At the end of our first full week of Writer's Workshop our third graders are still working on finding their small moment stories inside their "watermelon" topics. And yet, every student has generated multiple entries, writing every day with more and more independence.
At the end of the workshop on Friday, I told students that if they wanted me to read their writing this weekend, they should star the piece they are most proud of and place their folder on a designated spot. Instantly, their were stars on many pages. One or two from those students who are super successful and dying to please, but mostly from my more struggling and reluctant writers. The work I need to study most so I can decide what they need to be taught.
Not a bad week.
