Mr. Rennie's Class

  Today the students word processed personal stories (memoirs) in Google Docs. They first listened to a story from me, then told stories in their groups. They are getting better at maintaining their silent writing in the lab. Today they lasted almost twenty minutes before many finished drafting and then went to inquiry project work which they love to share and talk about.

  The lab has become a work place as opposed to a play place. The fact that 95% of them go to project work when done is a testament to that. Only one student, who shall remain nameless went to a game when finished drafting today. We will next revise this piece for T&F (ask your kid) and for main message or "so what".  I have also had kids start to post their writing on this site and really hope they are getting read. The students have really embraced the new routine and everything is going well.