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Wow.  I didn't mean to disappear.

What a week it was/continues to be.

Non-stop headache for the past 7 days, fluctuating between mildly annoying to knock me flat migraine.

A few other interesting moments during the week.

Today began with the mildly annoying version of the headache,

progressing to something a little more annoying

and accompanied by a highly distressed little girl needing a Mommy day.

Christmas Break will be a welcome break indeed.

During the chaos of the previous week, my class completed our first Persuasive Writing piece.

It wasn't easy.

In fact, at times, it was downright painful.

But it's done.

And it's awesome.  :)

The first 2 images are run front to back to create a work folder.
This worked so incredibly well!

No lost pieces.

No floating sticky notes.

It was one of those happy teacher moments.

All images are linked to the PDF download which contains the writing instructions, the letter writing page, and the work folder piece.  Maybe someone else will love this as much as we do at our school?  A note of thanks if you download these would really make me smile.  And trust me, after last week, I could use a smile. . .

We'll be working on another persuasive piece this week.

Hopefully.

8 days till Christmas Break. . .