Creating *FUTURE* Authors and Illustrators

Funded Sep 1, 2021

THANK YOU for your generosity for our primary composition notebooks. My students are using the notebooks during literacy. They use the notebooks to draw, label, write or dictate writing and pictures based on what type of writing is being learned. For example, I posted pictures of some of the work during our narrative unit.

The students were happy to see their notebooks. For many students, this is their first year in school because of the pandemic. Preschool was done virtually which makes being in classroom is a new experience for many in class. Something as small as the notebooks you provided makes them excited to come to school to learn writing. This month, many students are noticing how they progressed in their writing and drawing skills since school started.

The next steps for my students is that they can continue to successfully use their notebooks as a resource in upcoming units. They will be able to look at what they have done through the year to help them be successful in the writing skills and strategies learned to be prepared for first grade. This notebook will be a keepsake for them to look back on because it keeps their work in a safe place.

THANK YOU again for all your support creating future authors and illustrators!”

With gratitude,

Ms. Miguez