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Summer Program - Day 4

I gave the students a writing prompt today.  I asked them to pretend they were writing to a friend to tell them why they should come to our summer program. They did their writing in MobyMax and submitted it to me. I let them know that I was writing a blog about our summer program and that I would use their writing as part of my blog entry for today.
Here is a sample of what they wrote. They are not edited so you can appreciate their voices.

 Summer school is 50 times better than recces and pe at the same time we even get free lunch here. The best part is that almost at the end we get to play games!

 A mi me gusta benir aqui por que es muy divertido a qui te alludan como en matematicas te ayudan a que aprendas mejor las divisiones y todo eso que esta relasionado con las matematicas  esta escuela es una de las mejores tal vez lsea lamejor y pudes usar las tabletas las computadoras

 Translation [I really like to come here because it is fun. Here, they help you with mathematics. They help you to learn division and everything that is related to math. This school is one of the best and you can also use tablets, computers.]

 Summer school is fun because you do not have to be sitting around everyday .Summer school is great because we get lunch at 11;30 a.m. 12;00 p.m we go in the lab to do MobyMax,Newsela,Reading Counts,Typing Club,and scratch.Mrs.Robins give us some challenges on moby math. At 1;40 the we get to play games when we all leave to go back to your house .it is really nice to do some work over the summer
I LIKE THE    COMPUTERS.
AND THE  I PADS  YOU SHOLD COME HERE  BECAUSE THIS IS A COOL summershcol.
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