Mrs. W’s Weekly
Scottish Corners Elementary
Email: wadenstierna_jill@dublinschools.net
Teacher Web Page: http://www.dublinschools.net/JillAndrews.aspx
Monday 3/14
Next Week
Tuesday 3/15
Wednesday 3/16
Thursday 3/17
Library Day! Please return
all library books to school.
Friday 3/18
Turtle Lady visits SCE!
Spring Break is March 21-25!
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We are working hard to grow thinkers! If
I notice your child doing an outstanding
job of displaying one of the thinking
habits, I may give him or her a sticker to
wear. If your child comes home wearing
one of these stickers, ask how he or she
displayed that habit at school. I’m hoping
that these stickers will be a great way
to hear more about your child’s day as
well as hear how the students are
growing as thinkers! The kids are learning
that thinkers:
-Ask questions
-Persevere
-Collaborate
-Present ideas confidently
-Think flexibly
-Create and innovate
March 11, 2016
Our Class Book
We have been working hard on a class book for
weeks. During the second trimester, our writing
focus was opinion writing. The students learned
about what an opinion is and how to give a reason to
explain/defend your opinion. We decided to write a
class book called The Best Color. Each student wrote
and illustrated a page of the book to share their
opinion of what the best color is. I will be sending our
class book to Studentreasures Publishing to have our
class book printed. Our students will be published
authors and illustrators. They are so excited! J
Our writing process:
-We read mentor texts: My Blue is Happy by Jessica
Young and Yellow is My Color Star by Judy Horacek.
-First draft: Students wrote words and drew a picture.
-Buddy editing
-Second draft: Students made changes based on their
buddy’s suggestions.
-Editing conference with Mrs. W
-Third draft: Students made changes based on the
conference with Mrs. W.
-Final draft: Students copied their words and
illustrations onto Studentreasures pages.
-Cover design contest: Each student designed a cover
and everyone in the class voted to choose the cover
and title pages of our book. Congratulations to
Mattie (cover) and Ryan (title page) from the AM class
and Jane (cover) and Andrew (title page) from the PM
class. Their designs will be on our class book!
In order for our classroom to receive a free copy of our
class book, I need all families to sign and return the
order form from Studentreasures. It doesn’t matter if
you choose to order a book or not, please return your
signed form to school ASAP. Even if no one orders a
book, we will get a free copy to keep in our classroom
if all students return a signed form. Thank you for
your help with this! J We can’t wait to receive our
class book and celebrate our accomplishment as real
authors!