I am rebooting this blog and website!
This year at Venable is shaping up to be VERY exciting. We are focusing on writing across all grades. We have been working together to look at student writing, assess our goals as a school, and dig into planning writing instruction and practice for our students.
At the same time, we are focused on getting our students to be reflective and self-directed learners. This means we are asking them to set goals and monitor their progress towards them. Writing is a great place to do this and we are already seeing kids editing and revising with checklists and rubrics to improve their writing.
In the spring we will be doing Student Led Conferences in all grades. Your children will be so thrilled to show you and talk about their grown in their reading and writing.
We are also hyping up reading with our monthly HOT READ at our new school-wide morning meetings. Each month a different staff member will highlight and booktalk a favorite book. Our first HOT READS were Yo, Yes by Chris Raschka, and The Thank You Book by Mo Willems. You gotta see it to believe it!
And lastly, check out my page of Favorite Websites (self-explanatory) and also Literacy FAQ (this is where I will highlight a common question or concern I hear from teachers and families and hopefully provide some additional resources for readers to learn more about it.
So welcome back and happy reading and writing everyone!!
This year at Venable is shaping up to be VERY exciting. We are focusing on writing across all grades. We have been working together to look at student writing, assess our goals as a school, and dig into planning writing instruction and practice for our students.
At the same time, we are focused on getting our students to be reflective and self-directed learners. This means we are asking them to set goals and monitor their progress towards them. Writing is a great place to do this and we are already seeing kids editing and revising with checklists and rubrics to improve their writing.
In the spring we will be doing Student Led Conferences in all grades. Your children will be so thrilled to show you and talk about their grown in their reading and writing.
We are also hyping up reading with our monthly HOT READ at our new school-wide morning meetings. Each month a different staff member will highlight and booktalk a favorite book. Our first HOT READS were Yo, Yes by Chris Raschka, and The Thank You Book by Mo Willems. You gotta see it to believe it!
And lastly, check out my page of Favorite Websites (self-explanatory) and also Literacy FAQ (this is where I will highlight a common question or concern I hear from teachers and families and hopefully provide some additional resources for readers to learn more about it.
So welcome back and happy reading and writing everyone!!