This is my first throwback Thursday post! It was actually fun to look back at all my previous posts. This post is from January 2012 when I was still teaching first grade. I always had a hard time teaching writing back then, mainly because my school could not decide on a writing curriculum, so I came up with this at my writing work station. I am going to use these with my kinders next year at my work on writing station!
Thanks Cara for such a fun linky!
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Originally posted January 12, 2012
I don't know about all of you but I will admit....
Sometime I have a hard time with writing.
Emphasis on time. :)
There. I said it.
I
am always reading new books and research on writing. I try different
methods and approaches, but I guess I have not quite found the perfect
formula! I love the writing process and that is what we use, but I think
it basically comes down to TIME. Writing takes a lot of time, and with
sixteen little ones all needing help at the same time makes it hard.
Well,
my writing workstation had turned into....let's call it a....hot mess. I
had to re-vamp it and came up with a little idea. I made a bunch of
"mad libs" sheets where most of the writing is there and they fill in
the details. I included five of these in my recent
Chilly Creative Writing pack. I introduced the first one this week.
They
will do one every two weeks, and this is the mandatory assignment they
have to do and if they finish they have journal topics they can
complete. Here are some pics:
Once
they finish this they re-write on nice paper and draw a picture. I
thought long about it and know this will be the best way for me to have
my kiddos do great writing and they will finally have enough time to
complete it! I am excited to see their finished product! I am really
loving what they are doing so far, and I am optimistic this will
eradicate the "hot mess". :)
And here is a freebie of one of these for you!
Happy {almost} Friday!
