Sally:
She completed a fantastic unit plan on writing persuasive letters for second grade. I found this lesson to be very helpful to me because this is also the topic that I chose so it was helpful to see what a second grader might be learning on a topic compared to what they are learning with my unit plan. I really liked her paper pass group work activity that used the bubble map she created as well as the peer review checklist. Even though it said ‘persuasive’ on that particular worksheet, I would create my own checklist that is more specific for fourth grade for each writing area that covers what my classroom learns and use it consistently. I thought it was great!
Sarah:
Sarah’s lesson on personal narrative for second grade gave me a lot of insight on different avenues to teach this area of writing. I love how you went through steps so thoroughly such as learning sensory and transition words before completing their own narrative. Umbrella writing sounds very interesting. I have heard of people using this strategy but I appreciate fully knowing what it consists of to use in the future. I would use umbrella writing to allow students to both brainstorm and revise on all forms of writing. This way students know that they are using all of the components and that their paragraph flows together.
Tiffany:
Tiffany created a great lesson or persuasion for 3rd grade. I love that she made sure to build each of her lessons together so that they flowed smoothly. I also used the persuasion song that you had in your second lesson. I believe it is great since the content is informative while also being engaging and funny. The peer review checklist and the idea of having an author's chair seem great! If I were to use the author's chair I think it would be fun to include an editor's chair or an illustrators chair as well!
Lynna:
Lynna's lesson was teaching phonics and phonological awareness to preschool aged students. I loved hearing her lesson because it is so different from lessons I am use to seeing. The way that she used the book Who Took the Cookie from the Cookie Jar for her lessons really expanded her unit for me making it even better with how interactive it became.
Abby:
Abby's lesson was over personal narratives for 5th grade. Like Abby, I also really like having more of a set schedule with fun activities implemented for my lessons. I really likes that each of her lessons were a different step within the writing process. This layout allowed the unit to flow nicely and with purpose. I found the writing process handout to be a great resource that I would use in my classroom by using it as a poster so students can refer to in consistently.
Ana:
Ana's lessons were for a 2nd grade classroom learning about descriptive writing. I really enjoyed all of the activities that you incorporated within her unit. Having students focus of their five senses during the nature walk to begin discussing descriptive writing is fantastic! I believe this is a great way for them to think about all of the parts and be creative. The lesson that you had them describe the monsters is something I would love to incorporate in my future classroom. I would try to do something like this for every book because I believe it allows the students to have a deeper understanding for what they are reading.
Everyone did a great job!
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