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Entries from 29th January 2019

Writer’s Workshop Nonfiction Reflection

29th January 2019 by cgaines23 · No Comments · Uncategorised

 What did you like most about our nonfiction unit? I liked how we got to read so many different books and learn more about nonfiction writing. Do you think you did a good job of including detailed information in your final piece? I think I kind of did a good job, but I think I […]

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Family Interview

22nd January 2019 by cgaines23 · No Comments · Uncategorised

Today we did our family interview projects. Where did your family immigrate from? My Moms great,great, great, great, great grandfather  came from Glarus  Switzerland. His name was Samuel Blumer. How did they get to the U.S.? He got here by a boat he first came to Milwaukee and then went to New Glarus, WI. How is […]

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March Or Not March

22nd January 2019 by cgaines23 · No Comments · Uncategorised

We did a March to Washington activity and we had different roles. I am a elderly African american  grandparent.My family works on a farm in Illinois, and aren’t getting rich but aren’t going hungry. Coming to  Washington would be hard and expensive. I would not go on the walk to Washington because it would be […]

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Reader’s Response Notebook Reflection

9th January 2019 by cgaines23 · 2 Comments · Uncategorised

I have 70 reader’s responses. I do a reader’s response every day that we do independent read. I have a lot of different kinds of  entries like inferences and writing letters to characters. I think for some books I have the same reader’s response but for some books I have different types of responses. My […]

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One Word Goal

3rd January 2019 by cgaines23 · 1 Comment · Uncategorised

My one word goal is Healthy. I want to be more healthy by eating healthy food.  I will also be healthy by growing my brain by trying new things. I will do this by trying new things and make sure I am eating more healthy.

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