Mrs. Donna Trick
Curriculum Coach

Rockwell Elementary School
Home of the Rockets





 

10 Great Reasons to Write!

1. Write to share your ideas.

2. Write to explain something.
3. Write to tell your side of the story.
4. Write to tell what happened.
5. Write to connect with your reader.
6. Write to tell how you feel.
7. Write to explore what you think.
8. Write to remember important details.
9. Write to describe something.
10.Write to enjoy yourself!

KIDS KIDS KIDS KIDS
Writing is going to be a blast this year!! I
can't wait to see all of our student authors
participating in your writing workshops in your classrooms. I also look forward to reading your wonderful stories. It's going to be a great year at Rockwell!!!


Ten Reasons to Get Kids Reading:

1. Children love reading to become excellent readers.
2. Avid readers acquire a more complex sense of language.
3. Reading gives children wide-ranging frames of reference, which makes all learning easier.
4. A love of reading is one of the major joys of life.
5. Excellent reading skills make it more likely children will weather personal problems with their school work intact, since they will be able to keep up with their assignments by using only a fraction of their time and emotional energy.
6. Avid reading gives children a sense of perspective.
7. Reading helps children to be compassionate.
8. Avid readers are exposed to a world full of possibilities and opportunities.
9. Avid readers develop critical thinking skills.
10. By high school only avid readers will have the literacy skills to excel in any course that demands a good deal of reading.

AND REMEMBER:

If you can THINK....
you can WRITE....

you can READ!!!!!

• Energizers Great for getting kids active and fit
• Kids' stories and poetry, cartoons, learn to draw Fun site for reading, listening, drawing
• Winter Fun Wonderful activies in math, reading, games, and more
• Elementary Education Website Excellent curriculum resources
• Math practice great for practicing math facts
• Reading Fun Great reading site for primary kids
• Reading Look for great reading activities
• Science Fair Info Lots of info on project ideas, organizing your display, other helpful hints
• Science Fair Project Model Awesome model of what should be included on a display board
• Practice Writing Scoring Wonderful site for getting your 4th grade child ready for the writing test
• Understanding and Working with Fractions Great site for practicing with fractions
• Math and Reading Site for teachers, parents, and students