6Traits Digest #105 - Wednesday, November 10, 1999 Re: 6Traits- Word choice by "Susan Nixon"---------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Re: 6Traits- Word choice From: "Susan Nixon" Date: Wed, 10 Nov 1999 12:26:55 -0700 Hi, My class is starting on word choice next week. Thanks for the great idea! I'm also teaching it next Thursday to the staff here. I'll be sure to share it. =3D) I thought I would post something which came from the ideas lessons in my second grade classroom. Modeling really helped me get some great writing from my students! I went to the forest on Thursday. I stayed three days. I took all my fameliy to the forest when I took a bath this morning all that came out of me was drert I loved the last sentence! A reminder, in case any K-2 teachers are frustrated by the amount of effort they put out versus the return. K-2 teachers are laying the foundations for the 6 traits. We are teaching students the vocabulary and the definitions of the traits. We are sharing *many* examples of the traits with our students. In fact, K teachers will be doing more sharing during reading time than writing, I would think. I have been amazed at some of the writing that is being done, though. There isn't a great *quantity*, as you can tell from the above, but the traits are showing up! Susan Nixon 2nd Grade Phoenix, AZ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- End of 6Traits Digest -- To unsubscribe, send any message at all to: 6Traits-off@. Archive of past digests is at: http://6Traits.Cyberspaces.net/archive/?_NO_DATETIME