Writing is Wacky!

Today in writing we did a lot, as usual. We did our DOL (Daily Oral Language), then some handwriting. Sometimes we do our Daybooks, in which we write about different topics. Right now, we are working on some music people like Woody Guthrie and B. B. King. The Daybook includes both reading and writing.

For DOL, all we do is correct sentences, then write them in the correct way. It is important to listen and make the appropriate corrections. If you don't, you won't have the correct information for the test we have on Friday, which is about the same corrections. We do this to help us write and speak correctly.

In handwriting, we occasionally take time to practice writing in cursive, but not very often. This is what we do in my writing class with Mrs. Harrison.

Reporter: Paige S.
Editor: Mrs. M

Maddie's Story

The Green Team got to make a difference in someone’s life, a baby girl named Maddie. This reporter heard about Maddie at Appleumpkin. She has a rare skin disorder called Congenital Pigmented Nevus (CPN). She was with her family who was selling raffle tickets to help pay for a surgery which is not covered by insurance.

After meeting Maddie, a couple of class members asked Mr. Palmer if we could help. He knew about her because her parents had been his students. When he agreed, we started collecting change, nickels, dimes, and quarters, and sometimes dollars. Altogether, the Green Team raised $211.94 to put towards Maddie’s surgery.

On January, 20th, Maddie went to Chicago on a train. The surgery was at Children’s Memorial Hospital. Maddie’s Doctor was Dr. Bauer. He looks like a lot of fun! The surgery took about two hours to put in the tissue expanders.

Our team is pleased and happy that we could do something to help. If you would like further information, or maybe help with a donation, go to www.helpmaddie.org

Reporter: Brianna W.
Editor: Mrs. M., Renee A.
Photographs courtesy of www.helpmaddie.org