Writers' Workshop Revision with a Partner
Looking over the Personal Narrative is really interesting as you can tell by the way Lila and Heidi are so deeply engaged.
University of Idaho Student, Ms. Hobbs leads a Writers' Circle on Friday
Being part of education at the next level is so meaningful to me and the kids get to know university students as they move through their education program. This year, we have three students, all at different levels. The kids love working with these students and I enjoy mentoring them as they get ready for their own classrooms. Some will be Teacher Interns in the area; others will go back to their hometowns.
Right away, I get them interacting with the kids right away and Ms.Hobbs worked with half of the kids while I worked with the others. Writing and Math take a lot of revision. (She was so appreciative because of the Covid restrictions, this is her first opportunity in the classroom in 18 months!)
In the Writers' Circle, each student gets to read their material. This was the first revision of the Personal Narrative. Their classmates give feedback with compliments, suggestions, and questions based on the criteria used for creating the assignment. The kids learn how critical feedback feels and really helps them in the communication of their ideas.
Exchanging Personal Narrative Details
I love this picture of Clover and Langston so much because the way they are treating each other and their work show so much engagement and care.
The kids are learning how to cooperate and that means thinking together and listening to what someone else has created. The next step is to offer critical feedback to help them know if the work meets the criteria for what we are doing.
All these steps are a process. On this day, they were sharing the flow or chronology of their piece and making sure the problem and turning point are clear.
The class is heavy into the revision of this writing and soon hopes to be in the final stages. Be sure to ask your child about what life experience they picked to turn into their personal narrative assignment.
Bosworth Family Helps get Plastic Film Recycled!!
Monday morning!! October 4, 2021
And, right now, our school has tallied 3,770 pounds. This amount total is from Mid-May to the end of September!
These kids are a wonderful example of how once information is understood and what they can do to be part of the changes for our planet, they will wholeheartedly participate! Thank you to the whole family!!
Following the Story Arc for a Personal Narrative
In the Writers' Workshop, the kids are learning the parts of storytelling. That means learning how to introduce the characters, setting, and first 'plot point'. They move through the statting the problem, sharing the turning point, and then explaining how things were resolved.
There are many connections they are making and nonfiction storytelling is sooo interesting! We loved hearing Wyatt tell how his family got Olive!
Creating Large Numbers in Place Value Review!
Eliza and Liam and all their classmates wrote a 6 digit number in the units of Skittles to demonstrate their knowledge.
Each student led the classmates in a 'Call and Response' of the number. That way we had lots of practice of knowing when to say the 'Period' name.
It was a very good day with a lot of participation!
Newspapers In Education (NIE) Program
We are lucky to have a community that sees the benefit from supporting reading by giving funds to sponsor classes to receive newspapers! Our class gets one paper a week for the whole year. We did the math this morning and the kids learned that it is about $740 dollars for us to get this gift!
What a fabulous resource and it really supports our content. One of the ways we use the material is to go through the comics and sort the facts and cultural points that are being made--so many great learning connections! Each kid takes the paper home to family members too.😊
👏Thank you to the MPDaily News and our anonymous sponsor!
Emily creates the model with Base 10 drawings to demonstrate subtraction with REGROUPING.
The kids are creating the pictures for the math as it helps them explain what is happening. Several kids were chosen to come to the board to write what they did and explain the concept that we were remembering. They could check with the traditional algorithm.
The work was gooooooood practice!
Karissa explains her work about narrative nonfiction at the document camera
The kids are learning to 'turn and talk', take notes, and refer back to our lesson in the text to know if what they are doing fits the criteria of the assignment.
Once the sharing was at a midpoint, I had Karissa lead her classmates through her thinking. Her example of work fits all the parts of narrative nonfiction. We learned a lot about Walk Disney!
We 'Raised the Roof' for her excellent effort!!🙌
4th Grade is going well! Day 4-- Tuesday, September 7
All the kids are learning to share table space, use resources carefully, and read, think, and share with classmates. It has been fun and exhausting as they all learn the stamina again for full days in person. But we wouldn't want it any other way. It is sooooo wonderful!💗
They are learning a lot in our Morning Meetings about each other and how our class will take care of each other and our space.
Parents/Guardians--🙌 Thank you all for signing Planners!
Ms. Bonzo🦉
Cooperative Partner Work-- Deaken and Grayson share ideas
With their job partner, the students had about 15 minutes to 'notice and wonder' about the world and talk with a classmate about things. The Social Sciences are so interesting and each pair was given a chance to talk together about things going on around them.
Plus, we did practice how to walk in line together (prepping for a field trip), learning to be safe by only talking with our Job Partner, and how to be efficient in transitions.
We have had a very fun first 3 days together.
