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News

We are beginning the third nine weeks! I can't believe it's already here. We are currently studying realistic fiction in reading and writing workshop. We're reading a great book called Schooled by Gordon Korman, author of Swindle. We're really discussing the main character named Capricorn Anderson, a hippie-child who has lived in a commune with his grandmother and is made to live in the outside world. The kids can tell you all about the story.

We're also wriiting realistic fiction, where they have created their own character, based on personal experiences, and they are using that character in a longer story than the narratives before. We're just about to start mapping out the draft.

We're in the middle of Unit 5 in Math. I sent home on blue paper, the activities and benchmarks taught in this unit. It's a little different than the way we were taught in addition, but definitely a new way at looking at it.

Since Martin Luther King Jr. Day was just observed, we have timed our civil rights unit just perfectly. We've also studied other individuals, such as Rosa Parks and Cesar Chavez.

Happy New Year!

I hope everyone's having a great break! I know I am. Read a great book and have visited with family and friends. See you soon!