Last week I blogged about the three structures memoir writing I'm teaching my students. Seeing as they're all walking around saying, "I need more beads," or "I'm not sure if my car is really hybrid," I figured I'd share the chart with others since it's proven to be useful in my classroom:
Category: writing workshop
Sight Words
I'm very good about posting our class's vocabulary words on a classroom bulletin board, but I've never had a list of high-frequency words up on the wall. I'm starting to think I should, because the portable Word Wall I gave them earlier in the year isn't always making its way out of their folders during… Continue reading Sight Words
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Another Way of Responding to Student Writing
My comments about a student's memoir (draft one) Originally uploaded by teachergal This is the other way I respond to my students' drafts for all assignments. I always attach a short narrative with my thinking about their writing. It's almost like having a mini-conference (except there's no interview-research... the research just comes from me reading… Continue reading Another Way of Responding to Student Writing
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SOLSC: Mini Courses
Hummos, Pita, and Turkish Apricots Originally uploaded by teachergal Mini Courses began yesterday at my school. I landed up having eight kids in my handmade card making mini course. I had a FABULOUS time with them (Six are my students, one student is in the third grade, and one student is in the second grade.)… Continue reading SOLSC: Mini Courses
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M-F? 8-3? Ha!
Sunday To Do List Originally uploaded by teachergal Don't ever let anyone get away with telling you that teaching is an 8 - 3 job. This is my to-do list, which I created at 12:30 p.m. today, for TODAY since I realized that (even though I worked nearly all day yesterday) I still had lots… Continue reading M-F? 8-3? Ha!
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Trusting Me With the “Stuff” of Their Lives
I was out due to the extreme amount of neck pain I had yesterday. Therefore, when I returned to school this morning, I found the students' work trays brimming with papers waiting to be checked. I sorted them into my file tote folders and started making my way through them about two hours ago. I… Continue reading Trusting Me With the “Stuff” of Their Lives
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happy may.
"Read, every day, something no one else is reading. Think, every day, something no one else is thinking. Do, every day, something no one else would be silly enough to do. It is bad for the mind to be always part of unanimity." -- Christopher Morley Found this quote today & thought it was appropriate… Continue reading happy may.
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Poetry Portfolio Guidelines
My colleagues and I met during our Common Planning Time today and solidified this year's Poetry Portfolio Guidelines, which is an adaptation of what my fifth graders did last year. We're going to have three sections: mentor poems/texts, original poetry writing, and responses to poems that the kids love. I'm pretty happy with it and… Continue reading Poetry Portfolio Guidelines
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Gearing Up for Poetry
Poetry Portfolio Originally uploaded by teachergal It's May. National Poetry Month is over. However, that means that I'm just three weeks away from the start of our final unit of study: POETRY! 🙂 I decided to take the eight poems I had done for the One-Week Poetry Challenge and put them into a binder. However,… Continue reading Gearing Up for Poetry
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Who Is Responsible?” Literacy and Education for All
This weekend has been about me floating on Cloud Nine! First we heard about NCTE. Then, this evening I found out my proposal to present at the Fall 2008 NEATE (New England Association of Teachers of English) Conference was accepted. The Fall 2008 Conference theme is: "Who Is Responsible?" Literacy and Education for All." Similar… Continue reading Who Is Responsible?” Literacy and Education for All
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Slight Tweaking
I did some slight tweaking to our memoir unit of study. This is this year's "final" version. Session 1: Writers read and listen to student memoirs and then write in order to inspire their own writing. Session 2: Writers find their life topic by thinking about people who are important to you. One way writers… Continue reading Slight Tweaking
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P.D.
OceanCliff Originally uploaded by teachergal I was completely inspired by my surroundings today when I attended a day-long professional development session with my colleagues at OceanCliff in Newport. The drive out there was breathtaking, as was the view from the back of OceanCliff, which is pictured below. Today was one of those great, productive days… Continue reading P.D.
