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Listen to one of my 2nd through 4th grade students and you will quickly hear innovative and original ideas spill out of their mouths. However, I consistently hear teachers in the building share that students are struggling during their classroom writing block. Their writing is not matching their remarkable thoughts and spoken ideas. Therefore, in Media Class this year I am activating ideas from Aimee Buckner's "Notebook Know How" professional text. Every student has a story and through their Writer's Notebook, we'll connect those stories to literature, media sources, and our imaginations to build the best writers possible! Students will use their notebooks each time they enter The Treehouse. Each student will receive a notebook, labeled with their name, that will be stored in plastic tubs by homeroom class to ensure not a second is wasted to distribute materials. Students will engage in a mini-lesson where they will glue important information to reference in their notebook. Then they will set off to create their own stories and record innovative ideas that connect with the many texts, media clips, and resources at their fingertips! Not only will this project build a love of writing within students, it will allow us to leverage the writing process, as students will draft ideas in their notebook and then be given the opportunity to bring their stories to life through existing classroom technology! Will you help my students embrace authoring their own story?

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Listen to one of my 2nd through 4th grade students and you will quickly hear innovative and original ideas spill out of their mouths. However, I consistently hear teachers in the building share that students are struggling during their classroom writing block. Their writing is not matching their remarkable thoughts and spoken ideas. Therefore, in Media Class this year I am activating ideas from Aimee Buckner's "Notebook Know How" professional text. Every student has a story and through their Writer's Notebook, we'll connect those stories to literature, media sources, and our imaginations to build the best writers possible! Students will use their notebooks each time they enter The Treehouse. Each student will receive a notebook, labeled with their name, that will be stored in plastic tubs by homeroom class to ensure not a second is wasted to distribute materials. Students will engage in a mini-lesson where they will glue important information to reference in their notebook. Then they will set off to create their own stories and record innovative ideas that connect with the many texts, media clips, and resources at their fingertips! Not only will this project build a love of writing within students, it will allow us to leverage the writing process, as students will draft ideas in their notebook and then be given the opportunity to bring their stories to life through existing classroom technology! Will you help my students embrace authoring their own story?

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