Third grade began Writer's Workshop this week and we're pretty excited about it! During this time of day, students work with their teacher, writing partner, and independently to create writing pieces based on the mini-lesson being taught that day. These mini-lessons will gear them up to eventually write and publish their favorite piece of writing! We're focusing on narrative writing this quarter, which is always one of our favorite units! We've been spending a lot of time this week discussing our writer's workshop routine, setting up our fancy notebooks, and brainstorming lots of lists for story ideas. Here's a few of the lists we've been working on:
- Top 10 Best Memories
- Top 10 Worst Memories
- Writing Around a Person-We sketched a picture of someone special to us and brainstormed memorable moments we've shared with them.
- Writing Around a Place-Students sketched a map of their favorite place and marked each spot where something memorable has happened.
These lists are great because they help the kids generate story ideas! If they're stuck or just can't think of anything to write about, they can browse through their lists and pick an idea. In the weeks ahead, we'll be setting goals, practicing SHOWING the reader our story vs. telling, editing as we write, and working on perfecting GREAT beginnings! We're looking forward to watching our third graders blossom this year in writing!
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| Writing Around a Person |
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| Special people give us lots of story ideas! |
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| Writing Around a Place |
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| A treasure map of story ideas! |
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X marks the spot of a good story!
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Third grade began Writer's Workshop this week and we're pretty excited about it! During this time of day, students work with their teacher, writing partner, and independently to create writing pieces based on the mini-lesson being taught that day. These mini-lessons will gear them up to eventually write and publish their favorite piece of writing! We're focusing on narrative writing this quarter, which is always one of our favorite units! We've been spending a lot of time this week discussing our writer's workshop routine, setting up our fancy notebooks, and brainstorming lots of lists for story ideas. Here's a few of the lists we've been working on:
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