Some Free Stuff!! For you! Yay! First I wanted to share this cute writing paper I made the other day. It's formatted for a friendly letter so I hope you can use it!
{Star Writing Paper}
Next, my Teacher Binder pack that I made based on my Teacher Binder post below. I am including both resources in case you missed the Reading Binder pack post from before!
{Plan Binder Pack}
{Reading Assessment Binder Pack}
I hope these can be useful to you! Next I just want to quickly share some of the amazingness I discovered this week when doing writing tasks. First, here is a writing sample from one of my second graders from September 2011. They had to write about a special memory. Notice the lack of complete sentences, fluent handwriting, and basic cohesiveness.
Now, here is this child's last writing sample from this week, May 2012.
Wow! What a great difference!!! I am so proud. But check this next one out. Same task - write about a special memory. This child chose to write about going to a waterpark. Great idea!
But barely readable as a second grade student. This student has shown the most impressive growth out of all of my kids this year. CHECK. THIS. OUT.
COULD YOU JUST DIE?!?!?! I almost cried. What a HUGE difference a year makes. I'm so proud of her. Plus, she says she wants to travel to Texas to meet cowboys. Can't blame her for that one. :)
Enjoy your freebies!
You rock!! Thanks for the freebies. I'm excited to look at the teacher binder plan!
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Learning Is Something to Treasure
Thank you for sharing with us. This is a great resource!
ReplyDeleteI'm loving that your students made such progress in writing. Would you be willing to share your tips/resources you use for writing instruction. I really feel like this is the weakest area for me.
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Extra Special Teaching
Angelia- I use Lucy Calkins Units of Study and I supplement with some mini-lessons about the traits of writing, and a LOT of one on one instruction. I am free to do that due to how small my class is. Try the book I found called Month By Month Trait Based Writing Instruction. I found it on the Scholastic website and bought it on Amazon. Also check out "No More I'm Done". Great resource!
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