Week 4

Wow! I guess its been a while since I have thought about punctuation and its role in how readers understand what is written. Also, the worksheet about punctuation is a great tool for students to really demonstrate their knowledge about punctuation, but also describe it in their own way. I was also really happy to have read Up, Up Down as a class. That was a really cute way to have read a story like that, and I know that a classroom full of kids would have really enjoyed that.
This week was also the first week that we worked with our peers on our writer's notebook. To be honest, for some reason sharing my notebook made me kind of worried just because although its not too terribly personal, it still contains some of my own thoughts and observations. I guess I just would feel uncomfortable if someone read it right now because its still unpolished and my partner and I are still getting to know each other.
I also really enjoyed the Craft Lessons book and presentations. There were some really great suggestions about some really cool lessons, and it was great for me that I didn't have to read an entire book to learn about all of them because my classmates presented them to me! I really liked working in groups a lot for that part of the class.