Writer's Workshop

Rating Our Writing

Writer's Workshop

First Graders are working on writing Personal Narratives.  Students are encouraged to focus on a small moment in their life to write a story.  They need to write a beginning, middle, and end using the transition words of: First, Next, Then, and Last.  Students describe people, places, and things and explain how they felt at that moment. The Star Rating Chart is used by students to self assess their own writing.  Students are asked to write independently.  Writing conferences with the teacher are on-going throughout our writing block.  As students finish they compare their writing to Star Writing Chart and rate themselves.