3rd+Grade+Sharing

=3rd Grade Writing Strategies =

Strategies for Teaching Editing Skills

 * Weekly, a passage written on the white board for the entire 1st- 3rd group to edit. (I'm really trying to see if this posting thing works. Jane)

Betty
 * Currently, our 1st-3rd graders are writing a group story. Kids have input through out the process, but I have final say. I write it out on chart paper. The story is short - about a page and a half, realistic fiction. I want them to do this early in the year so that they can see the entire writing process. We brainstorm and then choose a topic by voting. Next, we will do bubble planning and develope setting, characters, define the problem, events and the solution. There is a lot of flipping back and forth through the chart paper through out. Then, of course, rough draft, editing and final. Then we will publish it to share. The more the children participate the greater the motivation.