Writing

**__Mini-lessons__**: Students are taught skills and strategies to become writers. __**Writing:**__ Students are working on projects of their choice. These pieces of work are of importance to the students. Writer's Workshop is a 60 minutes block of time. || Becky-David Research Databases Sketch Star- online animated comic creator ||^  || Homophone List  Dance Mat Typing Practice  || media type="custom" key="22054034" @Poetry Contest EasyBib: Bibliography Maker @Famous Missourians @Possessive Nouns @Commas Build Yourself Wild Revising Checklist @Writing Paragraphs Thesaurus Research Projects: Great Pyreneese Labradoodle Orca Orca Abyssinian Abyssinian Great White Shark Poodle Poodle Siamese Siamese Panthers Panthers Red Tailed Hawk Red Tailed Hawk large mouth bass Scarlet Macaws Scarlet Macaws Bottled Nose Dolphin Dolphin German Shepards White Tailed Deer White Tailed Deer Bald Eagle Bald Eagle Ferrari [|gorilla] Ford Mustang Yorkshire Terrier Cheetahs Gerbils lion Beta Fish Golden Eagle Prairie Dogs Lamborghini Selena Gomez Miranda Cosgrove Miranda Cosgrove Taylor Swift Taylor Swift Carrie Underwood David Freese Tom Brady
 * Writer's workshop is a time when all students write. Students learn the process of become good writers. Children have the time to prewrite, draft, revise, edit and the publish pieces of work. The structure of Writer's Workshop is as follows:
 * __Sharing Time__**: At the end of Writer's Workshop students gather to share finished projects and work done during writing time.
 * Writing Links: || [[image:http://beckydavid.fhsd.k12.mo.us/dmorris/Images/pencil.gif width="104" height="341" align="center" caption="pencil"]] ||
 * [|Adverbs] ||^  ||
 * [|Kerpoof] ||^  ||
 * [|BBC Language Sructure] ||^  ||
 * [|Compound and Complex Sentences] ||^  ||
 * [|Punctuation] ||^  ||
 * [|The Poetry Zone] ||^  ||
 * [|DoDoland] ||^  ||
 * Drawzit
 * [|Research site]Kidspace ||
 * Jamendo- royality free music ||
 * KidsClick ||
 * Awesome Library ||
 * Ask Kids ||
 * @News of Day page ||
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