We begin our school day with notebooking. Based on current writing research, notebooking is a period of time every day when children "just write." Topics are sometimes offered but not required. The children have plenty of personal topic lists ready to use. Two key components of notebooking:
** Children must write without pausing for the 5-10 minutes of notebooking. So far, this requirement has been met with excellent results! During this time, there is no talking.
**Children write daily.
Behind this activity is the idea that children will write better the more that they write. Notebooking is just one component of our writing program this year and one the students are already embracing!
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