My class and I have
slicing for 12 days now and I think it's fair to say we are all obsessed with
#SOL14! Today our class had a guest teacher and tonight I found 11 #SOL14
post! Yesterday, we had only 3 computers in our room and still we had 10 participants!
Our writers are writing in notebooks, on blogs and even in writing
folders.
We write versus stories and we write about food, MineCraft,
families, vacations, missing teeth, pets and recently I've even seen a few
non-fiction stories and poems beginning to emerge. In our room
the #SOL14 is a way to write and write and write and write for an audience. Its
a way to put your work out where it can been shared with an audience outside of
our classroom and these writers get it, and they L-O-V-E it! Thanks TWT
for hosting this amazing event! I introduced the challenge to my class
with the hope of having a few writers join and increasing their writing and
audience. I was happily overwhelmed when 19 of 21 writers jumped on board!
I am learning so much
about my students. I am seeing first hand what interest them, what motivates
them, what writing tools they have control of in writing. As I watched my
writers write and read their post I noticed the writing they were doing for the
challenge was different from the writing I see in the classroom. I tried
to tell myself, they're writing and that's great. I found myself fighting the
urge to jump in and nudge them forward, help them write with all the craft and
interest they use in the classroom.
Finally, I could resist no
more! I decided to nudge… as our focus lesson in writers workshop I wrote
my #SOL14 post on MY KidBlog! (Yes, so I am participating on THREE
LEVELS!) I showed the writers how I use color, print size and various
punctuation choices to add craft and interest. I showed them how I visit
the "Get Inspired" section of the TWT blog for ideas. The writing
that has come for these modeled lessons is beginning to emerge and I like what
I am seeing!
Madi- My Tooth Day 11
Kiatilinn- Where's Mrs. Frazier?
Jordan- When I Get Freaked Out! (Jordan has posted a
video to read his poem to you, a real treat!)
Jonathan- Wiffle Ball
You can visit even more on our blog!
Deb,
ReplyDeleteIt has been an excited journey. I'm hoping to have some time tomorrow to share some of your student slices with the writers in my classroom. I think it will add a little energy.
Cathy
I can "hear" the enthusiasm in your writing, Deb! I would so love to come to your classroom to see all of the writing and the energy in your room!!! They are so lucky to have you! :)
ReplyDeleteThat's awesome. I've shared some of my sol posts with my students, but I haven't asked my students to join in. I may have to do that next year.
ReplyDeleteI loved reading your students' writing earlier this week. I'm going to visit a few more of their blogs right now.
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