I read about the idea of creating electronic journals through Google slideshow recently so are trying it! Yesterday was the first day and all went well. Kids had a chance to personalize the first slide (their cover). Sometimes writing in these journals will be prompt based and other times, free choice. Ask your child to show you theirs!
Our writing battle was this past Tuesday. After hearing a lot of good writing, two winners from each class came out on top. We reflected on what we learned from these battles and those included: hearing strong writing, getting good examples of reasons and evidence, and opening our minds to think differently about something. The writing topics were about the best of something like books, pets, sports, etc.
We also practiced annotating this week. Some kids had the challenge of writing on index cards three events from the article (beginning, middle, and end) while others had to create an organizer all on their own. See those below.
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