Writing Celebration

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Posted by Alissa | Posted in Uncategorized | Posted on November 8, 2019

 

The kids have been working hard since the beginning of the school year writing “Small Moments”, or true stories, about their lives.   We’ve learned lots of strategies about how to make our stories exciting.  We’ve been through the editing process. We spent lots of time “fancying up”  our stories and making them look beautiful for our readers. Today was the big day when we got to read our finished, “published”, books to our friends and bring them down to Ms. Rivers so she can display them in the library.    We received special certificates to honor all our hard work.   The students wrote comments to each other on the back.  Compliments about what each reader liked about their friend’s book.  This one says, “I like your action.  I loved your story.  I like your handwriting.”    

Writer’s Workshop is often more than a writing lesson.  It’s time when kids come together to support each other, learn from each other, make mistakes and learn how to make them better.  It’s when they learn to be brave.  It’s not easy reading your work in front of the whole class!  Today we gathered to share our feelings about our work.  I heard a lot of “I feel proud, excited, happy…”  But also, “I feel scared to put my book in the library.  What if the readers don’t know what I was trying to say?”  It takes courage!

And now they are all proudly displayed in the library.  Please come take a look at them!

We also started a new unit on MAPS for social studies.  How do maps help us?  Please look around for examples of maps and feel free to send in any you find with your child to share with the class.  More good teamwork in action below!

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Incredible! What an amazing process and experience it’s been for them!

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