Report Card Day

Today we talked a little bit about report cards and talked about some of the things we are better at doing now than we were in the fall...
Reading because I can sound out the words better. -Lindsay
I'm good at reading because I can read all the words. -Sam
I am better at writing because I can think of more ideas and I can write on the lines. -Taylor
I am better at blogging than in September because I can write lots of wrods correctly without asking anybody. -Madeline
I am better at reading because I can read huge words. -Kendall
I am better at reading a writing because I can sound out big words when I write and then I know what they are. In writing I only wrote four or five words, but now I write a whole page. -Rhianna
I am better at reading and writing because I read to self lots and I like to write a lot. -Sydney
I am good at reading. I can read lots of books. -Kaspir
 I'm better at reading than writing. I read to someone and self a lot. That's how I became a good reader. -Cameron
I'm good at reading, writing and blogging! I can type 5 sentences or more. -Jadyn
I'm better at reading. I can read bigger words. -Cole
I am better at reading because I sound out words better. -Brandon
I'm better at reading because I know more words. -Olivia

What Makes Good Writing?

As we get ready for portfolio conferences, the children in our classroom have been reflecting on some of their learning in reading, writing, math and our inquiry projects. Today our focus was on writing. I asked the kids the question, "What Makes Good Writing?" Here is what they said:
Tristan - Start with the date.
Cameron - Neat, small printing.
Peyton & Madeline - Use periods, exclamation marks, commas, and question marks in the right places.
Cole - Write the details.
Taylor - Write on the lines.
Jonathon & Lindsay - It makes sense.
Jolene - Uppercase letters at the beginning of a sentence
Kendall & Sydney R - Finger spaces!
Rhianna - Do the title.
Kaspir - No scribbling, use letters.
Sydney R - Try to sound out the words.
Kendall - Don't use bad words.
Jadyn - Read it over.
Peyton - Then we looked at the Writing Continuum and compared our writing to the samples. We used our TWAS to match the writing on the writing continuum.

Here are some more things that help to make our writing even better:
Ashley - Make all the words uppercase in a title
Aliegha & Jolene - The picture has to go with the writing. They have to match.
Aliegha - Add feelings to your writing.