Lyndsay Blogs http://www.lyndsayblogs.com Thu, 12 May 2011 17:21:13 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Camp writing http://www.lyndsayblogs.com/2011/05/camp-writing/ http://www.lyndsayblogs.com/2011/05/camp-writing/#comments Thu, 12 May 2011 17:21:13 +0000 Lyndsay http://www.lyndsayblogs.com/?p=268 Imagine your ultimate camp. Think about three different things you would do there. Write about it!

Some ideas of how you could write about it are: You could write about planning the trip to go, you could write a brochure advertising your camp, you could write a letter to a friend imagining you are at the camp.

Have fun writing :)

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Mother’s Day is just around the corner (this Sunday). Try writing a letter to your mom telling her how much she means to you. What is special about her, what do you appreciate about her? You could also try a poem. How about an acrostic poem? Not sure what that is, here’s an example:

Mom

M-y mother is always a person I can talk to when I’m having a bad day

O-ther things don’t keep her from me

M-ust be the best mom in the world!

Happy Mother’s Day to all of you the mothers out there :)

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Write about your Easter weekend. Think about the 5 Ws (who, what, when, where and how).

Write about what Easter means to you.

Write about what Easter means around the world. Who celebrates Easter and why?

Happy Easter everyone!

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I am at a conference in Vancouver today and I came across a blog with all kinds of free online tools. You may want to check it out!

http://www.detools.ca/

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Have fun writing!

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Write a story about a baby animal finding a new friend. Who would it be? And how would they meet? Would they be the same animals or different, or maybe the friend isn’t an animal at all. Think about the fun the two new friends can have. Have fun writing!

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Choose one baby animal to write a story about. Imagine that the baby animal has wandered away from it’s home. Write a story about the adventure the baby animal has finding it’s way back home. Try to include as much describing words as you can!

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Try to write a haiku poem. A haiku poem is a traditional Japanese poem that consists of three lines. The first line has 5 syllables, the second line has 7 syllables and the third and last line has 5 syllables. If you can’t remember what a syllable is or how to count it, ask you mom or dad!

Remember, have fun with your writing!

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The website may be helpful if you need a little help explaining how to do a problem to your child. They use videos and printable worksheets and it goes from basic addition (1+1) to trigonometry to calculus and everything in between.

Check it out: www.mathmaster.org

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http://www.sanchezclass.com/reading-graphic-organizers.htm

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