1. Dear Readers, You have learned how to read nonfiction text. Today I would like to challenge you. On your desk is a flashcard of one of the text structures. For morning work, you are to write an example of the text structure on the other side of the card. Be creative! (It doesn’t have to be realistic)

2. Dear Sequential Students, Wow! That’s a big word! Please write 5 activities in sequence (that means in order) of what you did from the moment you got up in the morning until you got to school. (Only 5). You will share that with the partners you get from our greeting.

3. Many times teachers ask you to add more details. Today I am asking you to be brief—to the point. On your desk is a card with the number 1, 2 Group 1: Write 3 bumper sticker slogans that are about school, no longer than 10 words. A bumper sticker is a sticker that has a message on it and sometimes it is on the bumper of a car. Group 2: Write 3 positive fortune cookie sayings about school or education,no longer than 10 words. Group 3:Write 3 button slogans advertising PRMS, no longer than 10 words. We will be sharing them in Morning Meeting.

4. Dear Math Experts, We have been learning about area and perimeter in math. Remember Area = Length x Width and Perimeter is the sum of ALL the sides. Please write either an area or perimeter word problem for your partner to solve during math.

5. News and Announcements Dear Kind Hearted Students, So often we forget to thank people around us for things that they do. In your Rachel’s Challenge journal, make a list of people you are thankful for and why. Then make a card to give to them.

6. News and Announcements Dear Sequential Students, Please make up a math problem using patterns. For example: 7, 14, 21, 14, 21, 28, 21 (+7, +7, - 7 is the sequence) Write the pattern on the front and the answer on the back of the card.