6Traits Digest #105 - Wednesday, November 10, 1999

  Re: 6Traits- Word choice
          by "Susan Nixon" 


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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


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