
"Greetings, Wonderful Ones. Welcome to WT Melon's Writers' Workshop. No work; no shopping. Just come on in and write a while!"

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"How come teachers call it Writer's Workshop when we only work and never get to shop?"

"The spelling rule says i before e. But Albert Einstein broke that rule twice just writing his name. Weird!"

Pacific Ocean has three C's and each one has a different sound—sss, k, and sh.

"I've been so busy, I can't think of anything to write about."
"Why are reading, writing, and arithmetic called the Three R's when only one of them starts with R?"

Kiss: Keep it simple students
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Listen to the song My Journal

"When I write a story, I like sticking etc. on the end,
so my teacher thinks I know a lot more than I do..."
"Be one of the good guys."

"Teachers tell me to mind my p's and q's. But which one is which?"
"I always use my worst handwriting when I write a story. That way my teacher can't tell what a poor speller I am."

I can't think of a word that ends in U. Can you?

"The teacher told us to write an SA, but I'm not sure what SA stands for!"


"Never trust a student who looks you square in the belly."
Magical Stones to Hunt For at the Beach
Make your handwriting look better! Use one of these t crosses or i dots.
Visit the 49 Ways to Cross Your t's and Dot Your i's page
Teachers will think you are brilliant!

Test of a true teacher! Only a true teacher can draw a Teacher Star without lifting the pencil.

Click for video showing how to make a teacher star!
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Read about why teachers came to America.
(pdf)

One upon a time..twice upon a time…
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Play WT Melon Jeopardy
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The tall teacher's favorite doodles on the classroom whiteboard!
Read ABOVE THE CLASSROOM from Classroom at the End of the Hall.
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