I loved watching your children go through a peer revision process in class today. Using kind, specific and helpful feedforward (feedback that helps you move forward in your work) and an expectation checklist, students worked in pairs to read each other’s writing and offer suggestions on how to enhance the quality of his/her work. I was impressed by how seriously they took on this task, really utilizing their resources and thinking about the characteristics of personal narratives we have discussed. This was our first time trying out peer revision and it could not have gone more smoothly! The next step will be to revise with me and then move on to editing! Stay tuned for published work soon!
Reflecting upon my own day school experience, I did not learn how to write and certainly did not engage in peer revision (kind or otherwise) until high school. It takes maturity and empathy to engage in this level of collaborative learning. I am so impressed!