6Traits Digest #124 - Tuesday, January 11, 2000

  Helpful idea for 1st and maybe others.
          by "Susan Nixon" 


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Subject: Helpful idea for 1st and maybe others.
From: "Susan Nixon" 
Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2000 07:26:35 -0700

From a 4-blocks list

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We did an activity today called "cut and paste" in first grade that might
help you. To model, I first wrote a short story of 4 sentences on paper.
Then I cut
each sentence out and taped it on a page of a blank book I'd made by
folding
and stapling copy paper. Then I elaborated under each sentence. I told =
them
they could then add pictures and a title.

They had a ball!! Each child chose a story in their journals and tore it
out
(one child had a story on the back she didn't want to cut, so we xeroxed
hers) A few others wanted to begin with all new stories and I said that =
was
okay. 

When writing time was over we went on to another activity. For the
rest of the day they kept pulling out their books and working on their
stories. I am anxious to see how they all turn out.
Hope this will help you!
Cece/1/GA


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