MRS. SOKOLOWSKI'S THIRD GRADE LEARNERS
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  • Welcome 3rd Graders! 19-20
  • Important Class Sites
    • Poetry Centers
  • Parent Information
    • This Week in Our Class
    • Home Opportunities for Learning
    • Our Specials Schedule
    • Tell Me About Your Child
    • Scholastic Reading Club for Book Orders
    • Supporting Your Young Writers
  • 3rd Grade Learners
    • 3rd Grade Readers
    • 3rd Grade Wondrous Word Explorers
    • 3rd Grade Mathematicians >
      • Unit 1: Addition, Subtraction, Place Value within 1000
      • Fractions
      • Math Facts & Fluency
    • 3rd Grade Writers
    • Explore the World with SS and Science
  • About Mrs. Sokolowski
    • NYSEC 2016 Educator of Excellence Award
    • Contribution to Larry Ferlazzo Q & A- Social Media
    • Interview with Larry Ferlazzo- Building a Growth Mindset Reading List
    • Interview with Larry Ferlazzo- Idea Implementation
    • Interview with Larry Ferlazzo- Making Mistakes
    • I Believe
    • See Mrs. Sokolowski's posts on Two Writing Teachers
    • Teaching with Hope: Fairness, Justice, and Empathy (on Talks with Teachers blog)
    • Presentations
  • Character Counts!
    • Respect
    • Courage
    • Citizenship
    • Acceptance
    • Responsibility
    • Empathy
    • Fairness
    • Honesty
    • Perseverance
    • Pride
    • Growth Mindset
  • Brain Breaks and Joyful Inspiration
  • 3rd Grade Memories 15-16, 16-17, 17-18
    • Digital Reading Walls
    • All About Us!
    • Classroom Slice of Life Challenge 2016
    • Newsletters
    • The Week Ahead (9/21)
    • The Marshmallow Challenge Video
    • Persuasive Speeches
    • Thank You, Miss Infantino
    • Class Padlets
    • Back to School Night Presentation
    • Class Reading Walls
    • 3rd Grade Explorers in Science & SS
    • 2017-2018 Class Newsletters

Ways to Support Student Writers 

On the Two Writing Teachers blog, co-author Melanie Meehan published a great list of ideas to help caregivers support student writers. Here is the list, and some ways you can help your child to grow as a writer:

  1. Ask your child to tell you stories, and help them structure the stories into a beginning, middle, and end format. Your interest will inspire him/her to want to add the details that make it a story, and telling stories is an important precursor to writing stories.2Tell your child stories--ones from your childhood, ones from your days-- He/she will love hearing about your life, and listening to stories will help develop the understanding of how to tell stories.
         
​        2. Share any form of writing you do with your child--lists, notes, letters--they all help children realize the                     importance of writing.

        3. Give your child opportunities to tell you about what they know. If your child is an expert at Legos,                                   encourage him/her to tell you about it. The more organized the explanation, the better, as this practice will                help him/her develop informational writing pieces.

      4. Encourage your child to persuade or argue with reasons and evidence. Need a new pair of shoes? Convince              me! Why do you need a new pair of shoes, and how can you tell? What will happen if you don’t get a pair of new        shoes? How will your life improve? This sounds silly, but this type of thinking and speaking will dramatically             help your child when s/he’s learning to write opinion pieces.

      5. Teach your children that sometimes when we are not sure how we are feeling, when the world seems                          confusing and overwhelming, sometimes writing can provide an outlet for sorting through some of the rubble           and discovering not only sources, but also solutions. You may be surprised at how powerful writing to                          discover truths about ourselves can be. Try to find time to give it a go.

      6. Read. Read more. Stop and gasp when you read something beautiful. Stop and laugh when you read                           something funny. Stop and groan when you read something goofy. Your child will pick up on craft moves and           amaze you because they will show up in his/her writing.



  • Welcome!
  • Welcome 3rd Graders! 19-20
  • Important Class Sites
    • Poetry Centers
  • Parent Information
    • This Week in Our Class
    • Home Opportunities for Learning
    • Our Specials Schedule
    • Tell Me About Your Child
    • Scholastic Reading Club for Book Orders
    • Supporting Your Young Writers
  • 3rd Grade Learners
    • 3rd Grade Readers
    • 3rd Grade Wondrous Word Explorers
    • 3rd Grade Mathematicians >
      • Unit 1: Addition, Subtraction, Place Value within 1000
      • Fractions
      • Math Facts & Fluency
    • 3rd Grade Writers
    • Explore the World with SS and Science
  • About Mrs. Sokolowski
    • NYSEC 2016 Educator of Excellence Award
    • Contribution to Larry Ferlazzo Q & A- Social Media
    • Interview with Larry Ferlazzo- Building a Growth Mindset Reading List
    • Interview with Larry Ferlazzo- Idea Implementation
    • Interview with Larry Ferlazzo- Making Mistakes
    • I Believe
    • See Mrs. Sokolowski's posts on Two Writing Teachers
    • Teaching with Hope: Fairness, Justice, and Empathy (on Talks with Teachers blog)
    • Presentations
  • Character Counts!
    • Respect
    • Courage
    • Citizenship
    • Acceptance
    • Responsibility
    • Empathy
    • Fairness
    • Honesty
    • Perseverance
    • Pride
    • Growth Mindset
  • Brain Breaks and Joyful Inspiration
  • 3rd Grade Memories 15-16, 16-17, 17-18
    • Digital Reading Walls
    • All About Us!
    • Classroom Slice of Life Challenge 2016
    • Newsletters
    • The Week Ahead (9/21)
    • The Marshmallow Challenge Video
    • Persuasive Speeches
    • Thank You, Miss Infantino
    • Class Padlets
    • Back to School Night Presentation
    • Class Reading Walls
    • 3rd Grade Explorers in Science & SS
    • 2017-2018 Class Newsletters