Evolution of Journal Writing

Good Writing Habits Rubric

Used to evaluate our journal writings.
Students can evaluate their own writings using the pictures.

Punctuation poems and songs!!!!

Period

"A comma means there is more to come a period means that we are done."

Question Mark

"Oh, where? Oh, where does a question mark go? Oh, where? Oh, where can he be? Is he at the end of a question my friend, why don't you look there and see?"

Exclamation Point

I know a punctuation mark its used to show emotion.

Ex-Cla-Mation Point! (clap)

Its used to show emotion.

(sung to tune of BINGO)

Comma

"A comma means there is more to come a period means that we are done."

Journals with labels

Students use the labels to construct sentences.

journals with vocabulary

Students use the vocabulary on the topics at the bottom of the page to construct sentences.

Journals with pictures for students to create own labels

Students label their own pictures and then use those labels to construct sentences.

vocabulary

Vocabulary by Topics are available for writing time.

vocabulary Word Wall in Classroom

Picture coming soon.

About inventive spelling

It is okay if our words are not perfect.

inventive spelling example

"Kid spelling" or spelling using the phonetic sounds.

Informative Journal Ideas

Opinion Journal Ideas

Narrative Journal Ideas

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