Bring in a Collection

We are moving into a focus on opinion writing for the next few weeks. To start off, we are going to "judge" some of our own collections. I know that most 6- and 7-year-olds are natural collectors! We will be deciding which item in a collection we think is the best or the worst, and learning and practicing some ways to convince others of our opinion. We will have the chance to judge items in another person's collection and decide whether we agree or, respectfully, disagree with that person. To do this work, it would be great if each student could bring in a small collection by Friday. Here are a few details:

• Please bring a small collection of items (just 3 - 5) by Friday.
• Don't send anything your child will miss too much at home-- I hope to keep these at school for a week or so. 
• The items should be small enough to be stored easily in a sandwich bag or small box, and to be lined up on a student's desk and still leave room to write. So 5 teddy bears would probably be too large. Some ideas could be: rocks, stickers, bracelets, interesting hair accessories, trolls, etc...                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Thank you! Let me know if you have any questions. (If any student forgets or doesn't have a collection, they will instead be able to to write a list in class of a "collection" of favorite books, movies, songs, or places.)