It is incredible to see how far we have moved along with our writing process in only 3 days.
We worked hard today and accomplished so much!
We started off with our Community Circle, but instead of sitting in our chairs in a semi-circle, we stood in a circle, shoulder-to-shoulder. We celebrated so many incredible things about our learning from Day 2. Many of us shared that we liked having a specific role in our group and enjoyed writing on large chart paper with good markers!
After sharing in our circle, and reading our learning goals together as a class, it was right down to work. We started off by revising our class shared write, "Problem 120" in our groups. Our task was to read over the text, making note of any revisions we would like to make to the Introduction and the Closing. We then came back as a full group and started the 'negotiation process' as a class.
To help facilitate our the revision of our class problem, we put all of our charts on the white board side by side.
6 chart papers in all! Incredible!
We started by cutting and taping one of the charts into a different order so we could have a better idea of how the entire text would flow. We then read each section of the text together before sharing revision suggestions. In order for a change to be made to our original text, we had to vote; majority rules. Ms. Sandy and Mme Careen also negotiated back and forth with us to ensure we were making the best revisions we could.
This process was NOT easy! It took a lot of reading, re-reading, changing a word, changing our minds, re-re-reading and so on. There were many great revision suggestions from each team and many Reporters for each group were very passionate about their suggestions which created such wonderful - and exhausting - dialogue! :)
In the end, we ended up with a title, introduction and closing that we are all proud of!
(The original text is in black and revisions are made in green).
After a well-deserved break, we came back and started the second part of our morning with public conferences. A public conference is when one group's work is read and celebrated in front of the whole class. First, the Reporter reads the group's writing aloud. Then, the teacher (in this case Mme Careen) reads the group's work aloud and stops to notice what the group has done well. She (the teacher) will also ask the group what they notice about their writing and will then ask the other students in the class what they noticed and would like to celebrate.
After the celebration of the writing, we zero in on the details and give suggestions of what the group may want to review and work on. The teacher jots down the ideas and next steps on a sticky note for the group to refer to when they start the revision process of their own writing.
The last part of the morning was spent writing in our groups. We picked up right where we left off on Day 2! By the end of the morning, all of the groups had finished their introduction and were well on their way to finishing the step-by-step instructions of their problem. Some groups have even started writing their closing sentences and will soon be ready to start editing.* Wow!
*Speaking of editing... Did you spot that bright green poster in the above pictures? That poster shows us the international symbols for editing that all publishers use! While the editing process wasn't originally a part of our learning plan today, one group - who had already finished their writing and revising - got an sneak peak! Tomorrow, after they have edited their own work and are ready to publish the final draft of their writing, they will then take on the role as our class editors for this project. This means that they will conference with the other groups and help review and edit their writing before it is submitted to Ms. Sandy and Mme Careen for final approval.
Phewf! It's no wonder our morning together flew by and that our brains are "fried from thinking!" :)
And, with that, we close off this Day 3 post with what may very well become
one of the greatest student quotes of all time...
"With great knowledge comes a great need to nap."
Agreed. :)
Great work today, everyone!
Sleep tight! 😴
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