Thanks for a great Fall Party!

We had a great time at the fall party! Thank you, parents, for creating such a fun afternoon for us!

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Found Poetry

After creating a concept web on the Declaration of Independence, students used their web to help them search for words that would communicate about the Declaration of Independence.

Using old books, (Promise! They are discarded from the library) students looked for words to compose a simple phrase or lines to synthesize the document that declared the Colonists independence from England.

Dictionary Day 2017

Celebrating Dictionary Day @paxtonkee @HickmanLMC pic.twitter.com/MSjBErTjjl

— Ms.Thelen (@thelensthinkers) October 16, 2017

Students building Stories!

Using @StopMotion app to build stories https://t.co/7Sky6w3Dao

— Ms.Thelen (@thelensthinkers) October 16, 2017

Students building their stories using @stop motion app https://t.co/iJnYFfQPBL

— Ms.Thelen (@thelensthinkers) October 16, 2017

Getting together with our buddies!

Fifth graders helping Kindergarten buddies https://t.co/f3TPVznt9k

— Ms.Thelen (@thelensthinkers) September 28, 2017

Word Work with Contractions

A small group worked on contractions and how the apostrophe signals that two words have been combined to create one new word. Typically, the apostrophe takes the place of the vowel. But in a few examples, can take the place of most of a word!

This category is the "a" replacement.

The "ha" and "o" replacement.

The unique "almost a full word-woul" and the "i" replacement.

Collaborating on Planning a Narrative

Students are working with their writing partners to lay the foundation for a planned story. Narratives have a "way of being". Knowing that we can use this as a formula should provide us with support as we produce our own narratives.

Students are planning a narrative with their writing partners https://t.co/Wi9nQxEUkR

— Ms.Thelen (@thelensthinkers) September 21, 2017