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General News ELA Update This week was filled with more reading and more book talks! We used some fun discussion cards to bring some new flavor to our conversations with questions like: what actors would play the characters from your book in a movie, what are the themes of the novel, if you were to run into the main character from the novel on the street what outfit would they be wearing, sharing about a character in the novel you admire and why, and so much more! Gammas also spent time in book clubs reflecting on the problem and solution […]

General News ELA Update Wowee! Gammas are on a roll with reading! Most people are halfway through their first book and a few folks have even moved on to trying out a second, or even third, genre! The enthusiasm for reading and creative writing remains off the charts in ELA Gammaland. On Monday we went over our P&P and talked about how, as readers, we should always be monitoring our thinking as we read. We are using emoji this week to help us keep track of our thinking while we read. We will also be practicing citing examples from the