We're revising our personal narrative writing. Revising is the process of making something better through detail, word choice, and organization. Today we found sensory images in a funny book called The Relatives Came. Then we found places in our writing that could be improved with sensory details, worked with partners to come up with ideas, and shared them with the class. Now we're experts! We said things like, "the wind pierced my ears," "I jumped up and down," "he knew the waters like the back of his hand," "the moon glistened on the ocean surface," and "the sweat froze on my face."

In my book club, we finished the book Frindle today. It's a book about curiosity and "out with the old in with the new". We got to examine how the characters changed with the events of the book. We also learned how characters can have hidden agendas and how authors use foreshadowing and character traits to give us hints along the way. Ask us about the book tonight! 

We are absolutely loving our read aloud book Fish in a Tree. It's a quality read about a girl, Ally, who has dyslexia. She is a master at hiding her struggles, but she is always left feeling dumb when other kids around her can read. Whether we have dyslexia or not, we can relate to Ally while she tries to fit in. The moral of the story is differences are valuable and highly important. We can't wait to see how this story turns out for Ally and her fabulous friends Albert and Keisha in Mr. Daniel's sixth grade class.

We're deep into our personal narrative writing unit. It's fun to write stories about memories that are important to us, but it's challenging to decide which details to include and leave out. We use watermelons and seeds to help us remember. Next time you read a story at home, notice the details and decide if it's a seed or a watermelon.