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My life in fourth grade

My life in fourth grade was scary at first because there were many more people.  At the beginning of the year our teacher gave us journals so we could write back and forth to her every week.  Then we got e-mails! So every week instead of writing in our journals, she would send us emails [...]

Behind the Mountains

In Edinger House this year our biggest topic is immigration. We read historical fiction books and mine was called Behind The Mountains. This book is a very good example of historical fiction.I really liked this book about immigration. This book is based on the person who wrote the book, Edwidge Danticat, who is a [...]

Our Oral history Book

This year we have been studying about immigrants. We have interviewed somebody that we know that is from a different country that came to America. They told about their journey what it was like in their old country and new country. Then we transcribed it and choose which we would use later on to write [...]