I can create messages that align with an intended audience or purpose
I can create written messages in a variety of forms to represent ideas or information
I can organize sentences in a logical sequence to create written messages
I can print with appropriate size, formation, and spacing to enhance clarity of a message
(Grade 2 ELAL)
"There are days when your dreams haven't come true, or you're upset by the things you can't do.........Don't give up now! There's a major game changer - a most amazing thought rearrange-er! Someone to show you how good you can get: Now introducing...The Magical Yet!"
Some of us even put our Magical Yets on our desks while we were doing this activity because writing is hard work and the encouragement really helped!
Did you know even teachers have met obstacles, persevered, and overcome challenges? We spent time looking at photos and stories the staff wrote about some of their Magical Yets!
As a group we talked about some of the things that we weren't able to do yet - such as "do a flip on the trampoline", "read a chapter book", "spell hard words", "ride a two wheeler." After our discussion students worked on completing their 4-Square planner to help them organize their thoughts. They were asked to write down jot notes about -
- different examples of things they couldn't do yet
- choose one example for creating a goal
- list strategies that could help them with their goal
- decide on how long it would take them to 'get' their 'yet'
Task expectations were -
- use appropriate size printing and spaces between words
- use capitals at the beginning of sentences and periods at the end
- follow the sequence of the sentence starters
** We will be finishing our writing this week so that it can be admired during our Meet The Teacher Open House! **
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