Writing Workshop

We just finished introducing the writer's workshop to our third graders and we used the Amelia's Notebook series as a mentor text/read aloud to think about what goes in a writer's notebook. These books are also great for getting them excited about keeping a writer's notebook for the first time.

So, what goes in a writer's notebook???

post cards, ticket stubs, souvenirs...

bad times in your life...

ideas... 

lists... 

hopes, wonderings...

drawings & labels... 

moments from our lives!

Oldies but Goodies

Read Alouds for the Beginning of the School Year

You could here a pin drop in the classroom during these read alouds.

I love that both end with a twist.  

Miss Nelson is Missing! by James Marshall
First Day Jitters by Julie Danneberg