Sarah Petty

Teacher of Language Arts, 6A Dragons, DMS!
“Do the best you can until you know better.
When you know better, do better” ~Maya Angelou

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Character gratitude point of view writing ✍️! Happy Thanksgiving 🍁

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Thought I fixed this the first tweet. This is meant for @JasonReynolds83 🤦🏻‍♀️Sorry @JasonReynolds for the error.

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Recently, students read the poem "Your Dream is" by
@jasonreynolds
. They then wrote their own version of the poem - either in the same style or just following the topic of dreams. I loved seeing them praise & analyze each other's poems, too!

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HAPPY BELATED MOTHER'S DAY! A few last wonderful letters to share. The assignment: Write to someone you miss, want to thank, or who is in need. As often happens regardless of the letter topic, I received a lot of letters written to MOMS.

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Letter writing, continued. The assignment: Write to someone you miss, want to thank, or who is in need.

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Students often enjoy writing letters, and this time of remote instruction has been no exception! Here are some exemplar letters. The assignment: Write to someone you miss, want to thank, or who is in need.

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Students made life connections during our study of happiness & passions in our TED Talk writing unit! Thank you for sharing your pets, forts, baking, LEGOs, trampolines, etc. & all your growth while home. Here are just a FEW great examples. #timecapsule

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April was the month of poetry, and students had some impressive poetry picks which they analyzed for meaning. Nice job, 6B!

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The Everywhere (online) Book Fest starts tomorrow! Looking forward to seeing @JasonReynolds83 @JackieWoodson @Meg_Medina @geneluenyang

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@Davca1313 Love the Christmas PJs. ❤️❤️❤️

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@overton_mr @danhigginsnj @YourMrBrooks @jmcavaddy Nice! Thanks for the invite

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If you’re looking for something hopeful to read while home, this one’s great. Author @MitchAlbom is writing his pandemic-inspired story and releasing his chapters for free as he goes, even offering up donations to his local Detroit. https://t.co/GgimjTfK9R

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@Giselle051487 @danhigginsnj That's fine! Get it, Giselle! Haha

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Having a great time learning online and playing around with Twitter tags #NJEXCEL @danhigginsnj

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When your professor gives you the mid-afternoon break between Saturday sessions. @danhigginsnj #NJExcel

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Always love seeing the creativity from our 6B writers: Literary Essay covers demonstrating character/theme/comparing and contrasting analysis

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Our Information Writing unit is launching and here's a graphic representation to show off my excitement.

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Check out these amazing Hidden Talents projects made by our grade 6 students! Project choices: character / setting / plot

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Hidden Talents by David Lubar - creative projects in the making! Students had a choice to create a visual for either character, plot, or setting. Loving what they are coming up with for these character cards / comic strips / maps of Edgeview School in the story 😊

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Students crafted creative visuals and explained the dominant traits of their fiction writing main characters. They used STEAL methods of character to demonstrate different aspects of the character :)