Monday, August 31

I heard so many great sentences as students shared from their quick writes today in English. Thanks, everyone! It made me really excited to keep working together on writing.

Thanks to all students and parents who have "Million Words" assignments and technology questions in. A couple things that have come to my attention from reading your responses:
1. Despite the additional convenience of Facebook homework updates, my PEET ASSIGNMENT page will be kept current. I don't think I made it clear that I would be using both in my letter. Not using Facebook will in no way impact your ability to find assignments on the Internet; it's just an added opportunity.

2. On the blogs permission sheet, I wrote "with your child's permission" regarding sharing his/her blog with you. I had a few comments/questions about this. I must admit: it was sort of a slip on my part. I work really hard to let my students take ownership of their writing and choose what they share and with whom they share it. I am also not a parent, so sometimes I miss important angles without knowing it. Of course you should be able to see what your child is posting on an Internet sight. I'm sorry I phrased it that way if it caused confusion. I should have left that part out, that time! Thanks for those of you who pointed it out.

We are off to a great start. Students, if you'd like to post an additional sentence from any of your quick writes today, feel free to do it here.