"Water" You Writing? And a Year of First Grade Word Work
Hello Everyone! I truly can't even believe that it has been so long since my last post! I am sooooo sorry! It just seems as if I have been barely staying afloat this year. We have had some huge events going on, both at school and on the home/personal front. My goal for today is to fill you in on what we've been doing in writing and in word work. I writing we are working hard on expressing ourselves in small moments. This year I wanted to use the well documented "Watermelon vs Seed" analogy for focusing on small moments. In the past I've used "Catch a Small Moment" and a "Pea" idea. But I know that the upper grades use the watermelon idea, so, alas! Here I go as well! I started off reading Watermelon Party which is a fun little example of small moments, and of course, it's about a watermelon! Then we talked about the difference between a watermelon story and a seed story. We sorted some cards on an anchor chart. I showed ...