It was a great day in B2! Students got right to work on their morning jobs and I was able to meet with reading groups. Today we worked on handwriting so much! In an effort to improve the writing skills of students in our school we are all giving it a strong push this year to work on the following things (the bullet points are examples of what we do in B2):
Providing time for students to write...
- morning journal time
- writers workshop
- writing promts
- reading response notebookss
- brainstorming
- writing drafts
- revising and editing
- publishing
- write to 4th grade buddies
- write letters to family members and friends
- make lists
- write a paragraph to exaplain
- write a story to remember or imagine
- tracing modeled writing ( WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME HERE TODAY)
- sight word/star word memorization
- student dictionaries
- typing writing on the computer
- teacher modeled writing
- sharing
- choices in writing
- feedback from other students, teacher and parents
- publish writing and share it beyond the classroom.
If you find opportunities for your child to write at home please take advantage of them (a shopping list, a recipe, a journal about fun family times or letters to somone). Later in the year I will send home more specific writing homework but right now look for the informal opportunities to practice writing skills at home.
Take Care,
Mrs. Weathers
