The beginnings of Writing Workshop

Lots of things happening here in our fourth grade! On Thursday August 21 at 5:30 we will have our mandatory parent IPad meeting. We are hoping to roll out the iPads and have them in our fourthies hands starting Monday!

Meanwhile, in Writing Workshop, we have been learning about good writing workshop guidelines and how to use our writers notebooks. I want to share a piece of writing one of my students wrote in her writers notebook:

In Texas I want cake
Then I step on a rattle snake.
I got to the bakery just in time
Then the police thought I was doing a crime.
I ran and ran around and around
Soon I had to hide in the pound.
The police got stuck in a bunch of fog,
Then they ended up chasing a frog.
I finally made it to my house
And guess who had to chase a mouse.
He ran and ran as his ears started to flap,
I got bored and made a trap.
He fell for it and got a brake
Wow all this for a piece of cake.
I ate the cake covered in nuts,
Man now I want a donut.

By: Lennon

Isn't it so wonderful! We definitely have some FANTASTIC writers in our class!

Here are some photos of "tableaus" or "frozen pictures" we created today to represent different guidelines of Writing Workshop:

Have supplies ready

Listen carefully and participate



















Think, imagine, and write!



Stay on task