It was awesome to see students confidently walk with their shoulders back as they brought their work to my desk for us to conference. I am happy to say that 5/8 students have complete stage 5 and have already begun to revise and edit their original prompts in stage 6! One came to me 1 minute before the end of class ready to conference on his work. We will go over his work during our next class on Friday. Another student has nearly completed 3a. I will be giving the Simple Sentence checklist to the students on Friday. I am starting to be hopeful that we will complete compound sentences before Christmas.
My 9th grade students will probably be finished with stage 5 by then. I am amazed by how quickly they have caught on to everything. I am not sure we would be moving as quickly if there were more than 3 students in the group. They also have a huge sense of rivalry between them. Either way, I am not complaining! Today, I had to mark sentences incorrect because the formula was not followed in a sentence by 2 of the students....they had written complex sentences. When I corrected them, they responded by saying...."these simple sentences are sooo boring..." I assured them that we would be discussing more complicated sentences, soon. When given the opportunity to revise their sentences, they turned in sentences that fit the formulas given. I ended up giving them a perfect score for the worksheet. It was awesome to see students confidently walk with their shoulders back as they brought their work to my desk for us to conference. I am happy to say that 5/8 students have complete stage 5 and have already begun to revise and edit their original prompts in stage 6! One came to me 1 minute before the end of class ready to conference on his work. We will go over his work during our next class on Friday. Another student has nearly completed 3a. I will be giving the Simple Sentence checklist to the students on Friday. I am starting to be hopeful that we will complete compound sentences before Christmas.
I am really thinking that I was way off on my timelines.....this class will likely pass the 10th grade group within the month.
Julie Herzog has been a pleasure to work with. Each time we have met, she has had a plethora of ideas for supporting implementation. She has created charts demonstrating student growth in writing complete sentences and word count. During the initial implementation of Simple and Compound Sentences, we consistently talked weekly for approximately 30 minutes. Julie also came to my school and provided on-site training. Diane Gilliam and Julie Herzog also came and spent a day at the school observing the classes implementing PSW.
My 9th grade students will probably be finished with stage 5 by then. I am amazed by how quickly they have caught on to everything. I am not sure we would be moving as quickly if there were more than 3 students in the group. They also have a huge sense of rivalry between them. Either way, I am not complaining! Today, I had to mark sentences incorrect because the formula was not followed in a sentence by 2 of the students....they had written complex sentences. When I corrected them, they responded by saying...."these simple sentences are sooo boring..." I assured them that we would be discussing more complicated sentences, soon. When given the opportunity to revise their sentences, they turned in sentences that fit the formulas given. I ended up giving them a perfect score for the worksheet. It was awesome to see students confidently walk with their shoulders back as they brought their work to my desk for us to conference. I am happy to say that 5/8 students have complete stage 5 and have already begun to revise and edit their original prompts in stage 6! One came to me 1 minute before the end of class ready to conference on his work. We will go over his work during our next class on Friday. Another student has nearly completed 3a. I will be giving the Simple Sentence checklist to the students on Friday. I am starting to be hopeful that we will complete compound sentences before Christmas.
I am really thinking that I was way off on my timelines.....this class will likely pass the 10th grade group within the month.
Julie Herzog has been a pleasure to work with. Each time we have met, she has had a plethora of ideas for supporting implementation. She has created charts demonstrating student growth in writing complete sentences and word count. During the initial implementation of Simple and Compound Sentences, we consistently talked weekly for approximately 30 minutes. Julie also came to my school and provided on-site training. Diane Gilliam and Julie Herzog also came and spent a day at the school observing the classes implementing PSW.