by Mr. Avery | Dec 13, 2010 | Blog, Other
In class we have been working on ways to make our writing more descriptive. We often discuss ways to “paint a picture” for our reader. Chris van Allsburg was a master at this. Each student agreed that we could imagine the way that his books would look even...
by Mr. Avery | Dec 9, 2010 | Blog, Other
This week we have been discussing descriptive writing. We have been learning about how adding adjectives and similes can help to build a story that the reader can step right into. Yesterday we came up with some similes and adjectives that describe winter. We then...
by Mr. Avery | Dec 3, 2010 | Blog, Other
This week we did many things. We did fun activities like multiplication bingo, made our second Z was Zapped letter, and we made similes. A simile is when you compare two words using like or as. A few examples are: Everybody did a great job. In social studies, we...
by Mr. Avery | Dec 3, 2010 | Blog, Other
This week we did many things. We did fun activities like multiplication bingo, made our second Z was Zapped letter, and we made similes. A simile is when you compare two words using like or as. A few examples are: Everybody did a great job. In social studies, we...
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