This past week went well. I was able to squeeze in two interactive writing sessions in for the week. I had intended on three, but the hour delay put us on a tighter schedule. I am very happy with how this is all fitting in with the schools expectations. They have really started coming down on our writing and students producing drafts independently. I use the interactive writing lessons to model how to think out sentences and compose ideas for writing. A lot of times students would come up to me and say, "I have three sentences!" but only have three words on their paper.

With that being said, I was very happy with the progress I have seen so far! Students are taking more time with their writing and using their writing time to be "authors", like we have discussed. The writing sample I collected on Friday showed me some next steps for my lessons. Some students need work with spacing. I have noticed in his independent writing he spaces his letters instead of whole words. One student started writing in the middle of the page instead of starting at the correct spot on their paper. These things can easily be fixed during our writing time together, I can't wait to see if it transfers.

I look forward to more writing lessons and independent writing!