Friday, January 24, 2014

The Magic Pencil in Writer's Workshop

Writer's Workshop has been "magical" ever since the children learned about how special their pencils are. These pencils help writers become better at reading and writing their work. One side is for reading (the eraser side) and the other side is for writing (the lead side). (Lucy Calkins Writing Unit) Students are rereading their writing for the shear fun of using the eraser side to tap out the words and then flipping it over to write with it. How can a simple black pencil make so many kids happy?  Just call it magical!!            

2 comments:

Christa said...

This is so cool, pure genius! Piper loves the magic pencil almost as much as she loves school. Thanks for making Kindergarten so fun!! :)

Melanie Holtsman said...

I love watching these little Mallards use their Magic Pencil and read, write, read!

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