Students were asked to clip a newspaper article of their choice. It could be a feature story, an editorial piece, a sports article, a cartoon, a breaking news story, etc. Nigel Daly will be going over the articles with them, showing them the structure of a basic news story, with the lede, supporting paragraphs, etc.
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The students will present their poems in the library on Wednesday, April 9 at 1:30pm. If time permits, they will also be reading their "This I Believe" essays. Should be very exciting!
The students were asked to write essays for This I Believe, the essay series that is read on NPR every week and is based on something Edward R. Murrow used to. They also have their own website with a full database of the hundreds upon hundreds of essays.
The children have come up with some wonderful ones. Here are a few of them with more to come.
I believe in playing guitar.
by Julian Soltes
Guitar is really fun....
Guitar is fun and exercises your fingers. I also like it because it makes my fingers flexible. I can make really cool sounds with playing guitar.
I began playing music on the piano, which influenced me to go to a camp where I started getting interested in guitar. My guitar teacher's name is John. He is really nice and cool. I can communicate with playing guitar with another guitarists. It is pretty hard to explain in words why guitar is really fun, but I will try my best to describe it.
The children have come up with some wonderful ones. Here are a few of them with more to come.
I believe in playing guitar.
by Julian Soltes
Guitar is really fun....
Guitar is fun and exercises your fingers. I also like it because it makes my fingers flexible. I can make really cool sounds with playing guitar.
I began playing music on the piano, which influenced me to go to a camp where I started getting interested in guitar. My guitar teacher's name is John. He is really nice and cool. I can communicate with playing guitar with another guitarists. It is pretty hard to explain in words why guitar is really fun, but I will try my best to describe it.
Continue reading This I Believe.
Jessica Wyrick-Solari was named the Grand Prize Winner for ICANN's Associates Child Abuse Prevention Month Poster Contest. The prize is $100 for the student and for the teacher. Jessica and Ms. Kim will be recognized by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors at their Board Meeting tomorrow, April 1.
Jessica is the winner and there are nine other winners chosen from the following list (congratulations to our other students who were named finalists!) and will receive $40, along with their teacher. The project was spearheaded by Carla Hart who even waited until the very last day to make sure everyone had a chance to send in their posters.
Max Decker
Sofia Garrick
Dylan Jordan
Lily Rose Leatart
Daphne Lucas
Skylar Richardson
Daniel Royzman
Tyson Daily Soloman
And from Denise Lamoureaux's 5th Grade Class:
Kyung Joon Yang
Joanna Walsh
Carolyn Kwak
Emelia Lambros
Jennifer Garcia
Jake Holman
Jessica is the winner and there are nine other winners chosen from the following list (congratulations to our other students who were named finalists!) and will receive $40, along with their teacher. The project was spearheaded by Carla Hart who even waited until the very last day to make sure everyone had a chance to send in their posters.
Max Decker
Sofia Garrick
Dylan Jordan
Lily Rose Leatart
Daphne Lucas
Skylar Richardson
Daniel Royzman
Tyson Daily Soloman
And from Denise Lamoureaux's 5th Grade Class:
Kyung Joon Yang
Joanna Walsh
Carolyn Kwak
Emelia Lambros
Jennifer Garcia
Jake Holman
