Teacher Strategies

This week the children started a writing assignment.  I wasn't there for the first part of the process, but from what I understand, they read about Paul Bunyon in class the previous day. They met together on the carpet the next day to recap what they had learned, by sharing facts from their reading. All the children were given the opportunity to share what they had learned about Paul Bunyon.  After the initial discussion, the children were asked ho w they felt about him. As they shared thoughts and feelings, the teacher would write down the different sentences they would come up with.  After that, all the children went back to their desks to write about Paul Bunyon.

I really liked this idea. I liked the idea of brainstorming as a group.  This gave the children to opportunity to remember what they had learned the day before.  It also gave them a starting point for their writing assignment.  They also had enough vocabulary words to make new sentences.