The Week of 10-19-09

This week I tried to meet with students writing their reading response letter.  One day we had MEAP, one day needed to talk with my Title I reading aide.  So some got better attention than others.  In their letters, they answer my question, tell about their new book, and share their thinking.  This is from Gay Su Pennell and her writing partner, but they just have the question answered and thinking, not the summary.  

I also checked my "little ones" for fluency.  I don't think they've been reading and rereading their books to get them smooth.  So I read a page, they read a page to hear how they need to sound, wrote a note on their marker to show mom and dad.  They are BR and J/K, reading Henry and Mudge in a monotone.

In writing, I'm trying to get all their final drafts of memoir writing typed.  They have their rough drafts typed in, but am having trouble with computers and time.  Was hoping writer's notebook entries could be done, while students finished typing.  Too many problems.  One thing that happened was their final drafts had too many errors.  I realize, now, that the final drafts went up with too many errors.  Usually, I send them back to get them closer to standard.

Switched to working on snapshots and this they got this time around.  Worked on these earlier, but this time I think it made more sense. They revised and edited rough drafts and put their final drafts on wall.  Wish we were typing these.  But they will go in their final draft folders and will be good to have.