
One of my sweet little boys, that does not have ANY interest in reading OR writing, worked his little tail off this week. He loves food and when he is involved in a conversation about pizza, his face lights up. When he found out he was allowed to write an opinion piece about his favorite restaurant and was actually going to send the restaurant the essay, that was the motivation he needed to start writing. At the beginning of the year, this little guy would erase his letters over and over and not make it past a few choppy sentences before bursting into tears. Check out his essay now!
Seriously, he wrote this THREE times before he was happy with it. Is it perfect? No, but it is amazing for him and I sure let him know it. I told him that I was so proud of him, I scanned it and emailed it to his mother with an awesome note! He had a huge smile on his face, as he high fived me and said, "Maybe she will let us order from Pizza Hut tonight!?"
Our amazing new copy machines scan papers and email them to anyone. It's perfect to email worksheets to myself to project on the Smart Board, but now I just realized (duh!) I can send home student work super fast! I actually keep a lot of writing examples and paper throughout the year, so parents don't get to see EVERYTHING. This is a great way to keep certain parents informed of progress.
I do send home weekly parent email newsletters, but I am also making this a new goal for the remainder of the year: email one or two parents a sample of their child's work and a positive note, every Friday. I think it will be a great way to motivate my students to see who is going to end up with the positive parent email! :)
Have a great Saturday friends! :)
What a great idea to email the parents some of the student's work. Parents will be appreciative of it.
ReplyDeleteThis is so great! I really dislike Pizza Hut, but this little boy has me rethinking! Great job dude!
ReplyDeleteSuch a great idea! Your student did such a great job and showed great progress. I also like the idea of having students rank their favorite subjects at the beginning of the year and then again at the end of the year. This would be a great reflection tool as well. Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteJennifer
Mrs. Laffin's Laughings
I love this idea! I'm going to try to implement this after state testing.
ReplyDeleteI still think a copy machine that can email is the coolest thing ever! I really want to beg my PTO for one! Lol!
ReplyDeleteLove the Pizza Hut writing. Kudos to your guy who wrote this!
Alison
Rockin' and Lovin' Learnin'
I am so excited to start my students on their restaurant letters this week! What a great idea! I love the paper that you used for the final copy.....is this available in your TpT store?
ReplyDeleteBethany
Fab and Fun in 4th