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  Gallery of Children's Writing
   
 

Making Message Time Plus a daily part of the classroom is essential for children to become proficient readers and writers. Children are excited to use new and interesting vocabulary. Their work quickly shows evidence of their understanding of the mechanical rules of writing, such as punctuation, capitalization, and sentence structure.

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  This second grade student from Orange, NJ writes a story about his dog Mickey's quest for food.   This kindergarten student in a Philadelphia, PA classroom created a graph charting the life cycle of a plant.   A kindergarten student makes a text to life connection after a science lesson about seeds.
           
     
  A Baltimore, MD pre-kindergarten student writes about the parts of a pumpkin plant after a science lesson.   A 3rd grader learns
about anatomy.
  A Philadelphia, PA kindergarten student reflects on a science lesson in which she learned that oxygen is produced by plants.
           
           
     
  Kindergarten
writing progress.
  A Philadelphia
first grade assignment.
  Frogs and tadpoles
are studied in this kindergarten Science Center.
           
           
     
  Pre-phonetic writing by
a Newark pre-schooler.
  A kindergartner's work.   A first grader
re-tells a story.
   
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