Writing Encouragement From Coach

There was great excitement and surprise last week when each child was presented with a portfolio of their writing projects from November through February. As the students reread each story, they were amazed at how much their writing has grown this year and they couldn’t wait to take their portfolios home to share with [...]

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Magazine Writing Project Unveiled

Reading children’s magazines filled with amazing facts, engaging stories, and colorful photos is always enjoyable at school, but writing your own can be even more fun. After brainstorming a wide variety of topics ranging from Pompeii to the Carboniferous Period, each child chose their own topic and has enthusiastically started research to write their [...]

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Narrative Writing-Catchy Openings

      Teaching fourth graders to write narratives is always a challenge, but when the children look at how far they have come this year, they are really amazed.   Tomorrow is the MCAS Long Composition.  We have worked hard to reassure everyone that they are ready and to prove the point, today we asked them [...]

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Right Next Door

Frogs sit in little depressions by the water’s edge (some of which are flooded, but the frogs sit in them anyway), and in front, behind, beside, and above you dragonflies and damselflies fly around catching smaller insects.
Looking at the slow moving river we search for fish. We gaze up at the trees looking on [...]

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