tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5911271251409881342.post7252639463852653233..comments2024-03-28T11:51:05.740-07:00Comments on Literacy Matters: A White Iris!Janiel Wagstaffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08369785667216876213noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5911271251409881342.post-10501727303988294652011-06-21T10:43:00.039-07:002011-06-21T10:43:00.039-07:00Rea,
Let us know how the second graders' ...Rea,<br /> Let us know how the second graders' writing and thinking developed over the course of the unit. :)<br /> Hope to see you this summer!<br />jJaniel Wagstaffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08369785667216876213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5911271251409881342.post-58031579419200918552011-05-19T18:30:37.544-07:002011-05-19T18:30:37.544-07:00Writing too late. Sorry for the misspelled words!...Writing too late. Sorry for the misspelled words! Yikes. :)Reanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5911271251409881342.post-48095591066238851942011-05-19T18:27:29.022-07:002011-05-19T18:27:29.022-07:00Janiel. I'm so glad you share your ideas and ...Janiel. I'm so glad you share your ideas and knowledge with everyone. I tweaked your fact/opinion lesson for my 2nd graders and am looking forward to additional lessons. I did lesson 1 today. It was fun fascinating to have them come up a definition for opinion after enganing in the candy writing activity. One student responded "Opinion is what you are thinking. It can be different than somebody else." Others added to this idea. Thanks for sharing!Reanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5911271251409881342.post-63233512985890807162011-05-05T13:40:17.015-07:002011-05-05T13:40:17.015-07:00Thanks for your note, Anita! The same thing happe...Thanks for your note, Anita! The same thing happened yesterday in a first grade classroom. So much of this comes from how we frame and respond to student writing. We have to be so open, thoughtful and encouraging to get students to come forward and share a dissenting opinion (especially in front of their peers). And...it's great when they go well beyond trying to figure out 'what the teacher wants.' We get amazing things when we succeed in freeing up our thinkers! :) -JanielJaniel Wagstaffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08369785667216876213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5911271251409881342.post-59597486581120175962011-05-01T19:54:45.130-07:002011-05-01T19:54:45.130-07:00Congratulations! That is a great teaching moment.Congratulations! That is a great teaching moment.Anitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06333494452915600562noreply@blogger.com