Summer Session!

I am fortunate enough to have two groups of amazing students this summer.  I knew I was in for a treat when on the third day, my morning group passed out folders to themselves, took out the previous assignment, and started enthusiastically and quietly working without any direction from me.  Their work has been fantastic and wonderful to read.  My second group, a younger group, is surpassing my expectations and doing absolutely outstanding work.  We are working hard, and having fun doing it!  I am excited to get started with Week #2 tomorrow!

Gearing Up for Back to School

These past two weeks, I have had the pleasure of working with a wonderful, hard-working group of students in a shortened Writers' Workshop course. I am proud to share some of their work with you!

We focused on some important academic aspects of writing this summer. We wrote creative stories, but first created story maps so as to keep on track and remain focused on a goal during our writing. I also did a lesson on how to outline, and then how to follow the outline to write a detailed, organized report. We also learned how to write an outstanding book report, with an introduction, body, and conclusion.

These students worked hard and tomorrow we will celebrate with some writing games and a Read Aloud party with parents invited. What a fun celebration of school in the middle of summer!