Tuesday, March 6, 2012
Slice of Life Day 6
This week we are reading books by Tim Egan. I love his subtle, quirky humor. The second grade read Serious Farm, the third grade Chestnut Cove and then I did a read aloud of my favorite The Pink Refrigerator. Today we're going to watch a few things I found online: first he draws and describes what he is doing and in another he is being interviewed by a girl their age. Then we are going to spend time doodling and try to come up with a story afterwards to go with the drawing. Last year when we did this it really helped some reluctant writers to draw first. We shall see...
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Wow. When you made a comment about reluctant writers and drawing, I had to laugh. This morning I started reading The Power of Pictures: Creating Pathways to Literacy Through Art by Beth Olshansky.
ReplyDeleteShe worked with the very idea you expressed and is talking about how her whole class grew. Thanks for the connection.
I am writing this down. Today your words inspired my teaching. Way to go! :)
ReplyDeleteThis sounds like a great way to get reluctant writers to write! Please let us know how it goes~! :)
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