Good Morning!
I want to start by saying WHOA– It feels great to be back in the classroom! I took over teaching responsibilities from Gev. Petrova yesterday and I quickly remembered how much I love what I do! It was fun to feel the energy radiating from your kiddos as they poured over writing samples to practice using our biography rubric and checklist.
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Monday’s mini-lesson was a review of the expectations for final drafts of our biographies. To gain a better understanding of the rubric, students partnered up and scored sample writing. I was pleasantly surprised to see how excited they were to do this and proud of their efforts to think critically while scoring the writing. It was an opportunity to again practice giving critical feed-forward that was kind, specific and helpful. The students then took out their own writing and used their new knowledge to evaluate each other’s work.
Gev. Petrova has been hard at work leaving your children feedback on their docs. The expectation is that students will use the feedback, checklist and rubric to elevate the quality of their work before turning in final drafts on Friday. Of course, Gev. Petrova and I will be conferring this week to help students make this possible.
Students will have class time on Tuesday and Wednesday to work on their writing before turning in final drafts on Friday. We highly suggest that students read their work OUT LOUD while working on editing/revising.
Can’t wait to print and share final drafts soon!
This writing process, including consistent real-time feedback is such a powerful way to learn and grow. I would have benefitted greatly from learning in this way.