All About...

During the past two weeks, I have had the opportunity to create "All About..." posters with my students in my various Guided Reading groups based off of the nonfiction AND fiction books we have read. It was really cool to see the students getting excited about what they were reading and pulling away from their books. They spent a lot of time and effort on these posters and they came away from these books knowing more, about the different subjects, than if they had just read the book. When parent/teacher conferences came around, my friend, and co-teacher, and I were able to put up the posters we both created with our groups, on a bulletin board outside our room. Today, I was thinking about how excited these students are going to be to see all of their hard work displayed for everyone else to see! It's always nice to know that your work is appreciated and thought to be "cool" by fellow students.
From: http://www.responsiveclassroom.org/newsletter/14_4nl_1.html
"The work shows our best efforts, not just perfect work.The work shows growth or improvement...We feel proud of the work.The work is important to us."