Hi,
Writing Camp is going very well. We are having fun singing camp songs, going on hikes, and writing!!!!! We took a hike around the school and wrote beautiful poetic sentences about what we saw, heard, noticed, realized, etc.... Some of the kids wrote about a noisy cardinal and the bicycles using personification. We also brainstormed, planned, drafted, revised, and edited expository compositions about something that we would banish if we were ruler of the world. The kids want to banish pollution, cigarettes, drugs, war, and conflict. Deep topics for 4th graders. One sweet child wants to banish hot dogs to prevent the extinction of pigs. They are doing a great job stating their central idea and reasons with examples to support their central idea. Then they are ending with a strong conclusion.
Tomorrow we will begin brainstorming, planning and drafting a second prompt for another expository composition. We will conference and discuss strengths in our writing and ways to improve. We will also continue doing some revising and editing practice and sing more camp songs.
Thank you to Sam's family for the huge tent for our room. It is awesome and definitely makes our classroom campground very exciting and authentic.
Don't forget to send camp letters to your camper and to come to our celebration on Thursday at 2:00. I am excited to celebrate all the hard work of our writers.
Reminder-Reading Response Letters are due on Thursday. Be sure to continue to read everyday.
STAAR Writing test is on Tuesday.
Thank you for sharing your child with me. I love Writing Camp!!!!!
Let me know if you have any questions or concerns.
Sincerely,
Pam
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