The writing for this week is about wonderings for my students. As the students are writing in their interactive writing journals I too write in mine. These are two of the recent writings.
I wonder these things too! I love that you are expressing concern for your students. It is unfortunate how little of the world they still know - it is so hard to get out sometimes! Can you set up field trips outside of town? Something I have done with third graders is go on a "field trip" using Google Earth. It tied into their research writing. Every day I chose 1-3 students to give us the capitol city of the country they were researching. We "wen" there on GE and explored the area. We saw some things we were familiar with and some things not. We backed up in the view to see the denseness of the population or what land features surrounded us. They loved it!
I never thought of doing a field trip using Google Earth. Thank you for the idea. I will definitely try this. I could also use this as a mini-lesson for writing workshop.
I think your concerns are some that are had by many teachers, I feel as though we all want to protect our students the best we can, but feel limited in our opportunity to do so. I wondered a little about what students you were referring to. I was wondering the age group and what their backgrounds are that give you the impression that they may not be successful in their future. I was wondering if you could share some things you have tried with them and what ideas you have to support them the best you can.
I appreciated reading your wonderings and thoughts on your students. It is obvious that you take great care in their future. I wondered as I read this what made this writing topic come to mind? Was there a specific event or experience that caused you to start thinking about it? That could be something to incorporate into the first piece.
I had just had a student steal a blue permanent marker out of my paraprofessional's desk and then proceeded to write on the radiator in the cafeteria with it. This student has been in trouble a lot in and out of my classroom. The student also don’t care what happens as long as she isn’t in school. Thanks for the idea of incorporating that specific even into my intro.
I feel the same frustrations when I am in the classroom, and even here at WSU Pullman. There are some people that you just want to shake sense into, but they won't learn unless then mess up. It is so hard to watch the children that you care about making mistakes. I always try to see the best, and recognize what they are going through, and hope that with my understanding, they will be more willing to be caring members of the community-- but sometimes it is hard. I think that it will be one of my greatest struggles as a teacher-- watching these students.
I wonder these things too! I love that you are expressing concern for your students. It is unfortunate how little of the world they still know - it is so hard to get out sometimes! Can you set up field trips outside of town? Something I have done with third graders is go on a "field trip" using Google Earth. It tied into their research writing. Every day I chose 1-3 students to give us the capitol city of the country they were researching. We "wen" there on GE and explored the area. We saw some things we were familiar with and some things not. We backed up in the view to see the denseness of the population or what land features surrounded us. They loved it!
ReplyDeleteI never thought of doing a field trip using Google Earth. Thank you for the idea. I will definitely try this. I could also use this as a mini-lesson for writing workshop.
DeleteI think your concerns are some that are had by many teachers, I feel as though we all want to protect our students the best we can, but feel limited in our opportunity to do so. I wondered a little about what students you were referring to. I was wondering the age group and what their backgrounds are that give you the impression that they may not be successful in their future. I was wondering if you could share some things you have tried with them and what ideas you have to support them the best you can.
ReplyDeleteI appreciated reading your wonderings and thoughts on your students. It is obvious that you take great care in their future. I wondered as I read this what made this writing topic come to mind? Was there a specific event or experience that caused you to start thinking about it? That could be something to incorporate into the first piece.
ReplyDeleteI had just had a student steal a blue permanent marker out of my paraprofessional's desk and then proceeded to write on the radiator in the cafeteria with it. This student has been in trouble a lot in and out of my classroom. The student also don’t care what happens as long as she isn’t in school. Thanks for the idea of incorporating that specific even into my intro.
DeleteI feel the same frustrations when I am in the classroom, and even here at WSU Pullman. There are some people that you just want to shake sense into, but they won't learn unless then mess up. It is so hard to watch the children that you care about making mistakes. I always try to see the best, and recognize what they are going through, and hope that with my understanding, they will be more willing to be caring members of the community-- but sometimes it is hard. I think that it will be one of my greatest struggles as a teacher-- watching these students.
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