Getting inside the characters head.

Today we read the story The Recess Queen.  Before reading the story, we asked ourselves, what would Mean Jeans new year's resolution be?

After we read the story, we decided that Mean Jean learned that it was more fun to play with her friends than it is to be mean with them.  So we decided that her new year's resolution would be to be nice to people at recess.  

We used the app Chatter Pix to create a talking Mean Jean, who was able to tell us her resolution.  

   

This app is free and fun and kid friendly.

Check back to see what other things our book characters might say as we get inside their heads!

Happy New Year

We had a wonderful week back to school. We started our week with a poem called New Year's Resolutions. Many of us were quite curious as to what a new year's resolution was.

New Year's Resolutions

Just think, think, think,
Of things you can do,
To make yourself better,
Before the years through.
Resolutions can be tough,
Or simple as can be.
Making Resolutions,
Are good for you and me!
So what will you promise,
To help yourself, my dear?
Through 2016
Have a happy, new year!

After reading this poem we decided that a resolution is a promise to yourself that will help you become a better person or that will help others.

Later in the week, we read a book called Squirrel's New Year's Resolution.  This gave us some examples of resolutions. We started planning what our new year's resolution could be.



We worked hard on our planning and writing. We made revisions and edited.  Next week we will begin writing our published copy!  We are so excited to show you our finished copy!