Thursday, January 21, 2016

We forgot to post this last week - a row of writers dutifully publishing essays.

Friday, January 15, 2016

Scenes from our Neurologists Day - Thanks to Eliott, Katie, Aaron, Kim and Ms. Giamboi!

Thursday, January 14, 2016

Using Bold Language

One way to build your vocabulary is by using a thesaurus to find strong synonyms.

Below are two websites where you can use a thesaurus:

http://www.kidthesaurus.com/

http://www.thesaurus.com/

Try eliminating the means, the bads, the sads... Use BOLD language.

Sunday, January 10, 2016

Family Friday shots - writing movie reviews for our class's Rafflemania basket.

Wednesday, January 6, 2016

Morse Code

This day in 1838, Samuel Morse demonstrated the telegraph.  We crafted codes in class today - here is a chart if students want to try coding at home.