Our little classroom family began to notice, to wonder, to
observe, to realize, and to hide all of our treasures in our writer’s notebooks. We began sharing stories, talking about
family vacations and soccer practice. We
began laughing at the time we saw the smashed diaper in the parking lot when we
were walking to the playground. We
stopped and observed the Stick Bug that Solomon found hanging on a tree
limb. We listened to the fears and hopes
of our friends and shared our own dreams as well. We were being hemmed together as a class, and
the thread was writing. These fragile
five year olds were writing about everything from funerals of family members to
their latest injuries to cooking with their moms to playing “Ninja” at
recess.
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Katie Schrodt received a B.S. from the University of North Texas and is
currently working on her M.Ed. in literacy at Middle Tennessee State
University. She currently works in
Franklin, Tennessee, at New Hope Academy
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