Writing Paragraphs

Our current writing project is to write a paper with three paragraphs.  The reaction of the class when I told them was mostly gasps and moans!  They were not nearly as excited about this project as I was.  We've made a pre-writing outline and today wrote our first paragraph.  We'll work on writing the following two paragraphs and editing over the next several days.  Each student's story is about meeting a leprechaun who gives him/her a lucky charm.  We took some time to brainstorm out loud before writing.  Ask your child to share with you his/her story ideas.