where do you live?

One of the coolest things about this project is that the kids were able to make connections with people who live in different places that they had never heard of or been to! Some of our pen pals sent in letters and postcards to tell us about where they live. We learned that the world is much bigger than Chicago!

if you were a superhero

Superheroes will never get old. My kids love them to the point where they will pretend their pencils are superheroes and fly around the room. (I'm hoping this is a testament to their imaginations and not my classroom management skills.) One of my students recently learned Superman's real name and writes Clark on all of his papers and corrects me when I call him by any other name.

Anyway, I love having the freedom to introduce any writing topic in class, and I thought this was a fun one that everyone would enjoy. Our pencil pals did an amazing job as well! I even copied one of their ideas for our illustrations.

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