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Playing in Notebooks: Day Two of Camp!

English Workshop Toolkit  Summer Camp 2014 A rainbow is a great start to the day! Day two of camp was about notebooks. I love getting there early and setting up before everyone arrives... Ooohh, PENS!!! Rebecca is so excited about her new pens! Our tables with sandboxes in the middle. Catching up before the day starts. Good morning! We started with a hilarious version of rock, paper, scissors. Here are some pictures of people really getting into the game... This group of teachers takes risks! They leap into whatever we ask with everything they have...they inspire me. After our getting to know you game, we opened our notebooks, ready to write beautiful words. We read a poem by Nikki Grimes about summer and decided to compose in the humid summer air... The humidity didn't dampen our writing. We wrote and remembered how powerful it is to change your perspective.  Then we dove into notebooks. Niki...