We are Editors and Teachers

Yesterday and today,
we have been looking at the grade 1/2 writing rubrics and 
writing examples to assess our own 
piece of writing.
We looked at how we could edit our work and make it even better using a checklist!
Then we assessed our work
based on the December writing rubrics and examples
and we gave ourselves a mark.
We each conferenced with Ms. McCullough on areas 
we want to improve on 
and will be setting a writing goal for ourselves next week.
This goal will help us improve
our writing even more.
We even got to wear some fun editor and teacher glasses
and use a fun coloured pen of our choice!
We can't wait to show you our writing on Thursday!


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