Mr.+Henshaw

February 5, 2008

Dear Sammy, So because I do know what you look like and a little more about your family and your school career than you might think I really want to know how you feel about school. What's your favorite subject? What do you least like about school? What do you want to be when you get older? I know because I have seen you around WES- you have very nice friends, and you're not a fan of writing. Tell me why? Use details I will not except one word answers, for example- It's boring. I want a detailed description of exactly how that makes you feel. I know I know it sounds like writing but guess what- It is! However- I am not grading you on spelling or grammar or anything so tell me exactly how it makes you feel- If you have a thesarus use it- borrow one from Mr. M. if you don't.

Plus- I am a terrible speller- My mother constantly finds it funny that I have written several books but can't spell- so go figure.

Hope you're feeling better!

Your friend, Miss Johnson

January 28, 2008

Dear Ms. Johnson,

Our class is doing a project where we will be learning to be better writers. We have heard that you like to write. So we have decided to write to you in hopes that you will respond have been inspired by the book, __Dear Mr. Henshaw__, by Beverly Cleary. The book is about a boy who writes to his favorite author. In the story, the author writes back to the boy and encourages him to write. We are hoping that you would be able to write back to us with suggestions on how to become better writers. You can find our letters by visiting our classroom wiki at www.mendellstudentwikis.wikispaces.com and click on the reading page or our individual student wiki. We know you are very busy, so we will understand if you can't write to us, but we sure hope that you can!

Fondly, Mr. M's 4th Grade Class

January 28, 2008

Dear Ms. Johnson,

My name is Samantha (you can call me Sammy) and I absolutely **LOVE** to do Sudoku Puzzles. I have 3 fish a Mom and Dad and a sister named Camille she is in Mr. Fantozzi's 3rd grade class. I am in Mr. Mendell's 4th grade class. I don't really like to read but if I have to I will. The BEST thing about having Mr. M is we get to use the pocket PC and use the lap tops a lot. I hope you read this

Fondly, Samantha

January 30, 2008 How do I look? Dear Ms. Johnson,

It Sammy again, this time I'm going to tell you how I look I have brown hair, brown eye's

2/4/08 What is my family like? Dear Ms. Johnson,

Hi Sammy's back. This time I am going to tell you what my family is like. My mom has brown hair, she has brown eyes and she works from home all day. Now I will tell you about my dad, he has brown hair, green eyes and he works at Commerce bank. I will now tell you abuot my little sister, she has brown hair and brown eyes, She is in Mr Fantozzi's 3rd grade class. Now me I have brown hair and brow n eyes and I am in mr mendell's 4th grade class. That is what my family looks llike.

Fondly, Sammy

2/26/08 Do I any pets? Dear Miss Johnson, Sammy here, I am going to tell you about my two gold fish (but they are not gold they are gray). First thing is that they are **VERY** boring. When they die I want a baby pug and get it for my birth day. I want it to be small and black and I would name it Shadow. I want it to be a male pug. We will try to play out side every day after school. Some time I will teach him how to do tricks like fetch, sit and stop. That is what I want my pug to look like and that is what my fish right now are like.

Your friend, Sammy

2-27-08 Dear Sammy- When I was a kid, my younger sister could probably tell you better, but we had 5 goldfish and only one of them was compltely gold, the rest were spotted, or black, or one was just every color under the sun. Anyway, we named them after pop stars, like the black one was Michael Jackson, and the white one with orange and purple on it's head was Cyndi lauper, (Ask your mom or Mr. M. to describe Cyndi Lauper) and the very decorative one was Madonna. We were very silly girls. We often put on plays and to this day we still sing randon songs for no reason just to make each other laugh. I am very happy to see you writing with emotion I don't even think you realized how heart felt your note was. Keep up the good work.

Your friend, Miss Johnson

3/13/08 Dear Miss Johnson, I could wish for more than one millon things, but for right now I am going to tell you some of the things I could wish for. The first thing I would wish for is a thousand dollers, I would help charity, but then also keep some for myself. The next thing I would wish for is all the webkinz in the world, and the last thing I would wish for is a baby black pug. These are some of the things I would wish for.
 * What do you wish for** **?**

P.S. This is my last letter :-)

Your Friend , Sammy