At the end of the two weeks, collect them. Put them in a decorated banker’s box. Pick a cool wrapping paper at the Dollar store and cover the box. Put a big sign in 180 point print on the side saying Extreme Writing Books. Put the box on the side …
Print the covers you need for the little books. There are enough here for 9 months. Enjoy. Click on the image to download the pdf. Share this post on Facebook
NO to a duotang, or a special section in their binder for their journaling. The signal given is that journaling is an endless task. Extreme Writing allows you to see a completed project in 10 days which is much more satisfying. Take 5 pieces of paper and a piece of …
Warn your students that this is not a diary or a journal. This is not a place for secrets. All writing must be something you could share with anyone in the room. Share this post on Facebook
Yes they can. But, I can type a lot faster than I can write by hand, so you would need to do an assessment on their tablets, with a different count when they are using a device. Also, they would then be trading devices in order to read and respond …
Students who are significantly below the others need a target number that fits their needs. They will need a specific assessment of how fast they can write and an assigned number that is within their grasp. The same applies to students who use a device to write. Share this post …
Originally I had a vision that you would give them 5 minutes in class to start and the rest would be homework, or something to be completed if their math, or other class work was done. If they have a target number of words, that can be completed at any …
Good point. Many teachers start with a 10 minute write and work their way up as student skills strengthen. Tell them it’s about training for stamina just like long distance running. Usually, grade 4 students will not have the stamina for a solid 20 minute write. But, some grade 7’s …
My advice is: Don’t get yourself worn out. There are lots of professional tasks you can do, including designing amazing writing lessons. Think of yourself as being willing to work 60 hours a week at being the best teacher in the world – how should you spend your hours? But, …
Fluency is one of the three pillars of writing – code, comprehensibility, and fluency. Code. English, and all languages are a code, a printed representation of language. English rules of code include left to right, top to bottom, spaces between the words, punctuation, subject/verb/object, etc. We spend a lot of …
