Happy Monday!! Today I am continuing on with the Writer's Notebook! Last time I left off, students had just finished their "100 Things I Love". After that, students completed their writing territories, which I got from Nancie Atwell's book Lessons That Change Writers. We spent the first day discussing writing territories out loud, going through the list in detail, so that students had ideas of what to write about. I told them to think of it like the caption for a picture. One to two sentences that could become something more. Students had to complete this for homework. We also completely numbered our table of contents so that we could add in sections and start working in other parts of the notebook. Students wrote their writing territories on these pages. Then we moved on to the Writer's Eye (I). Students had to place terms that described them within their "I" or around their "Eye". I created my o
Popping in from Farley's linky. Sadly, I totally feel you on the needing to clean up my office (talk about a downhill spiral…!). Also, pretty much want to eat a whole lot of chocolate now that I've read that, too! Lol!
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Stef
Miss Galvin Learns
Hi! Sorry about sharing my chocolate cravings :) I'm heading to go clean up the office right now! Thanks for visiting :)
DeleteLOVE Walking Dead!!! And I am so jealous of the fact that you have an office!! I can only afford a one-bedroom apt but I would love to have an office to store all my school STUFF! 90 days til June..woot woot!
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Tales of Teaching in Heels
Stephanie- I had to double check my math, because that is not a long time away!! Walking Dead was GREAT last Sunday, can't believe I was just getting to it today!! I'll be posting before and after pics today of the office. I don't deserve it, I have neglected it!!
DeleteI love the walking dead! I need to catch up on the last episode so that I can watch today's episode. I was wondering if you could please check out my new teacher exchange website LIFTPackages.blogspot.com. It is a teacher exchange program in which you meet teachers and send care packages to each other. Please feel free to check out the website, sign up and pass our name along to friends!
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-Kim