My school project=

study for something (about something). I'll study about ME, that's always good, right? Molly is studying to be a better dentist, Emily is studying on Irish dancing, Kirsten is studying about Addy's time period, Mia is studying on penguins & polar bears, and Nellie choosing now.


Oh, yes, she's decided to study American Girl. Tari is the principal of our school. She sent me a letter:

Hi Samantha,
YOU are chosen to (as your other five cousins) to:

1. Choose a topic of your choice to study on and read about.
2. Study, study, study! You'll have to record your facts and studying onto your blog or website or OpenOffice or Word or something.
3. Make a rough draft! Check yourself by doing SelfEditing, an important skill.
4. After you make changes for the better, you will make a fancy, complicated final draft.
5. You'll have to practice presenting it after you type up your final draft. Use your friends and family as audience.
6. Go to warm-up practice after school once you and all your cousins are done and stretch and rest.
7. Practice there and tell yourself NOT to be nervous.
8. Read over your report not to be nervous you'll read wrong.
9. Stand in line and relax.
10. PERFORM!!!! Be excited, be happy, don't be nervous! Be relaxed!

There are a lot of steps, but if you are a winner (top winner) then you'll get to move of to your next Grade (you're currently on Winners Level on Fourth Grade) and you'll win to Beginning Level, Grade Five.
You may be nervous if you don't win, but don't be! Don't be upset because you'll move up there (if you don't win) in a month or so. Here's your current scores for reading:

Reading Dec. 2008: 98%, fine and skilled, best level to be on.
Reading Jan. 2009: Perfect and lovely! Very, very fine and skilled. You have improved by 2%!
Reading Feb. 2009: Even better than Jan.! But I guess that the month isn't over, and you can't get any higher than 100% if you ask the contest judges.

There is a big chance you'll move to the start of Grade Five. You have been doing very, VERY well in the Woodsweet Private school as long as I've had you as a student.




That's all!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm sooooooooooooooooooooo excited!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I hope I win REALLY, really badly.