Our third graders are writing their first personal essays. They are learning to support their thesis statements with details and small moments stories. Look at how they are exploring how to support their thesis statements.The Wonderful FamilyBy AndrewSplash went the water when I jump in the lake. Going camping with my family is fun.Going camping with my family is fun because I like fishing. One morning when I was camping I went fishing with my Grandpa and my Grandma and my mom and my sister and my brother and we went on the boat and I caught a very big fish. It was fun going fishing with my family.Going camping with my family is fun because I like roasting marshmallows. One night when I was camping I asked my Grandma if we could roast marshmallows. We made a fire and we waited and then we got a very very warm fire and we got graham crackers and chocolate and we roasted marshmallows.Going camping with my family is fun because you can go tubing. One morning when I was camping my Grandpa filled up the tube so we can go tubing. I knew it was going to be fun. I liked it when we went on the big waves. It was very fun to go on the tube. I went again because it was so fun and when you fall off the tube you can swim back.Going camping with my family is better than $1,000,000.Best Sport Ever - FootballBy Brandyn“Hut,hut, hike!” I was running it, the football game started. I was running and someone pulled m flag. Football is my favorite sport.Football is my favorite sport because sometime I win. One Friday I had a football game. I had to run it, I got the ball. I ran and made a touchdown. We kept making touchdowns. Later the score was 5 to 1. I had the ball and made a touchdown and won the game. I was so happy because I made the winning touchdown.Football is my favorite sport because I get healthier. Football makes me healthier because I get better at running. I get better at catching.When I am practicing my muscles get stronger.Football is my favorite sport because it is fun. football is fun because you can run. Also I can play with my friends too. I get to play my favorite positions. It is also fun because you can win.Football is better than a hundred dollars.The Best T.V. Show EverBy CierraI sat on the white couch while the fire place was crackling as I turned on the TV show. My favorite TV show is High School Musical.High School Musical is my favorite TV because they are some of my favorite TV stars. My favorite TV stars are Ashley Tisdale, Zack Efron, Vanesa Lucints, Corbin Blue and Ryne Tisdale. They are my favorites.High School Musical is my favorite TV show because there are some fo my favorite songs. some of my favorite songs are Bet On it, Fabulous, Your Are The Musician In Me and another great song is There Is The Truth.High School Musical is my favorite TV show because there are some TV stars off of movies I have watched, like Corbin Blue, Vanessa Lucints, Ashley Tisdale, and Zack Efron.High School musical is my favortite TV show because Corbin Blue has been on Hannah Montana Jump In, and High School Musical. Corbin Blue is pretty special. High School Musical is better than Hannah Montana.

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