September 5, 2013

Objective: I will introduce myself to other students and my teacher by writing an I Am Poem. Bellwork: Students practiced entrance procedures to the classroom and wrote a note to me answering the following prompt: Answer the following questions in the next space on your name card, using complete sentences and writing as much as possible in the space: How do you feel about writing? What do you like to write best? What is the worst to write? Then, students turned and talked to practice different levels of noise and discussed why noise control is important. Students also wrote a rough draft of an I Am Poem. The outline is: I am I wonder I hear I see I want Iam I pretend I feel I touch I worry I cry I am I understand I say I try I hope I am