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This Week, Mrs. Avery's 2nd-grade class from Coeur d' Alene, Idaho will be working together with Mrs. Franks 2-grade classroom from Seattle, Washington.

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In order to have fun and learn with our classmates this week, we must agree on a few things.
1) Please be respectful when posting.
2) Please be polite and use positive feedback when responding to classmates.
3) Please listen with care.
4) Please speak and discuss only about the topic area you are in. For example, while describing your book of the week, only discuss your book.
5) Ask for clarification and further explanation as needed about the topics and texts under discussion.

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Six Word Story:     (Icebreaker Activity) 

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Six Word Story:     (Icebreaker Activity) 

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Begin with describing yourself in a complete sentence. The trick is, you can only use six words while describing yourself in one sentence. When you have finished your sentence, respond to other classmates, using just six words.

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What our class activities are this week:

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What our class activities are this week:

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Please review the six books provided and choose one that you would like to be your book of the week. You will be sharing this with your classmates, writing an opinion piece, and helping your classmates from afar edit their papers. At the end of the week, we will share our opinion papers with each other.

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A Bad Case of Stripes read by Sean Astin

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'Carla's Sandwich' read by Allison Janney

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Hanukkah in Alaska read by Molly Ephraim

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Please Please the Bees read by Rashida Jones

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Sophie's Masterpiece read by CCH Pounder

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Tell us about what you are reading this week! What is the book called, who wrote this book, who are the characters in your book?

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After reading the book of the week, write and share your opinion piece about the book. In your opinion, what happened in this book? This opinion piece should be between 10-15 sentences and should use linking words like because, and, also.

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After reading each others opinion piece, help a friend edit their writing. Does their story introduce a topic, use facts and provide a concluding statement?

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We can't wait to hear your opinion piece about your chosen book!

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We can't wait to hear your opinion piece about your chosen book!

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Please have your teacher help you record yourself reading your opinion piece to the class and share with us all.