Monday, June 13, 2011

Chapter 2

As I continue to read this book, I continue to find Ahh Haa moments.  These are the things as I am reading I feel like are common sense, but are things that I am not doing in my classroom. The points are simple and easy to follow, I just have never thought about it in the way that the book presents it.
The children I teach are often avoidance writers. I like how the chapter explains the importance of even small gains. Use celebrations! How cool is that! You could celebrate a student everyday or every week!  I think I might actually look into celebrations more frequently in my classroom.
Use stories to help connect ideas, views, opinions. I have tried to use books to help create writing topics for my kids. I have used Charlotte's Web, which was very fun. I have had kids tell stories then stop and encourage the others in the class to write/ predict endings for the story.
As I completed reading Chapter 2, the sentence, "Teaching, supporting, and expecting kids to do their best is where the fun begins," sums up the chapter the best. I look forward to reading Chapter 3!
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  1. ReneeJune 20, 2011 at 10:44 PM

    Jacinda,

    In my classroom, I have a bulletin board with nearly thirty cheers/celebrations posted. I teach the students the different cheers and they love to celebrate one another after someone reads a piece of writing. It is powerful to see the students cheering for one another and recognizing each other's hard work. It also builds the classroom community!

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  2. ecowhickJuly 7, 2011 at 3:31 PM

    I really liked your idea of using books to encourage writing. I try to read a lot of stories and students will finish the ending or have a writing prompt responding to the book. It's fun to incorporate reading skills in with writing!

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