My students need a fun and exciting space to get their creative juices flowing for writing. Let's bring back the joy of writing by allowing our students a specific place and tools for writing.
Our students are fun, loving, creative, spunky and smart here at our school. They love trying new things and working hard in the classroom.
One of the many things that I love so much about the students here, is their ability to inspire everyone around them.
They challenge themselves to get better each and everyday. We have a saying in 2nd grade " Be a caterpillar, not a worm" which means to be positive and believe that you can do anything you put your mind too and never give up. A caterpillar thinks change is good and believes it can turn into a beautiful butterfly, but a worm is always a worm no matter what.
I will tell you we have a ton of beautiful butterflies here. They never give up on themselves or each other. They are a great bunch of students, that is for sure.
My Project
Imagine a town without any "green stuff" like trees or grass, the things that people enjoy most about outdoors. Imagine it is just gray, concrete, boring buildings. We are losing the “green stuff” in writing. Our students are busting at the seems with creativity. We want to bring back the joy of writing or the "green stuff".
Let's bring back the joy of writing by providing our students with a specific place to write and to work with “cool” writing tools.
Some examples are gel pens and decorative pencils to spike excitement, colored dry erase markers to edit, and erasers to allow for mistakes that help us learn.
To help students be more efficient during writing stations, I have chose to request a storage cabinet that will allow all materials to be organized and easily accessed by the students. Making it easy for the students to access their writing tools will allow stations to be more independent and in return allow me to conference one-on-one with students during that time and provide individualized learning.
I have also requested a table as a place to sit and write during writing time. This will give them a change of scenery and allow them to have a specific place to write. My students love to sit around the room and write. We feel that it gives them a little more freedom to write and be creative.
Our students use S.W.A.G to edit pieces of writing. This stands for Starts with a capital, Written neatly, A space between words, Give a punctuation. We thought if the students could wear (cool) hats and glasses that it might make editing more fun and also provide a reminder of things they need to look for while editing. Also, they will dry erase sleeves to save paper.
DALIX Unisex Youth Childrens Cotton Cap Adjustable Plain Hat - Unstructured (Red)
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$7.95
16
$127.20
ECR4Kids Birch 4-Cubby School Classroom Block Storage Cabinet with Casters, Natural, 24" W
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$122.95
1
$122.95
Outdoor Table w/ Benches & Umbrella
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$89.82
1
$89.82
Pink Bevel Erasers - Pencil Erasers In Assorted Fun Colors - 12 Pack For Class School Kids, Collage, Art, Office, Education, - By Kidsco
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$7.99
6
$47.94
250 Pc Mega Pencil Assortment - Awards & Incentives & Pencils
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$34.30
1
$34.30
Expo Fine Point Dry Erase Markers Bundle – 5 Items: 12 Black Markers, 12 Red Markers, 12 Blue Markers, 12 Assorted Color Markers, Bright Colorful Rectangle Sticky Note Pad – Low Odor
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