News & Announcements Chart
Each and every Sunday I create my News & Announcements Charts for the week (i.e., for Morning Meeting). I just created one that I really like for this-coming Friday. It looks like this:
The #1 reason I like this chart is because of the geography tie-in. (Just thought of doing this since I recently purchased an empty states font on LetteringDelights. I also like this chart since Friday’s are our day that students share their poetry. The final reason I like this chart is because it draws their attention to what else they can do to make sure their persuasive letter is ready-to-go for the upcoming week. It is asking them to self-manage their learning, but to share their thinking with their peers in a public forum (i.e., the N&A Chart).
Just wanted to share…
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friday poetry, letter writing, morning meeting share, news and announcements, persuasive writing, responsive classroom
Stacey Shubitz View All
I am a literacy consultant who has spent the past dozen years working with teachers to improve the teaching of writing in their classrooms. While I work with teachers and students in grades K-6, I'm a former fourth and fifth-grade teacher so I have a passion for working with upper elementary students.
I'm the author of Craft Moves (Stenhouse Publishers, 2016) and the co-author of Jump Into Writing (Zaner-Bloser, 2021), Welcome to Writing Workshop (Stenhouse Publishers, 2019), and Day By Day (Stenhouse, 2010).