11/1/11

Today we spent ten minutes reading in IR books.  Students were reminded to be sure to have post its out WHILE they read so they are more tempted to take a minute to interact with the text which is part of their assignment every week. We then took out writer's notebooks and wrote about what we thought every student should learn in kindergarten and about what it feels like to be a kid and be treated like an adult by an adult.  We took time to discuss these ideas and to talk about how we are switching gears now to "writer's workshop" model and how that  will look daily.  We then moved on to background information on Max Steele-the author of "The Cat and the Coffee Drinkers".  HW: Read/Log/Post it and one more LONGWRITE.