will follow through. When you receive this grade back I will be including the rubric and a scanned copy of their original letter, since the other is off to the most magical place in the world!

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Ms. Davis

ClassDojo Monster Design Contest

Friends,

Just wanted to share one of the many awesome entries for the ClassDojo Monster Contest!


Entries are still accepted till March 15th. Could be a great Spring Break project. You can take a picture of your completed entry and email it to monsters@classdojo.com
I used the free app GeniusScan to convert my photo into PDF form if you prefer. The selected monster will be featured in the new video series. Some friends were asking to the link for the old series so I'll post it below!

New Reading


A new book our class has started together is The Doll People. We will be reading chapter by chapter together, making predictions, journaling, and testing our comprehension skills along the way. If you would like to follow along at home feel free, but don't get too ahead! The Doll People is full of mystery, action, and imagination. This was my very first book I read on my own when I was little and I still get excited thinking about it. 

For mom, dad, grandparents, or special someones: A book I'm currently reading is by Brene Brown. She is a social scientist starting a conversation on courage, vulnerability, shame, and worthiness. It's a great read and I highly recommend it. 

Our Forward Friday will be posted next Friday, March 18th. Be sure to be going over the review sheets emailed to you this week. If you have not received those documents please email me ASAP.

Other than that have an awesome holiday!

Ms. Davis