Oh, Fall...

Did you notice that crisp fall air this morning?  I love it!!  This is my favorite time of the year.  My house spells like pumpkin and hazelnut, mums and pumpkins are overflowing on my front porch, and football is on the TV every Monday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday.  What are your favorite things about this season?  Be sure to explain why (or why not) you love this time of the year.

Some of our Pumpkin Patch fun this weekend.  

Team Work

There are both good things and bad things about playing on a team, such as the school soccer team or the school volleyball team. Write 5-7 sentences in which you explain both what is good and what is bad about playing on a school team. Be sure to explain each point fully and add some of your personal experiences.  

Grandparents Day

Yesterday was National Grandparents Day.  Many schools across the nation are celebrating by inviting grandparents to school and connecting with older members of their communities.  I'm going to give you a few different options for this post.  Choose one (or more) of the writing prompts and share your thoughts.

• If you could go back to your great-grandparents childhood, would you?  Why or why not?
• What advice has a grandparent shared with you that really stuck with you?  Has this helped shaped the person you've become or strive to be?
• What do you wish your grandparents knew about teenagers today?  How could you ease this relationship/help you connect better?

Literacy

Today is International Literacy Day.  "Whether it’s reading or writing, literacy is an outlet to an untouchable world – your imagination. Not only is literacy a basic human right, it is a fundamental building block for learning as well as a personal empowerment tool. It is the catalyst for social and global progress."--internationalliteracyday.org.  

If you can read this then you already have an amazing tool that can take you wherever you want to go!  Imagine a world in which you could not read?  What would life be like?  How would you communicate?  This is something we take for granted daily and many people don't realize just how blessed they truly are to be able to read.  

How has literacy (reading or writing) impacted your life?  Have you had a book leave a lasting impression on you?  Have you written a paper/poem/letter/text that you were proud of?  Reflect in 5-7 sentences.