Both classes are working on a Mothers Day essay. The essay itself is meant to be a gift so mothers are asked not to help. Other significant persons in your childs life are encouraged to help with the generation of ideas and revising however. We also discussed that many different persons may take on a mothering role in our lives and children were given the option to choose the person who best fit that role in their life. The following guide may & should be used to help revise.

Why my mother should win the mothers day contest prize.
Ideas
Is my topic clear?
Did I tell in my opening sentence who I was talking about?
Did I hook my reader in the first few sentences? Will they want to read on?
Did I tell enough?
Did I sum up with a closing sentence?

Sentence Fluency
Did I read my piece out loud at least 5X?
Does it sound O.K.?
Was I able to breath as I read?
Did it sound smooth & flow well?
Do my sentences vary in lenght?

Organization
Are my thoughts organized and grouped logically?
Did I talk about what my mom does for me and with me in different paragraphs?
Are different memories given their own paragraph and well developed?

Word Choice
Did I repeat the same words to often?
Did I use million dollar words?
Did I make the words work for me? Did they clearify my message?
Did I begin my sentences with different words?

Voice
Does my paper have feeling?
Will it leave my reader feeling warm and fuzzy?
Will it make my reader smile or will it move my reader to tears?
Did I use idioms or interesting & unique ideas to make the writing sound like me?

Conventions
Did I check the
___ spelling
___ punctuation
___ grammer
___ tense is consistant( past, present)
___ capital & lower case letters are used correctly

Presentation
Is my work neat and easy to read?
Did I use the margins on the page effectivly?

Homework
Spelling - sign test -corrections 5X each
- complete dictionary pages
New Words - special, best
Cursive Writing - 2 pages
Work on Mother's Day Essay - will go to final copy tomorrow
Math - Speed Quiz - sign & corrections 10X each
Gr. 3 - pgs. 314 & 315
Gr. 4 - pgs. 322 & 323
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