Tales Of A 4-5 Something

In writing class we did food memoirs. A memoir is like a memory. We wrote about a food memory that we had because we were learning about local foods. Mine was about Thanksgiving and going over to my cousins house and eating pumpkin pie. Some other people did ice cream, apple picking, pizza making, and cake explosions. I really enjoyed writing about pumpkin pie and hearing other people'e memories. Maybe you will see them when you come for the Barn Dance? Yacob Tumeric and Cardamom: Fenugreek: Ginger:

In Tim’s class we have DIRT, Daily Independent Reading Time, at the end of the day. We get to read, talk about books, and share what we think with presentations. Right now some people are doing their presentations on a platform called Minecraft. There are three projects going on and they are all based on books that we read. The first one is Wings Of Fire, which is a book by Tui T. Sutherland. There are four main kids working on the project and then the whole class will help at some point during the year. Diego, Yasmine, Jenny, and Kirby are the ones who are mainly building. The next project is for Malcolm at Midnight by WH Beck. The person who is working on it is Jackson. He is building the classroom and the attic. The third project is for Ghosts by Raina Telgemeier being built by Mercy. You may think these are just a bunch of kids playing a game but is really a bunch of learners creating models to share what they like about their books. Minecraft is like a 3D world where everything i...