Category Archives: 3rd Grade

Persuasive Writing

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Have you ever wondered why kindergarten, 1st, and 2nd grade have really big lockers and 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade have really small lockers? You might be wondering, “Why does the size of the locker matter so much?” Here are some reasons why I think the lockers in the 3-5 wings should be replaced with bigger lockers.

 

One reason that grades 3-5 should get bigger lockers is that K-2 have bigger lockers than grades 3-5. Grades 3-5 have more school work they need to fit inside their lockers so they should be the students that have bigger lockers. For example, kids in grades 3-5 have many after school activities and sports. They might need to bring things for practice to school with them or maybe instruments for band and instrumental. K-2 do not have instruments to bring to school, so they don’t need super big lockers. 

 

Another reason that grades 3-5 should get bigger lockers is that

 most students have backpacks with wheels, which don’t fit inside of the small lockers. This means they have to leave them in the hallway, which is dangerous because people can trip over them and can get hurt. Also sometimes when students are getting those backpacks from the hallway they can trip other students by accident. For example, For example, when I am heading up the ramp to PE the backpacks with wheels are always out in the hallway. People hit them and trip over them. I did just last week! If they were in the lockers, they wouldn’t be in the way and no one would get hurt.

 

The last reason that grades 3-5 should get bigger lockers

 is that some people need room to put some of their other belongings such as a jacket, a sweatshirt, or a lunch box. People sometimes have to bring their belongings inside the classroom and it is annoying having other stuff on your desk when you don’t need it. For example, maybe you have extra erasers or pencils. Instead of keeping them all in your desk, if you had room, you could keep some in your locker and grab them when you need them. 

Grades 3-5 NEED bigger lockers now before someone gets hurt from all of the overflowing stuff!

Reflection

I chose to write about getting bigger lockers in 3-5 grade wings in Heathcote because ever since the first day of 3rd grade I noticed that the lockers were too small for a lot of students. The steps of making a persuasive piece is first come up with some ideas. Next, choses an idea. Then write it on paper.Next in your drive you open a doc and type it in. Then open an Adobe video and add pictures. Lastly, record yourself reading the doc. The most difficult part of doing the writing is coming up with ideas.

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My Expert Book: Baseball

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I came up with the topic baseball because my favorite sport is baseball and I know alot about baseball but, I did not include everything I knew about baseball. The first step was to come up with ideas. Next I had to pick one of the topics and do a brain dump. Then I had to organize the brain dump. Next I had to make chapters. Then I started writing on paper. Next I used the paper to know what type on the computer. Then I added pictures and links to make my writing better. Lastly my parents came in and read my writing. I needed the most help writing on paper and coming up with ideas to put in my writing because I did not know what to put in each chapter. The most difficult part for me was thinking of ideas to write about. I learned how to crop images and how to make a cover page. I also learned that I knew so much about baseball. When my expert book was done I was really proud of myself.

This is my expert book.

 

 

Thank you for reading.

Personal Narrative- Reflection

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One thing I am most proud of in my personal narrative is my heart. I put most of the details in it. One example is there is a lot of dialogue and action showing me and my dad and I going down the waterslide. I think the reader will think they are going down the waterslide with me. 

 

One thing that was difficult for me was my ending because the end of my heart is like the end of my story so I had to do some action when I was in the pool. For example I said I canenballed into the pool.

Personal Narrative – The Water Slide

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“Today’s the day!” I said. “Dad, can we go to the water slide, finally? PLEASE!?”

“Yeah, we’ll go later,” said my dad.

“I can’t wait until later!” I shouted. “Can we go now?”

“Oh alright, Jake,” dad said. “Go get your bathing suit on.”

I ran to the bedroom and got changed as quickly as possible. “Ready to go,” I yelled racing back into the kitchen.

 

A few minutes later, we headed out to go to the water slide. When we got there the slide I looked up, and up and up, until my eyes reached the top. “Wow, that is really tall,” I thought to myself, even more excited than before. We ran to the bottom of the stairs and I saw a sign that said, “you must be 48 inches tall to ride this ride.” 

“Good thing I’m 49 inches, dad” I said pointing to the sign. 

“Then, let’s go!” dad said and we started to climb the stairs. 

Finally we were at the top. The lifeguard up there looked at us and said, “you need a tube!” 

“We have to go all the way back down?” I asked, disappointed.

“Guess so,” dad replied. We headed back down the stairs, grabbed a tube and hustled back up the stairs.

 

“Finally it is our turn!” I said happily. I stepped into the little pool of water and all of a sudden I got the chills. The water was so cold! Dad put the tube behind me and we sat down.

The lifeguard pointed at me and said, “you need to sit in the front.” I moved to the front and held onto the handles tightly.

“GO!” shouted the lifeguard, and gave us a big push. We went down so fast! I felt the wind blowing on me as we raced to the bottom. 

“This is so fun!’ I yelled as water splashed all over us.

 Water  came from the side and sprayed on us then it poured on us.There were so many twists and turns that I thought I was going to fall out of the tube. 

We were finally reaching the end when cold water poured on us and we cannon balled into a 12 foot pool at the bottom of the slide. I held my breath under water for 5 seconds before I popped my head up and asked,  “Can we go again?”

“Maybe,” said dad, as he walked to get a towel and dry off.