Five paragraph essays

The class is learning how to write an essay that is multiple paragraphs. We began today by taking an introductory paragraph that was provided, deciding what each paragraph following it should be about, then breaking into pairs to each write a paragraph. This is a composite of some of the paragraphs students wrote, following the introduction provided.


At the beginning of the school year, none of us thought we would become the close-knit group that we are. Now we work really well together on project and put whole- team effort into everything we do. We encourage one another and treat each other the way we want others to treat us. We even come up with terrific new ideas for our whole school to try. There’s no better team anywhere!

Today, our class puts a lot of effort into everything we do. We worked together to put an electromagnet together and saw how an electromagnet works. We have fun in everything we do instead of fighting and not getting any work done. Our class did stations of chemical changes and physical changes. We work really well together on big projects and our class work. We worked on the Stations of the Cross. We put north, south, east, and west around the room.

We help people and treat them the way we want to be treated. We help people so they could help us, and we treat them nice so they could treat us nice. We also help people so we can be peaceful people. We help moms do chores and we help Ms. Galecki by cleaning after some people, so Ms. Galecki doesn’t have to clean it up. I help my friend read and with her homework. We all treat everyone nice. We help them learn. We help them around the school.

Our class tries to come up with new ideas for our whole school. Once, our class went outside to clean the front of the school and went to plant plants. The school helps with St. Jude’s hospital and classes give money to St. Jude. Our teacher is happy for us that we come up with ideas to try for the fourth grade. If you have ten or more beads, you get to do activities. One of the bead activities we have done is the roller coaster, another activity is painting with our buddies.

School is fun because we work together and do cool projects. Our teacher is nice because she lets us meditate and use our imagination.


The students did an excellent job staying on topic and providing supporting details for the introduction!

Two important dates are coming up. First, we have a science test on electricity and magnetism on Tuesday, March 17th. Students received the study guide for this today. We also have a field trip to the Museum of Science and Industry on March 25th. Permission slips and money are due on Friday.