This past week I circled back to something we tried in the fall: some students remembered, some didn’t, but dang –once again I have to give Kim Norton and Holly Stein a huge YOU ARE GODDESSES thank you! No fancy gimmicks, no assembly required: just spontaneous and authentic writing. As mentioned, the kids are growing anxious and snarly, and this really helped.

Here is the walk-through of the lesson, and the adjustments I made on the fly:

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Writing Prompts

https://www.edutopia.org/article/50-writing-prompts-all-grade-levels-todd-finley