Persuasion

Second graders have been practicing using academic words, topic sentences, and conclusions. Can you find them in their housing ads?
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Come here and visit on 44 L Road. There are six bathrooms. It only costs $579,900. One part is amazing it is the hallway. There is a china cabinet and curved stairs. Purchase now. It comes with furniture. Please buy.

Come and visit this house at 75 H Road. The house has many bedrooms. Also it has 3 bathrooms. This part is cool. The basement is organized. It has functional pipes. Also it has blue walls.

You got to see this house at 75 H Road. It has many bedrooms. For example I saw 4 bedrooms. I saw 3 bathrooms. The sunroom is awesome. It has surrounding windows and French doors. The price is $333,900. Don’t wait. Buy this house at 75 H Road. It is amazing.

Come see this house at 75 H Rd. There are 4 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms. The sunroom has a tiled floor and humongous windows. This home is 333,900. I will sell this house. Come and buy this $333,900 house. The amazing house is pretty. In conclusion you can buy this house.

Don’t wait. Buy this house now. It is at 75 H Rd. It has 4 bedrooms. It is cute and it has 3 bathrooms. It is cool. For example the tiled floor is great and the recessed lighting is awesome. That house is amazing and it costs $333,900. Don’t wait. Buy this house now. It is amazing.

School News

Here are some news stories from our school! Learners interviewed staff members to find out the information they needed.

Band

    Hello Paradise Elementary students. We have questions about band. First question: Why does 4th grade participate in band? Mr. Apgar responded that 4th grade is the traditional starting grade for band. Also the average age is 9 or 10 and is great for starting band.

    The next question is why can’t we play piano or percussion? He only needs one or two piano players so the student can play with one larger group.

    Last question: Why can we leave at the end of the day? It is great to leave then so they don’t interrupt their classrooms.

    This is for 4th grade. Remember 4th graders you can do band too.

Girls on the Run

    Did you hear about Girls on the Run? It is a thing you run around. Mrs. Rogers did Girls on the Run seven seasons.

    They run in different spots. They run in the gym when it rains outside. When it’s not raining outside, they run in the parking lot and in the soccer field.

    Older kids run in the fall and younger kids in spring. Mrs. Rogers said that there are so many girls. 4th and 3rd are in the spring and 5th and 6th are in fall.

    Participate in Girls on the Run.

Opinions with Evidence

Learners read opinion articles in Newsela, formed their own opinions, and then linked that to evidence. Read this learner's work to make your own decision:

Pie Tops are unnecessary.

First, you don't need them because it is hard to set up. Smartphone set up is hard. DVR set up is hard too because you have to set it up to the Pie Tops and your phone Also, you have to link credit card information.

There are other options to order pizza: on your phone, texts messages and emojis.

Third there are many more options if you order on your phone. On shoes there is only a handful. On the phone there are more toppings. On shoes there are less toppings. On emojis you pick your pizza.

Finally that's why you don't need to get Pie Tops.

Research

Learners created wondering questions about states, researched the answers, and then wrote about their findings. Enjoy this learner's writing!

Florida has Disney World, sports teams, and history. A fun place to go is Disney World because it has lots of rides and lots of games. It includes four theme parks. Also it is the largest theme park in the world. Some college students are cartoon characters.

In Florida their is sports teams and some of the teams are the Panthers they are from the NHL also the Tampa Bay Lightning are from the NHL. also the Miami Heat is from the NBA.

Let me tell you some of the history in the statehood and Civil War. Congress let Florida be a slave state. Also 15,000 people served the army another rezen is at the end of the war they were emancipated, or let go.

You can learn about history and you can go to fun places in Florida.

Works Cited

"Florida." CultureGrams Online Edition, ProQuest, 2018, online.culturegrams.com/states/

state.php?&sn=Florida&sid=9. Accessed 01 March 2018.