Writing

   Writing is an important component of the 5th grade curriculum. Your child will be learning about many different writing styles this year. Students will be writing narratives, letters, persuasive, and expository writing. Students will be using the computer to help draft and revise their writing. In our classroom we will be learning about the 6+1 Traits of Writing. The focus will be on adding more descriptions and writing to an audience. Students will be editing and revising their writings.

   We will be participating in many different writing experiences this year. Students will be participating in a post card exchange with schools across the United States. Each child will write at least two postcards to another school. It should be a fun way to learn about other schools in the United States.

  I will be posting student samples on this webpage throughout the school year. Be sure to check out our writing throughout the school year! In the mean time, check out the writing samples of my second grade class from 2005-2006.

 Do not allow your child to look at these pages unsupervised. The school provides a screening program to make sure students are protected from inappropriate websites, but your home computer may or may not have this same protection. I will be checking the links often, but sometimes websites change or are hijacked. Always supervise your child when they are using the Internet. Again, I will be checking links regularly, but if you should discover any problems, please let me know right away.

Please do not take any graphics within these WebPages. If you like the graphic, please visit the Teacher's Lounge. Click on Graphics & Fonts. Visit these wonderful websites and read their user policies. Remember, developers of these wonderful graphics work long and hard and deserve correct usage of their graphics.