Thanks to that great experience, I can no longer wear certain types of sweaters or certain types of fleece. oohhh.. gives me shivers just thinking about it. It's also necessary to keep lotion close for my hands. :) All these little quirks that make me, me.
So, for the last week or so we have been focusing on "enhancing" our writing. Using adjectives, adding sentences, deleting sentences, adding pictures that can include labels, working on a title, whew! We have just been working those writing pieces to the bone! We are now ready to use our "Writer's Eye's" to make our final revisions. I made this checklist for my firsties to use tomorrow. I will have to come back with details later about how it went. What do you think about it?????
I also made this rubric for grading. I'm NOT the rubric queen like my Curious Friend Karen, so I'm not sure if I like it yet. Let me know what you think.
How do you use rubrics??? Do you have any great ones to share or sites you get them from???? I'd LOVE to know!!! :)
Have a Curious Wednesday! It's picture day for us!

GREAT JOB on your checklist and rubrics! Both of them are easy to use but help your Firsties bench their writing!! Hooray for you!
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for letting me know what you thought about this rubric. :) It takse so much time and I don't feel like I'm anywhere near an expert on these. :) How do you grade writing???? I'd love to know.
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Wow! I'm impressed with both the checklist and the rubric. I hope you'll share your students' pieces with us. I use rubrics occasionally, but I'm not sure they are real honest with them yet!! You have been Boo-ed...Come see me!
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Jenny
You have been boo-ed! Come on over to my blog and find out what this means!
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An Apple a Day in First Grade
Oh small moments are so hard for my students! I love your rubrics and checklists, though. They are definitely going to help!
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Smiling In Second Grade