Writing Light Bulbs :)

In fourth grade, the expectations of a student writer become greater. With that being said, it is so amazing to see how far these students have come in their writing. The first day of school, it was very difficult to get the students to produce writing that had a flow. Now with a few lessons under their belt and with the students becoming more mature every day, their writing has drastically improved! We did a mini-lesson on how to write a friendly letter, and their assessment for a book we were reading was to write a friendly letter to a character. They did so well in remembering what was part of a friendly letter!!

Also, with writing letters to characters, the students write some pretty funny and deep comments. It is interesting to see how the students talk to these characters. Seeing these students develop into deeper writers shows these light bulbs going off in their heads :)