More Wreckage

Do not fear!  This is the good kind of wreckage!  I promised you, way back in the olden days of yore, that I would share more from the Wreck this Journal. Here they is.

It’s a good day when…

T’was the first day back from a two-week vay-cay.  All the punkin’ heads were reading their books.  Ms. M. notices A. leafing a little too quickly through his and questions his actions.  A. replies, “I’m looking for a hyphenated modifier.” And he was! It’s a good day when one of your little turtle doves learns…

Tar Beach

For Spirit Day yesterday, I used a project inspired by the book Tar Beach by Faith Ringgold. In this story a girl imagines she is flying above the night skies of New York and claiming it for herself. She reclaims the union building that won’t let her father join due to the color of his…

The Littmus Lozenge

We are reading the book Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo.  In it, Miss Franny Block tells the story of Littmus W. Block, who created the Littmus Lozenge.  The Littmus Lozenge has a secret ingredient–sorrow.  Opal and Amanda share their great sadnesses with Miss Franny Block.  I asked the class to write down their great…