This year students are writing short stories on a weekly basis. Before we began writing these stories, I introduced Mr. Stick. Mr. Stick is just as his name suggest, he is a stick figure, but not just any stick figure. He stars as the main character in their stories. These stories gives students a chance to not only work on writing skills but to also focus on our Titanium Vocabulary Collector words, grammar, common core terms, the stories that we are working on and so much more. Plus, what child doesn't enjoy drawing and coloring pictures!