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K-5 Bulletin Board
K-5 Bulletin Board

Many teachers feel the pressure of creating new bulletin boards in and out of their classrooms each month. I strongly agree with the necessity to publish often; however, starting a new genre study each month is not manageable or recommended. Consider creating a permanent bulletin board that updates the school community on the work that is going on in students' Writing Folders and Writers' Notebooks.
 Issue Number 7
December 2009
 
Writing Workshop:
 Functional Writing/ Essay

One of the most important things we can teach young writers is how to use their writing. Young writers often don't see a place for their writing outside the classroom. One of the great lessons we can teach during functional writing and essay units of study is that writers write for a variety of audiences and publish for a variety of purposes and intentions. Sometimes this is as easy as "writing what you do." Check out the Schoolwide Network's new Lesson of the Week to see this concept in action.

> Things We Can Make With Writing chart for classroom use

 Administrator Zone

One of the standards for K-8 writers is that they write for a variety of purposes and for a variety of audiences. Support teachers in making this happen by creating whole-school events and writing opportunities that will encourage students to publish often.

> Click here for a list of ideas.

Better teachers create better opportunities for their students. Click on the link to SchoolwideBlog to check out this great post by renowned academic Yetta Goodman to understand what quality teaching is all about.

 Fundamentals Connection

Schoolwide's Writing Fundamentals Units of Study include both memoir and personal narrative units. Each unit includes 10 mentor texts, mini-lessons, and reproducible materials that take you and your students from launching to publication.

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