Writing Workshop

I happened to have the video camera out at the perfect time to catch a great writing workshop. Cameron is trying to figure out how to spell school and he asks Benny for help. At first, he thinks he needs the /qu/ sound, but by talking it over with Benny he realizes he needs the /k/ and tries to decide if he should use 'c' or 'k'. He makes his decision and moves on. He knows that it is important to get the sounds down and if he didn't choose the right letter, it can be fixed in editing. It was an awesome example of students applying strategies that have been taught. Actually, the whole class was right on that day. Everyone was engaged and they were all using strategies to write. So, I got out the video camera and went around and caught lots of great writing. I am in the process of putting the videos together to make a movie. I will post it as soon as I get it done. I am just learning to make movies, so it may take a little time. Besides uploading the videos to the web for others to view, we watched them all on the big screen and talked about all the strategies that were being used. They commented on each others videos and it was a great way to reflect on their own writing and learn from each others writing.