Cursive fun!

"Cursive fun!"  Whatever could that mean?

We've been practicing cursive all year...and the 5th graders are now required to do the majority of their work to turn in...in cursive.  To practice, I've run off papers for them to copy...papers that were written in cursive...a curriculum we bought.

Night before last as I was reviewing in my mind their cursive writing, I decided to alter it a bit.  Every morning at 9 a.m., Mr. S gives the 'morning minute'...it's an inspirational message, a message to think about.  We always stop and discuss it...but I decided in addition to discussing it,  the students would write about it - in cursive - in their journals.

This morning, it was a message from Desmond Tutu on how people are alike.  What did we do?  The students were paired up...making a VENN diagram...and talking together about their similarities and differences.  Then, each pair got up to tell us.

Caleb and Mikayla were first:
Their differences:
boy - girl
loves pizza - loves sushi
has 1 brother - has 1 sister
loves football - loves basketball
no favorite subject - loves writing
hates cheese - loves cheese
loves dolphins - loves sea urchins

Their similarities:
They both like:
cooking
TV
The Hunger Games
They both have brown hair
and they both like the color green!

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Karli and Ashlynn were next:

Their differences:
2 brothers for K - 1 brother for A.
2 sisters             - 1 sister
brown hair - blond hair
no freckles - freckles
Loves sour cream chicken enchilades - loves ribs
Loves In n Out - loves Sonic

Their similarities:
They both have blue eyes
They're both girls!
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David and Jade:

Their differences:
a boy  - a girl
Likes blue - likes purple
Likes dodge ball - likes Mathletes
Has an extremely limited menu - loves different foods
blond hair - brown hair
favorite animal is a wolf - fav animal is an electric eel

Their similarities:
They both have blue eyes
They both love to read

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Micah and Isabella:

Their differences:
Micah has blue eyes - Isabella has brown
M likes all colors - I likes pink and purple
Likes soccer - likes dancing
Pet's name is Garfield - Pet's name is Coco
Favorite subject is math - favorite subject is spelling

Their similarities:
They both like cats!

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Austin and Cameron:

Their differences:
Boy   -   Girl
3 sisters - 1 sister
Loves football and baseball - loves basketball and softball
1 dog  -  no pets
Likes blue  - likes purple

Their similarities:
They both like sports,
candy,
pizza,
and their favorite Friday group was woodworking!

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Aliya and Cayden

Their differences:
Girl -    Boy
Has long hair  - has short hair
likes donuts  - likes burgers
Can read a chapter book in 1hour - can read 2 chapter books in 1 hour

Their similarities:
They both like milk chocolate,
dogs,
pizza,
reading,
sandwiches,
sushi,
goldfish (food),
1 sister,
acting
soccer,
and they both have blue eyes!
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Sabrina and Ian

Their differences:
Girl   -   Boy
Loves horses - likes Tasmanian wolves
Loves Saturdays - loves Tuesdays
likes rice  -  likes breakfast pizza

Their similarities:
They're both in 4th grade in my class
They're both doing 5th grade math!
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Hannah and Jason

Their differences:
Girl    -  boy
loves dance  -  loves baseball
Wants to go to OU  - Wants to go to ASU
blond hair   -   brown hair
likes cows   -  likes ostriches
loves sushi  -  loves pickles
likes orange  -  likes red
blue eyes  -  green eyes
hates cheese  -  loves cheese

Their similarities:
They both love sports,
the Giants,
have a brother,
likes tacos,
likes NIKE,
and berries!

**Now, when Hannah and Jason were presenting this, Jason said they both loved cheese.  Well, Hannah doesn't like it at all...and she quickly responded that she hated it.  There is no way for me to reproduce what/how she said it...but we all started laughing...and laughing...and Lura gave me some tissues because you might have thought I was crying because I was laughing so hard.  It was hilarious!

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Zoe and Sawyer:

Their differences:
Girl   -    Boy
wears glasses  -  doesn't wear them
Has a sibling   -  is an only child
likes pink   -   likes red
hates video games  -  likes video games
likes duck tape   -  doesn't like duck tape

Their similarities:
They both have brown hair,
they're both 10 years old,
they have a cat and dog
and they both love burritos!

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Amara and Jayden:

Their similarities:
They both like riding bikes
and chocolate!

Their differences:
Girl      -      Boy
has brown hair  -  has 'blackish' hair
Don't like board games  -   likes board games
has long hair   -   has short hair

One more similarity:
they both have friends in their neighborhood!

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Aaron and Gretchen:

Their differences:
Aaron is young   -  Gretchen is old
Has a cat   -  doesn't have one
Boy     -      Girl

Their similarities:
They both have blond hair,
like Taco Bell,
and Root Beer!

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So that was everyone who was at school that day.  It was a great activity and a lot of fun...and it all started with cursive!