Writing, Writing, Writing.....

     We are working on writing FOCUSED narratives this week.  No "fuzzy writing" or "zig-zagging" allowed!  Students got their turn to develop rubrics that assessed their work and are now gaining invaluable insights to common mistake s and writing problems.  Topics we've been writing about have included "How I Made Mom Feel Special on Mother's Day", "My Morning", "School Is.....", "Clubs and Activities at OCS", and "CORRECT".

     In reading we have watched the genre of our book "Trumpet of the Swan" switch from what we first labeled "realistic fiction" to "fantasy" as the we've read about the cob robbing a Billings, Montana music store of a brass trumpet (in order to give Louis his voice).  We just can't wait to read what happens next.  

Spelling words this week include: 

there’s, its, little, another, every, without, country, usually, upon, English, certain, special, area, beautiful, easy, language, energy, explain, quest, trumpet

Bonus:  capitalization, punctuation, organization, reputation