Poetry Contest

I hope and pray that you had a safe and fun holiday weekend.  We will be talking about being a part of God's family this week in Bible.  Our Bible verse is found in 1 John 3:1, "See how very much our Father loves us, for he calls us his children, and that is what we are! But the people who belong to this world don’t recognize that we are God’s children because they don’t know him." 

Because this is a shortened week the students will not have to write their spelling words and definitions.  They WILL have Spelling City assignments, Reading Plus assignments and memory verse written 5X, plus our normal every Friday quizzes.

Fifth graders have a math test tomorrow and Third Graders will have one on Thursday. Please review with your student.  

Today I handed out information about: Write’s of Spring Contest and the Creative Communication Contest. Please type a poem with the prompt, “I Make A Difference.”  To see the introductory video go to: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVGYpUthEvM.

Please also turn in a poem of the student's choosing for the Creative Communication Poetry Contest. They must be typed at 12 inch, Times New Roman font.  They may not enter over 21 lines of text. I am excited to see how they do.  Each year many of our students are published. We will also be using these poems for the DAS poetry night and for a writing grade. These must be original poems by the student.  Please turn in two poems by Wednesday, September 24th.

We also started studying verbs and transitions today.  Here are some great learning videos: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzhD9-ajrm4. And: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2gCrABrj_U.

Our quote today is from Claire Fagin, “Knowledge will bring you the opportunity to make a difference.”