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I have finally decided on the theme! After spending spring break on Cape Hatteras, I have decided on Sea Turtles. I’ve did a lot of reading while I was there and had an a-ha moment. Now, I just have to get busy!

One of my teachers has a display of I/Persona poems in the hallway. The theme is Lewis and Clark and they are taking a boat down the river of Persona poems. It’s really cool. The kids seem excited about it too. I have not yet brought up the subject of multi genre projects. I want to finish mine and figure out the process before I go promoting it in the school. I have mentioned a little here and there. Another of my teachers is going to write a digital story starting next week. This class is having repercussions across my school.

I’ve been thinking a lot about different options for the multi genre project. Ellis Island is one of the possibilities at this point in time. My grandfather came through Ellis Island from Norway. I can get information from the Ellis Island website. I’m still not 100% sure about it. The more I read in Writing Without Boundaries, the more manageable it seems to be. I like the idea of goal sheets. That way, I can break the effort into more manageable pieces. Another possibility is Cape Hatteras. I’m going there for the week of spring break and I think it would be an interesting topic. There are always the wild ponies on Ocracoke. Another topic could be coastal erosion. I plan on picking a final topic by next Monday.

I had a conference today about a 2nd grade students. He is very bright, but may be somewhat bored. We decided that the AIG teacher can work with him and some of the the other high performing kids on multi genre projects. She, the classroom teacher and I will work on the specifics. Hopefully, we may be able to do this through our enrichment times. We have 2 enrichment times during the week. Students are divided into small groups to work at instructional levels in some type of fun but challenging activity.