Case Study #3 - Write It Down

We are now in our third case study, Write it Down, of our learning expedition, Everybody Has a Story.  We have worked hard to orally tell stories about ourselves, read lots of great fiction stories in which we identified the story elements and now we are applying that knowledge to writing our own story.  
We kicked off this case study by eating watermelon.  This helped the students understand that an entire watermelon is your life, a slice of watermelon is about a special part of your life and a seed of a watermelon is a small moment.

 














We have spent the last 2 weeks writing all kinds of small moment stories.  The kids have planned their writing using a web.  This week, each student picked one small moment to take through the entire writing process.  They have self assessed and gotten specific feedback from a peer to help them edit and revise their small moment.  We will be going through one last edit/revision with parent volunteers and then publishing the story by typing the small moment with our 4th grade buddies.  We look forward to sharing all this with you at our Celebration of Learning.  

Our Learning Targets for this case study:
~I can plan my personal narrative small moment ideas using a web.
~I can create a personal narrative about one small moment in my life.
~I can persevere to write multiple drafts and improve my writing based on feedback.
Things to do/ask at home:
~Tell lots of stories from when you were a story using lots of details
~What is a small moment?  
~How does your small moment make you special?