Mrs. Medina’s 6th graders say, “Thank you!” to their parents. Click on “Leave a Reply” to see all of their words of gratitude. You should find a set of dual verbs and three adjectives in each of their comments!

trim.41C9E1B7-C93B-4DBE-98FE-060056486F53 Click here to watch students play a game of Red Light, Green Light as an activating strategy for our lesson on the color coded writing model (based on a stop light), Step Up To Writing. Green Topic Paragraph = Go! Yellow Body Paragraphs = Slow down and state your reasons/ideas! Red = Stop and Give Explanations and Examples! Green Conclusion Paragraph = Go again with your thesis! See the graphic organizers in the previous post!

Students use Keynote to create a graphic organizer in preparation for their first Step Up To Writing essay! Really, their “essay” is a letter to their pen pals in South Tyrol, Italy!! Students gathered and organized their thoughts as part one of the writing process. Their five paragraph letter should be well structured thanks to the color coded model seen here!