Each time we make a field trip
to Sunnyside Ponds, we write about our observations of what is happening
there and what changes we have noticed. As a whole class or in small
groups, we write sentences for the pictures in our photo
journals. Sometimes
each person in the class is assigned a photo to write about for the
journal. Then we put everybody's writing together to make the photo
journal.
Sometimes we work
in pairs on our writing. We talk together
about what we want to say. Then, while one person does the
keyboarding, the other person is the editor who checks the
words on the screen. We take turns being keyboarder and
editor.
Sometimes, we
work on our own. We each have our own computer disk so we
can work on our writing in the computer lab and on our
classroom computers. Each child does
pond writing using our "Bird
Print Writing Process".
Each child's writing goes into his or her own individual
writing portfolios. Here is a writing
portfolio. Sometimes the
pond writing is for email messages we send to other schools
around the world who are learning,
writing and and caring about water
habitats.
We listen to each
other's writing to learn what each other was thinking about
the ponds. We help each other edit our writing and help each
other practice our reading.
We conference
with our teacher or parent volunteers to revise and edit our
writing. We put our finished writing into our writing
portfolio binder notebooks. We send our writing as email and
we make booklet of our email messages to use for classroom
reading lessons. At our parent conference time, we each read
our water habitat writing and email messages to our
parents.
April 7,
1999 ducks island feeding nesting turtle red ozier
dogwood April 14,
1999 ducks There were more
ducks than before at the big pond at Sunnyside
park. island The island is
shrenking from muskrats nawing on the island now the
muskrats are gone There were two female ducks on the
island feeding People were
feeding the Ducks bread.We learned that feeding the Ducks
bread wasn't good for the Ducks or the pond because the
Ducks won't eat the food they normally eat because they
expet bread nesting We think the
Ducks were nesting on the island turtle We saw a Turtle
at the pond red ozier
dogwood The red ozier
dogwood is falling into the water. April 27,
1999 There were more
ducks then before at the big pond at Sunnyside Park. The
island is shrinking from muskrats gnawing on the island. Now
the muskrats are gone. There were two female ducks on the
island. People were feeding the ducks bread.We learned that
feeding the ducks bread wasn't good for the ducks or the
pond because the ducks won't eat the food they normally eat
because they expect bread. we think ducks are nesting on the
island. We saw a turtle at the pond. The red osier dogwood
on the island is falling into the water. April 7,
1999 smoth
water no ducks at the
farm nesting feding
ducks island little
pond big
pond people waterfall turtle the
farm deffrnt
trees reflesons of the
trees April 14,
1999 smoth
water The water was
smother than the last time we went there when it was
wavy. no ducks at the
farm We did not see
any fram ducks at the ponds (we did not no where they
went) nesting We think that
there were two female camaflashed ducks nesting on the
shrecking island feding
ducks People feeding
bread to the ducks and we learned that the bread is bad for
the ducks and the bread is bad for the
pondto. island The island is
almost into two halfs becase the muscats are makeing brows
at the sor of the island. little
pond The little pond
did not have any ducks at the little pond. big
pond The big pond has
ducks in the pond right now. The big pond is the one that
has the island in it. people There were a girl
and her father and two other men. they were the poeple that
were feeding the ducks. waterfall The waterfall was
not going yet. turtle No turtles at the
pond (that we can see). the
farm There are lots of
animals at the farm. deffrnt
trees There are diffrnt
trees a the pond they were pine trees, the red ozier dog
wood tree, and more. reflesons of the
trees We can see the
reflections of the trees on the pond. April 27,
1999 The water was
smoother than the last time we went there when it was wavy.
We did not see any fram ducks at the ponds. (We did not know
where they went.) We think that there were two female
camouflaged ducks nesting on the shrinking island. People
were feeding bread to the ducks. We learned that the bread
is bad for the ducks and the bread is bad for the pond too.
There was a kid and her father and two other men at the
pond. They were the people that were feeding the
ducks. The island is
almost into two halves because the muskrats are making
burrows at the shore of the island. The little pond did not
have any ducks. The big pond has ducks in it right now. The
big pond is the one that has the island in it. The waterfall
was not going yet. There are no
turtles at the pond that we can see. There are lots of
animals at the farm. There are diffrnt
trees a the pond. They were pine trees, the red osier dog
wood tree, and more. We can see the reflections of the trees
on the pond.
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