We are getting closer to our Writing Celebration on October 11th at 11:15. Students will have completed children's books for their realistic fiction stories. They will read their story to a parent(s), and then the stories will be on display as we snack. We have worked very hard to learn how to arc a story; draft a story scene by scene; and, then revise and edit.
Stories will not be perfectly edited, but our language skills focal points are currently capitalization rules; correcting for run-on sentences and sentence fragments; and, using correct punctuation in our dialogue writing. Of course, we will also use the Spell Check feature!
Students use their Skills Book in class to practice these skills, and they have one-on-one writing conferences with their teachers to catch these mistakes as well.
Parents are welcome to assist students during the writing and editing process, as long as they prompt the student to catch his/her own errors. We want the kids to learn and grow vs. having a perfect paper that made us smarter.
I want to thank our room parent, Sarah Naidoo, in advance for organizing our celebration.
Ms. T
Stories will not be perfectly edited, but our language skills focal points are currently capitalization rules; correcting for run-on sentences and sentence fragments; and, using correct punctuation in our dialogue writing. Of course, we will also use the Spell Check feature!
Students use their Skills Book in class to practice these skills, and they have one-on-one writing conferences with their teachers to catch these mistakes as well.
Parents are welcome to assist students during the writing and editing process, as long as they prompt the student to catch his/her own errors. We want the kids to learn and grow vs. having a perfect paper that made us smarter.
I want to thank our room parent, Sarah Naidoo, in advance for organizing our celebration.
Ms. T
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