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February 16, 2005
A Busy Week
Our Candy fundraiser has been going very well. I am proud of the students who are helping NMS raise money to better our school. I think they were more interested in what they would receive for selling each box but hey whatever motivates you right? Please think about joining us in the candy sale. Every box that is sold earns the school $20.00. If every student participates Norwayne could earn almost $20,000 for our local funds. That would make this a much better place to work and learn.
This past week we have been working through our evaluative essays recommending our favorite book to another student. We worked through the partial multi flow map (Thinking Maps) that I learned at my Write for the Future workshops and got ourselves organized. We figured out the order we were going to write our paper in and began our opening paragraph. We discussed grabbing the reader’s attention and making our opinion very clear. We looked at mistakes we were making in our previous papers and worked to make our current one that much better. Our body paragraphs were written and we worked to make them clear and focused with exciting examples that would allow the reader to experience our strong feelings.
I cannot tell you how much easier having a program like “Write for the Future” makes teaching the process of preparing for the Writing Test. The kids are able to move through the steps and they develop the confidence young writers need.
Those that chose to participate in the Depression Screenings enjoyed that workshop. I kept the ones who opted out and we read for AR and played catch up on missing assignments and with our classroom jobs.
We had two young ladies from CBA's Teacher Cadet Program stop by today and help us out with new ways to say tired words. The kids enjoyed it and I hope Rachel and Jennifer enjoyed the experience. Good Luck ladies with your goals of becoming teachers!
Posted by hlperson at February 16, 2005 01:18 PM
Comments
I think that the candy sales are going well also. The teacher cadets that came in our class were Tim (I believe) and Chelsea. They both were shooting at becoming elementary teachers, but Ms.Cox might have changed their minds because she told them about how she was planning on being an elementary teacher too.
Posted by: Nicole Schampier at February 16, 2005 05:45 PM
When we are practicing on the Writing Test the whole class is learning not to use simple words like pretty, good, small, and other words similar to that. We are trying to build our vocabulary so we can not only do good on the Writing Test but be smarter in life.
Posted by: Addison Westbrook at February 16, 2005 09:29 PM
I am glad that you have taught us so much about the Writing Test. I know that it has better perpared me for the big test coming up.
Posted by: Shawn Hales at March 1, 2005 10:44 AM
The Writing Test was agony with so much thinking. I thought up a plethora of adult words.
Posted by: Jason at March 11, 2005 05:21 PM