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Free Resources Book Recommendations ROOT Teaching The Whole Child Teaching Tip of the Week
Free Resources Book Recommendations ROOT Teaching The Whole Child Teaching Tip of the Week
The Teaching Tips will focus on the topic of Writing Workshop for the next four weeks.
Week 1: Peer Revising
Week 2: The Writing Workshop Warm-up
Week 3: Four-Color Editing
Week 4: Written Reflections
Four-Color Editing
Editing is typically one of the most difficult stages of the writing process for students because it requires so much attention to detail. For many children the task can be downright overwhelming simply because they are asked to look for so many different types of mistakes at the same time, i.e., capitalization, punctuation, paragraphing, dialogue, and spelling.
A few years ago I came up with a new approach that breaks down the complex task of editing into smaller, more manageable steps. Since that time my students have become more willing, more enthusiastic, more successful editors of their own writing. I call my approach “Four-Color Editing.â€
The Teaching Tips will focus on the topic of Writing Workshop for the next four weeks.
Week 1: Peer Revising
Week 2: The Writing Workshop Warm-up
Week 3: Four-Color Editing
Week 4: Written Reflections
The Writing Workshop Warm-up
The Teaching Tips will focus on the topic of Writing Workshop for the next four weeks.
Week 1: Peer Revising
Week 2: The Writing Workshop Warm-up
Week 3: Four-Color Editing
Week 4: Written Reflections
Week 1: Peer Revising
Week 2: The Writing Workshop Warm-up
Week 3: Four-Color Editing
Week 4: Written Reflections
Each school day is so packed with activity that there rarely seems time to stop, talk with our students about all the things that are happening in class, and reinforce the important priorities expressed in our class mission statement. The Friday Circle is a weekly class meeting, conducted during the last hour of the school week, that facilitates this type of communication.
An important part of holding students accountable for their learning involves making sure they complete the projects and activities that occurred while they were absent. Whenever my students miss a day (or more) of school, I write down all the work my students need to make up on a “While You Were Absent†sheet. I place this sheet on their desks, along with the books, papers, and other materials they will need in order to complete everything described on the sheet.