Update from the Southern Command

Hi guys! A FL update ...

Rachel won the third grade writing contest for the whole school. We thought that everyone might enjoy reading her essay.

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You have a magical item at your desk. Write a story about how it helped you through the day.

Rachel’s Essay

            “Class, Class!” Mrs. Sneed shouted. “This morning we will be writing about a time when you got a gift.” It was 9:00am at Royal Palm Beach Elementary School (a very busy time) and I Rachel Wells was not paying attention. That very morning I had found out that my pen was magical. So that day I let it do all of my work even writing. As my pen was writing I was reading. “Time is up” Mrs. Sneed stated. “Tonight reread your essay and edit it for your homework.” The day passed on and it came time to go home. “Rachel you need to start your homework!” My mom shouted from downstairs. “Starting” I answered. As I started rereading my essay I realized that it was not about a time when I got a gift but about how I had a secret crush on Chip a boy that sat at my table.

            “Rachel think, think” I told myself “I got it” I screamed “got what?” my mom asked from the kitchen. “oh nothing” I told my mom. “I’m going to erase what my pen wrote” I whispered. As fast as a hungry huskie I ran over to my desk grabbed my eraser, and started erasing. “Oh great pen doesn’t erase” I remembered.

            “I think I got it this time” I yelled “Rachel step yelling” my mom told me in an irritated voice. “Ok mom” I was going to rip out the page. “Grrrr!” I growled like a tiger.  “This page will not come out!” I was starting to get mad. “I’m going to tell Mrs. Sneed tomorrow.”

            The next day when my class started writing, I told Mrs. Sneed everything. She said that I should just forget about it. After my lesson I decided to give my pen to Mrs. Sneed.

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Also, Caleb's soccer team won last night 1-0 against the #2 team in their Premier league -- go awesome defense (Caleb's played center D all game). And last Sunday Caleb's team lost 5-4 against the #1 team in the division -- it was a nail biter. Caleb scored our fourth goal on a penalty kick -- very exciting.

Jacob and Sarah start Rec Soccer in one more week with Jon as their coach. I found out that I will be observed 9 times this year since I am beginning teaching all over again. This week I was observed twice - and thankfully they went very well.

Love to everyone,

Aly