I've communicated electronically through email with the 2nd grade team to follow up on the materials that I've presented to them in our coaching session which was focused on student writing quality. Below is the email and response:
Hello Wonderful 2nd grade team,
I hope you are all doing well. I am following up with you on the different materials, tools, and methods that I presented to you. If you are implementing any of them:
1. How are they working for you? I started a blog last week. The students really enjoyed it. They answered a simple question about what was their favorite season and why. They are excited to get back into the computer lab to blog some more. Tomorrow I’m going to have them compare and contrast two characters we have read about.
2. Do you see a difference in your kids' quality of writing? What specifically? It’s only been one week so I don’t know that it’s made a huge difference in their writing. They did read each other’s and see some typos and errors. I’m hoping this will make them realize that other people are reading your writing.
3. Do you see a difference in your kids' writing motivation? What specifically? Like I said, my students LOVED blogging. When I told them today, we were blogging tomorrow they cheered. I think they liked being able to type their writing and felt that it was more authentic. They also got to read each other’s writing which is motivational.
4. How has this affected your teaching? How has it affected their learning? Again, it’s new so it hasn’t had huge impacts yet. I think the fact that they are motivated and excited is amazing!
5. Are there any other tools or information that I could provide to you that you feel would be useful or helpful? This was a great idea and very simple to put into practice.
6. Any further comments or ideas :)
Mrs. J (a pseudonym) provided a link to her classroom blog and the log-in information. The blog has been a great start in getting students to develop written conversation. Bravo Mrs. J!!
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