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A’s Writing
The king who rained I remember when I was little. My family were saying weird word that I didn’t know, like my sister has a frog in her throat, and my daddy says there fork in the road, or sometimes … Continue reading
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The Writing Test
The test came today. I picked it up from the vice principal’s office first thing this morning. You have to count your tests to make sure you have one for all your students, then initial to indicate you received the … Continue reading
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The Writing Test
Spending Monday morning writing with my class. We have four genres to review: narrative summary, expository summary, personal narrative, and fictional narrative. We’ll be wiring thinking maps for all of those in the morning. And maybe putting one or two … Continue reading
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Writing in My District
For math, my district gives me a math curriculum, which comes with several teacher’s manuals and other materials to help me teach the students what they need to know. The same with science and social studies. A little with PE. … Continue reading
The State Writing Test
Weeks of build up have finally culminated today with the writing test. We spent the last two days reviewing and writing. It’s pretty uncomfortable preping the students for a writing test when you don’t know what genre it will be … Continue reading
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Teaching Writing
I’m really frustrated. We don’t really have any curriculum for teaching any of the genres that fourth grade is expected to know. I”m tired of making up stuff. I’m tired of taking what I kind of knew and what sort … Continue reading
