Author Archives: Daniel Von Holten

We’ve been working on a group of five poems that will be due Tuesday 5/15. Many of the kids have already finished most of them during the work time provided. In the coming week, we’ll be using most of the … Continue reading →

What to bring: sack lunch water bottle walking shoes appropriate school clothing sun screen hat sun glasses medication (if applicable) two pencils folder/something to write on digital camera–if you told your group you would bring one Chaperones will hand out … Continue reading →

Even though the Persuasive Essay was a third quarter assignment, I held onto it until I could enter it into the 4th quarter grade book. I did this to allow time for students to revise if they would like to … Continue reading →

As with most tests, there was both good news and bad. Some kids received well over 100% by getting bonus points. A larger number, however, received disappointing grades, and this is the reason for this post. For these kids, I … Continue reading →

The parts of speech test is now on the calendar–next week Tuesday, 1/31. Students will need to be able to identify the part of speech for each word in the sentences. To study, please see the web sites that I … Continue reading →