Lets start with the pictures of the writing offices....The top picture is what the side of the "office" looks like and the bottom picture is what the outside sides look like.
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Now lets talk about this example of collaboration with an adult. These three students are all performing well below grade level in writing and would be what I consider both reluctant and struggling writers. They are three girls and two of them are classified as special education. All three girls are researching the same animal (chimpanzees). The book is well above their reading level and there writing is often to difficult to read because they struggle with spelling phonetically. These three students are receiving a great deal of structured support. This picture exemplifies how this teacher is working to help the students create the best writing piece they possibly can.
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First, I love the "help" sheets you have added to the "offices." I'm sure students benefit from those.
ReplyDeleteSecond, in the picture of the aid and three girls, is she writing information for them to copy? I'm a little confused about her role here. If I understood our reading about "thick description" correctly, you could add some "thick description" into this picture by explaining what is happening. The interactions between the aid and the students and how they respond to her might be a good way to add "thick description."
I love your writing offices. I am going to have to make these for my students. I actually already have the dividers that go around their desk so this gives me ideas of what to put on them. How often do your students use these? Is this a resource that they have with them all the time that they can just pull out and use? I like how the teacher in the picture that is working with the three girls wrote the facts out about chimpanzees for the students. I assume they came up with the facts together by using the book as their resource. I would like to hear more about the teachers role in the picture as well. How much are the students required to do on their own? Since they struggle with spelling, writing out the facts for the students to look at will be a way to ensure that their writing is legible.
ReplyDeleteThe writing offices are great! I wonder how I could adapt this for my classroom... I would love to use something like this. I couldn't quite see the first picture, so does it just contain lots of different resources to help focus students' thoughts, help them get started on an assignment, etc.?
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