Thursday, June 19, 2008
Thursday's Discussion
I now know more about the difference between high stakes writing and low stakes writing. I also realized that I don't have to grade everything I assign in class. It does make a lot more sense to do more of the low stakes writing with the students and getting them to feel more comfortable with writing. I liked some of the ideas Don presented for doing more low stakes writing. I liked the microthemes because you can do them in a short period of time and also assess whether or not they were paying attention. I liked the mention of daily writes also. That could be used as morning work for those who stagger in at various times after breakfast. I can see a lot of potential for more low stakes writing in my classroom next school year- which is 2 months from tomorrow by the way :-(
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Okay, now you've depressed me. Did you have to mention how long it is before school starts? I do my best to pretend like I have no idea how far away it is. Sounds like we liked some of the same ideas today.
Michelle, I know, it's really weird to think that we don't have to grade everything students do. Also, I don't think you're allowed to mention the first day of school right now! :)
Michelle!!!! Did you have to bring up the start of the schoolyear?
I use journaling in the morning, most of the time. I usually give them a prompt on the board. I always feel bad because we can't get to it everyday. Now I can use microthemes and some of the other activities presented today to get the kids to write, not just journaling.
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