Yesterday Lori Hickman and I launched a poetry unit of study in her kindergarten classroom. Since we wanted to see what they already knew about writing poetry, we decided to have them write a poem. This made me a little nervous. What if they just stared at the paper or chaos ensued because they had… Continue reading First Attempt at Poetry
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Opinion Writing in Kindergarten
In one of the kindergarten classrooms I've been working in, we've been learning: Writers share their opinions. This has been a unit of study inspired by the Common Core State Standards, which place a heavy emphasis on opinion writing. What does that look like in kindergarten, I wondered. So I've been trying out a few… Continue reading Opinion Writing in Kindergarten
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Modeling Our Writing
I had a really great first day of work. I learned a lot. The first thing I learned is that fourth graders are way different than fifth graders. Here's what I mean. My new students were a bit confused by the bio poems. In the past, my fifth graders never had trouble with completing a… Continue reading Modeling Our Writing
