newsletter 3/19

Dear Families,
This last week, I launched a new concept in our writing workshop. It is called "Storybox Writing: Writing Outside the Box." A storybox is a collection of items I have chosen for the students to use as props when they write a story. The props, placed in a box with sand, are linked to a theme. The storybox helps the children learn through their play. By manipulating the props, the children develop their oral language skills. Talking with their classmates makes creating a story easy, because the ideas flow naturally. The storyboxes are a stimulus for shared writing, small group writing, and especially individual writing which we edit with each child and then publish. After a child publishes a story, he/she can sign up to read it to the class while sitting in the author's chair. Storybox writing is a hands-on literacy experience which gives children the tools to be an author.
Have a wonderful vacation,

Ms Goldman

Storybox Writing
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