One of the BEST parts of teaching is looking at student work. Their ideas are always incredible - fresh, different, and exciting. I especially love looking at student writing... I always get to learn a little bit about each student when I read what they've written. This week, Grade 5s and 6s came home with feedback this week on their writing. They practiced writing paragraphs to convey their thoughts on a book we read, called Quand on était seuls. After completing the writing process (they brianstormed, drafted, edited, and revised), students submitted to me their good copy, which I had the pleasure to read. I gave them some specific feedback on a sheet that looked similar to this. Each student received two successes, as well as one or two things that they could work on for next time we write (we've already begun a writing project... our Harris Burdick writing where they're get to apply this feedback). Now... all of this sounds great... but none of it actually matters unless students know what to do with it. What's the point of even getting feedback if you don't get a chance to learn what it means in order to apply it? So that's exactly what we did. Students got their feedback, and then took it apart.
We put our successes on one whiteboard as things we could celebrate in our writing. There was so much success! Students celebrated their work for things like how well they organized their paragraphs, the detail that they included, their rich word choices, and more! Next, we took apart the feedback looking for things we can work on to improve. Students organized their feedback into categories on the second whiteboard. This helps us in a few ways:
Now, when we go to write our Harris Burdick mystery stories, we have a chance to improve and apply our feedback directly to our writing.
Looking forward to seeing students take ownership over their learning and feedback!
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