WOW! What can I say it has been great. I got in the classroom last week and decided to just jump in. I gave all my fourth grade classes a blank sheet of paper and said "Write me a story" The kids were like WHAT? I told them not to talk to me just write and you wouldn't believe it they did it. Out of all my classes I only had one kid who was like I can't do this. They have such an amazing imagination it was great. I looked over their papers and wrote good job on each of them so they all think they are great writers! One day I had a kid ask what our mini lesson was and he was sad when I didn't have one that day!
I also had kids bring in stuff to put in there writers notebook. Some kids didn't bring anything but the others who did had a blast putting their stuff in their. Now I have all the kids asking if they can do it. They really think it is neat when I will take a day and write when they are writing. They all want to know what I am writing about. I can't wait until the next workshop!
This is great to hear! Thank you for posting this success story. I am so proud of all of you and look forward to having you in "class" with me again. It can't come soon enough.
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