This week our class was given the assignment to write a creative story using at least 5 spelling and/or vocabulary words.  Each story was unique.  I chose Ben’s story as our post of the week.  He made a funny story about a thunderstorm and the 4th of July.  See below.

The Wackiest Fourth of July “Thunderstorm” Ever

The Wackiest Fourth of July “Thunderstorm” Ever

(Starring Bobby, Joe, Dad and Max the Dog and set in a Fourth of July party)

                Bobby, Joe and Dad were setting out the homemade food by the campfire that they have in their backyard.   Max tried to distract the boys from eating by pulling on their shoelaces.  While that was happening, Dad was setting up the fireworks, and then, it started raining watermelons!  The boys took off their sweatshirts and put them over their heads so they wouldn’t get splattered.  They took Max upstairsso he would not get hurt chasing after the watermelons. Dad saw a giant vine that had grown onto thehighway and was “raining” down the watermelons.  Dad shouted, “There’s a vine on the highway!” through the loudspeaker.  Bobby and Joe set off the fireworks, and they destroyed the giant vine.  In the meantime, Max had gotten out of the house and eaten some of the watermelons, which gave him astomachache.  The boys grabbed their laptops to blog about the wackiest Fourth of July “thunderstorm” ever.

Click here to go to his blog and leave him a comment.

Nice work Ben!

This week’s “Post of the Week” goes to Jonah.  He wrote a detailed description of our second nine week book report project.  He gave a great synopsis of his book without giving away too much information.  Click here to go to his blog and comment on it.

Check out everyone’s blog posts about their recent book report.  They all did an outstanding job!  Some students made mobiles, some made dioramas, one student made a timeline, one student made an iMovie, one student made a book jacket, and Jonah wrote an obituary.

The whole class has their own blogfolio.  Today each student started  their “About Me” Page.  It was truly amazing watching each student proudly think of what he/she wanted to share about themselves.  They are all so unique and creative and many of them have already chosen a theme.  This will be a great learning experience for all of us!  They will continue to improve in their writing, expression, reading, grammar and spelling.   Please remember that we are in the very early stages, and many students are still finishing their “About Me” page.  Be sure to click on their individual blogfolios and leave comments. They will be  encouraged to write more and comment on others, as well.