Karen Kaufman Orloff wrote I Wanna Iguana, which quickly became one of my favorite texts to use with my students to teach voice in persuasive letter writing. She's out with a new book, I Wanna New Room, which can be added to my growing list of touchstone texts for a persuasive unit. If you're familiar… Continue reading A Persuasive Touchstone Text
Category: persuasive writing
Some Executives Have Some Mail Coming to Their Offices Now!
Dropping a Stamped Persuasive Letter Into the Outgoing Mail Basket IS a Form of Publishing! Originally uploaded by teachergal Eleven of my kids showed up to school on this very icy Monday. 10:11 of them completed their persuasive letters when they had off on the snow day. (WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) Therefore, all of them were able to… Continue reading Some Executives Have Some Mail Coming to Their Offices Now!
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Touchstone Texts Helped
11 out of the 17 students who were present yesterday turned-in their drafts. Nine of them will be getting customized letterhead. Good number, right? I found that the packet of touchstone texts (letters) I gave the students on the immersion day of our unit really helped to lift the level of their writing. I could… Continue reading Touchstone Texts Helped
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Letterhead
Tuesday's News & Announcements Chart Originally uploaded by teachergal As you know, Sunday's are for chart-making in my home. I just finished creating this week's News & Announcements Charts (for Morning Meeting) as well as a few strategy charts for Writing Workshop. Feels good to be finished! For the past couple of years, I've created… Continue reading Letterhead
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Two Exceptional Professional Books
In the past week, I've managed to squeeze-in some time to read through two professional books, both of which I picked up while I was at NCTE. Writing to Persuade: Minilessons to Help Students Plan, Draft, and Revise, Grades 3-8, written by Karen Caine, is a resource I wish I had four years ago when… Continue reading Two Exceptional Professional Books
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Sundays are for chart-making.
Prompts for Writing About Reading Originally uploaded by teachergal I've been cranking-out charts for the past hour or so: News & Announcements Charts, as well as strategy charts. Just thought I'd post a few of the strategy charts, for reading and writing, in this forum. Make sure you click through to the Flickr Pages (just… Continue reading Sundays are for chart-making.
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It’s going to be a busy week!
Week of December 1st, 2008 Originally uploaded by teachergal I just finished planning out the upcoming week and wow... there's a lot going on! However, when I realized my kids were publishing and starting a new unit of study this week, I realized I had to create some additional sheets to get them to reflect… Continue reading It’s going to be a busy week!
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A Little Copywriting
This afternoon, I'm going to teach a Social Studies Lesson about voting I found on Scholastic.com. It's a lesson about having kids persuade adults to vote in a non-partisan way. I created a PowerPoint to go along with the lesson. Feel free to use it if you're interested in teaching the same lesson before November… Continue reading A Little Copywriting
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Wow!
Check out this Providence Journal article about a student who wrote a persuasive letter to Lowe's and was granted a response bigger than he ever imagined. Bernardo Garcia wanted mulch for their outside play area, so he wrote a persuasive letter to the executive vice president of store operations for Lowe's, Michael K. Brown. Brown, upon returning… Continue reading Wow!
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A Labor of Love: Because My Students’ Lives and Experiences Matter
Here's what I'm working on now... Originally uploaded by teachergal Last year one of my fifth graders, Lauren, wrote a persuasive letter to a very large yearbook company's CEO asking him to give our class yearbooks. She successfully persuaded him to discount the price of a full-color yearbook for the entire class (the kids paid… Continue reading A Labor of Love: Because My Students’ Lives and Experiences Matter
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Stacey’s Slice of Life Story: Day #30
This afternoon I met up with A & her mom at the Barnes & Noble on Bald Hill Road in Warwick. They spotted me getting a "Tall, skim, no-whip, white mocha," when they came in. Once my coffee was ready, we sauntered over to the children's section where we got to work using the $100… Continue reading Stacey’s Slice of Life Story: Day #30
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Hooray! Hooray! My students are publishing tomorrow!
I baked two kinds of cupcakes in honor of my students' achievement. If this doesn't say "I'm proud of your accomplishment," then I don't know what does! Dotted Decorations Tiny Sprinkles Waiting patiently to be taken to school
