Once Upon a Time...in Writer's Workshop

Wow, it's so hard to believe that we just finished our third week of school! Absolutely crazy! 

This week I wanted to give you a glimpse into our Writer's Workshop time.

 Every morning we have a block of time allotted to Writer's Workshop and I am not kidding when I tell you that the students get excited when I say the phrase,

 "It's Time for Writer's Workshop!" 

This past week during our writing time, we brainstormed all the things that the students knew a lot about - here's a peak at our brainstorming session:

As you can tell, these sweet darlings know a lot about a lot of things! I learned so much about the students from this activity, like what movies they like to watch, what video games they like to play, and the newest sports car craze.

After we brainstormed together as a whole group, we chose clip art or images to represent each of the different topics and ended up with this sweet Topics Chart that the students now have in their Writing Folder. 

Allowing the students to participate in creating their Topics Chart really helped give them ownership and an invested interest into Writer's Workshop. To finish up our week of writing, the students were allowed to choose a topic from their Topic Chart and write to their heart's content. 

Just look at these authors!

I tell you - I am absolutely spoiled by these second grade sweeties! 

They are top notch stuff. 

One last item I need to mention is Box Tops. Our class is collecting Box Tops and have our hearts set on winning the classroom competition for collecting the most Box Tops, so please send in your stash from those cereal boxes and apple juice containers. This coming Monday, August 25th, is when we will turn in this month's collection and we still have room in our collection bin for more. 

Thanks for supporting our amazing school!